Christmas in SVG
Christmas is a few days away. Christmas carols are playing; the stores are crowded with shoppers; colourful lights shine from houses at nights and sch...
20 December 2019
Christmas in SVG
Christmas is a few days away. Christmas carols are playing; the stores are crowded with shoppers; colourful lights shine from houses at nights and sch...
13 December 2019
Negligence
It is important to note from the start that negligence could be the reason for a tort or a criminal action. It is, however, the aim of this article to...
06 December 2019
Significance of the Word ‘Reasonable’
The word “Reasonable” is seemingly ordinary, but it is fundamental in law. The online dictionary describes it as showing reason or sound judgment,...
29 November 2019
Running down actions
Running down action occupies a considerable amount of the court’s time. These are actions by persons who have suffered injuries or property losses d...
22 November 2019
Authority equals power
Starting with the home, at the familiar level, authority normally resides with the parents. The parents have the power and they are in charge of the h...
15 November 2019
Probable cause
Warrantless arrest and the role of probable cause The phrase “probable cause” is used very often in criminal matters. These words are on the mi...
08 November 2019
Time is of essence
This phrase is used in everyday parlance, but carries tremendous significance in contract law. In a contract relating to the sale of land or for const...
01 November 2019
Witness summonses
You could be summoned to a civil or a criminal court to give evidence in a matter that you have knowledge of. If you were present when the events occu...
25 October 2019
Save our children
There needs to be more focus on the issue of child abuse and its prevention. Abuse could be physical, as well as sexual, and could have a psychologica...
18 October 2019
Sexual Offences
The Laws of St. Vincent and the Grenadines list the following as sexual offences:- rape, indecent assault, incest by a man or woman, buggery, intercou...
