Lawrence v Lightburn

JurisdictionBelize
CourtCourt of Appeal (Belize)
Year1981
Date1981

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6 cases
  • Lall & National Media and Publishing Company v Ramsahoye
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Court of Justice
    • 29 July 2016
    ...conditions of the particular jurisdiction and in this regard point to the relatively low Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Guyana: Lawrence v. Lightburn. (1981) 31 WIR 107 It followed, in their view, that in an assessment of damages, awards from other jurisdictions such as Trinidad and Tobag......
  • Ramsahoye v Lall and another
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Court of Justice (Appellate Jurisdiction)
    • 29 July 2016
    ...conditions of the particular jurisdiction and in this regard point to the relatively low Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Guyana: Lawrence v Lightburn. 15 It followed, in their view, that in an assessment of damages, awards from other jurisdictions such as Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and th......
  • Natalia Querard Claimant v Lionel Max Hurst Defendant [ECSC]
    • Antigua and Barbuda
    • High Court (Antigua)
    • 6 November 2008
    ...provided a counter explanation to each of the "factual" assertions of the defendant. See also Georges JAA in Laurence v Lightburn (1981) 31 WIR 107 (1981) 31 WIR 107(110) C.A 2 See Charleston v News Group Newspapers Ltd. 2 A.C 65. 1 See Lord Devlin in Lewis v Daily Telegraph (1964) AC 234 a......
  • Carasco v Cenac
    • St Lucia
    • Court of Appeal (Saint Lucia)
    • 30 October 1995
    ...and submitted that these conclusions were strained and unreasonable. 62 He placed reliance on the judgment of Georges, J. A. in Lawrence v. Lightburn [1981] 31 W.I.R. 107 at 110 in which a newspaper reported an assault and wounding suffered by a political speaker after a meeting, and referr......
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  • Selected Judgments
    • Jamaica
    • Telford Georges: A Legal Odyssey
    • 21 November 2008
    ...will perform both of the above functions. A case in which issues similar to the Bonaby case (above) were raised is Lawrence v Lightburn (1981) 31 WIR 107, Court of Appeal, Belize. Here, the defendant/appellant had been a candidate for the Opposition party at the Belize City Council election......