Judge to give ruling before end of March

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – High Court judge Mira Dean-Armorer says she expects to deliver before March 29, a judgement in the case in which several people, including former government ministers and two financiers of the ruling United National Congress (UNC) are challenging the decision of the State to repeal legislation they said would have prevented them from facing fraud related charges stemming more than 10 years ago.
Justice Dean-Armorer will on Friday continue hearing legal submissions from attorney Ian Benjamin, who is representing the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Roger Gaspard in the matter.
Earlier, British Queen's Counsel Lord David Pannick said people who lost the right to have their matters dismissed under the now repealed Section 34 of the Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) Act 2011, always maintained their right to be fairly tried for the offences for which they are charged.