Judge clears way for hearing of Slowe’s challenge to President’s suspension of PSC

Ruling that no stay would be granted, or additional time for appeals to first be heard on interlocutory issues, Justice Gino Persaud yesterday cleared the way for the substantive action challenging the suspension of the previous Police Service Commission (PSC) to move forward.

Owing to a number of interlocutory applications with which the Court had to first dispense, the substantive case has been in limbo since it was filed a year ago. And because a number of other cases with issues which touched and concerned the matter were set for ruling, Justice Persaud has repeatedly had to defer moving ahead.

Back in September, there were contentions over whether appeals should first be determined on the Chief Justice’s ruling invalidating the composition of the new PSC. Those contentions snared progress in the substantive action filed before Justice Persaud challenging the suspension of the previous members of the body.