Court of Appeal Quashes Murder Conviction and Reduces Sentence from 56 Years to 15 Years in Foster Gravesande v DPP

Court of Appeal Quashes Murder Conviction and Reduces Sentence from 56 Years to 15 Years in Foster Gravesande v DPP ...
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Hughes Fields & Stoby Secures Constitutional Victory for Paul Slowe in Unlawful Arrest Case

Hughes Fields & Stoby successfully represented Paul Slowe, former Assistant Commissioner of Police and former Chairman of the Police Service ...

Statement by C.A. Nigel Hughes rejecting the approach of the Guyana Bar Association

The recent disclosure of internal correspondence among Judges of the Caribbean Court of Justice has understandably generated widespread concern throughout ...

Orderson Decision Summary

In their written ruling of the 8th April 2026 the Court of Appeal set aside the termination of City Council ...

Aarbitral award against Venezuela’s PDVSA

The Courts of Guyana ordered that an arbitral award against Venezuela's PDVSA be enforced in Guyana against funds held by ...

Calvin Ramcharran v The State

The CCJ in delivering their decision in the appeal of Calvin Ramcharran V The State reiterated the approach which must ...

James Anthony Hyles v Director of Public Prosecutions [2016] CCJ 15 (AJ)

Decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice. Constitutional Issues: Appellants right to protection of law. General Procedural issues: Material irregularities ...

Donna Sulker v Attorney General.

Decision of Justice Kissoon in the High Court of Guyana. Damages for breach of Constitutional rights, Negligence: Unlawful killing.   ...