With the State denied both leave to appeal as well as its application for a stay, the way is now clear for Justice Gino Persaud to move ahead to hear the substantive challenge brought by the former Police Service Commission (PSC) to the suspension of its Commissioners and non-promotion of ranks.
Finding no merit in the Attorney General’s (AG) application for leave to appeal its earlier ruling upholding Justice Persaud’s decision to proceed with Commission’s fixed date application (FDA)—the Full Court—constituting Justices Priya Sewnarine-Beharry and Fidela Corbin-Lincoln yesterday denied the State’s request for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal.