CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The primary opposition United Employees Occasion (UWWP) has welcomed the ruling by the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court docket of Justice (CCJ) that dismissed the appliance for particular go away by a tv station right here in a defamation case introduced by a former authorities minister.
The McDowall Broadcasting Company Restricted (MBC) is the second named defendant in defamation proceedings introduced towards it by Man Joseph, who had filed an motion within the Excessive Court docket right here looking for damages for alleged defamatory statements made throughout a information broadcast by MBC earlier than the final basic election right here in 2021.
The time restrict for bringing any such motion is 12 months.
In an announcement, the UWP mentioned MBC tried to make use of a technicality to have the matter thrown out, contending that the service of Joseph’s declare type and supporting paperwork was improper and subsequently by no means effected and that the courtroom ought to maintain that the declare had been prescribed.
In its ruling, the CCJ, the nation’s highest and last courtroom, mentioned that the MBC’s software for particular go away to the Court docket to attraction the choice of the Court docket of Enchantment on the matter had no prospects of success. The CCJ dismissed the matter with prices to Joseph.
The primary appellate case from St. Lucia to be heard by the CCJ because the island joined the Trinidad-based courtroom as a full member in Could this yr was remitted to the trial courtroom for additional listening to.
The UWP mentioned that whereas congratulating Joseph on his victory, it’ll “proceed to advocate for accessible and unbiased political reporting by media members.
“It’s apparent that too many media members had been politically motivated of their reporting to hunt political favor,” the social gathering mentioned, including, “we await the end result of this and lots of different pending issues.”
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