Doughty Street in the Supreme Court and Privy Council

BARRISTER

CASE NAME / LINK TO JUDGMENT

ISSUE IN THE APPEAL

LINK TO RECORDING OF THE HEARING 

Kirsty Brimelow KC (leading Graeme Hall)

Lescene Edwards (Appellant) v The Queen (Respondent) (Jamaica)

In the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Whether the conviction of Mr Lescene Edwards constitutes a miscarriage of justice such that his conviction is unsafe and should be quashed.

Watch the hearing: here, part 2 here and part 3 here.

Edward Fitzgerald KC (leading Douglas Mendes SC, Rajiv Persad, and Amanda Clift-Matthews)

Jay Chandler (Appellant) v The State (Respondent) (No 2) (Trinidad and Tobago

In the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

An appeal mounting a constitutional challenge against the mandatory death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago, based on arguments concerning the separation of powers and the non-application of the savings clause to this particular law.

Watch the hearing: part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here and part 4 here. 

Edward Fitzgerald KC (leading Murrio Ducille) for Stubbs

Richard Thomas KC (leading Ian Cargill) for Davis

Stubbs (Appellant) v The Queen (Respondent) (Bahamas)
Davis (Appellant) v The Queen (Respondent) (Bahamas)
The Queen (Appellant) v Evans (Respondent) (Bahamas)

In the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Whether the convictions of Stubbs and Davis for murder and attempted murder were rendered unsafe by (i) the trial Judge’s handling of evidence at trial or (ii) the trial Judge’s directions to the jury

Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law and adopted the wrong approach when reducing the sentences of Stubbs and Davis

Watch the hearing: part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here.

Paul Taylor KC

(Leading Dr. David Dorsett)

Williams (Appellant) v The Supervisory Authority (Respondent) (Antigua and Barbuda)

In the Judicial Council of the Privy Council

Challenging the constitutionality of the Antiguan money laundering regulations

Watch the hearing: here

James Wood KC (leading Amanda Clift-Matthews and Simone Smith-Bean)

Devon Hewey (Appellant) v The Queen (Respondent) (Bermuda)

In the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Whether the Court of Appeal for Bermuda erred in upholding the Appellant’s conviction for premeditated murder

Watch the hearing: part 1 here and part 2 here.

Edward Fitzgerald KC (leading Pippa Woodrow)

Regina v Barbara Carol Miller

In the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

This case first had to overcome the hurdle of the application being made for an extension of time of some 33 years.

The case then concerned whether the Applicant could have her sentence for life imprisonment quashed and replaced with a hospital order.  

N/A

Edward Fitzgerald KC (leading Amanda Clift -Matthews) and Martin A Lundy II

Bain (Appellant) v The Queen (Respondent) (Bahamas)

In the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Appeal against conviction was based on the fact that, following counsel’s withdrawal, the appellant was unrepresented for nearly all of his trial. It is contended that counsel’s withdrawal was mismanaged by the trial judge, resulting in an unfair trial.

Watch the hearing: here

Edward Fitzgerald KC (leading Daniella Waddoup) and Ariel Misick QC, Selvyn Hawkins

Attorney General of the Turks and Caicos Islands (Respondent) v Misick and others (Appellants)

In the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Whether the Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands (“TCI”) bars a Supreme Court judge located outside the territorial boundaries of the TCI from presiding over and determining proceedings including criminal trials?

Whether this reading of Regulation 4(6), as allowing a judge sitting outside to count due to COVID changes, is compatible with the Constitution?

N/A

Steven Powles KC (leading Tatyana Eatwell and Margherita Cornaglia)

R v Reeves Taylor (Appellant)

In the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

The point of law raised in the appeal, and certified by the court below, relates to the correct interpretation of the

term “person acting in an official capacity” in section 134(1) of the CJA, and whether the NPFL was the de facto military government with effective control of the relevant area

Watch the hearing: part 1 here, part 2 here and part 3 here.