Bobb & Anor v. Manning, Court of Appeal - Privy Council, April 25, 2006, [2006] UKPC 22

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Bobb & Anor v. Manning, Court of Appeal - Privy Council, April 25, 2006, [2006] UKPC 22

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[2006]UKPC 22

Bobb & Anor v. Manning (Trinidad and Tobago) [2006] UKPC 22 (25 April 2006)

Privy Council Appeal No 50 of 2004

(1) Florence Bobb

(2) Girlie Moses Appellants

v.

Patrick Manning Respondent

FROM

THE COURT OF APPEAL OF

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

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JUDGMENT OF THE LORDS OF THE JUDICIAL

COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL

Delivered the 25th April 2006

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Present at the hearing:-

Lord Bingham of Cornhill

Lord Hope of Craighead

Lord Carswell

Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood

Lord Mance

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[Delivered by Lord Bingham of Cornhill]]

In 2001-2002 the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago experienced a constitutional crisis. The appellants, both of them electors in one of the state's electoral districts, applied for leave to apply for judicial review, seeking remedies to resolve the crisis. Their complaint was that the respondent, who at all material times acted as the Prime Minister, had retained (or declared an intention to retain) power in a manner that was unconstitutional and unlawful. Leave to apply was refused at first instance and on appeal, and the appellants now challenge that refusal on appeal to the Board, while acknowledging that the situation h...

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