Fuller (Doris) v Attorney-General

JurisdictionJamaica
CourtCourt of Appeal (Jamaica)
Judgment Date1998
Year1998
Date1998

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33 cases
  • Adrian Nation v DPP and Attorney General of Jamaica
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 15 July 2011
    ...constitutional question, the other a question of statutory construction or general law, the Court will decide only the latter.’ Doris Fuller v. Attorney General (1998) 56 WIR 337 at 396 – 397 in which Patterson J.A. as a preface to considering Lord Diplock's dictum in Harrikissoon v. Attor......
  • Administrator General for Jamaica (Administrator of the Easate Eric David Black, deceased, Known as David E.A. Black)
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 30 May 2005
    ...1998 the Court of Appeal did not disturb an award of $3,000.00 for this head of damages in the case of Doris Fuller (Administratrix Estate Agana Barrett deceased) v The Attorney General (1998) 56 WIR 337. He also cited the oral judgment of Wesley James J. in Birdie Johnson (mother of decea......
  • Patrick Whitely v The Attorney General
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 28 July 2016
    ...degrading punishment or other treatment is to be found in the decision of the Court of Appeal of Jamaica in Fuller v. Attorney General (1998) 56 WIR 337. At page 412 Harrison J.A. stated: “Torture is not defined in the Constitution. However because of the history of the origin of the Consti......
  • Liberty Club Ltd v The Beacon Insurance Company Ltd
    • Grenada
    • High Court (Grenada)
    • 22 November 2010
    ...1.Gordon Lester Brathwaite & anor. v Anthony Potter & anor. Civil Appeal No. 18 of 2002 (Grenada) 2.Fuller (Doris) v Attorney-General [1998] 56 WIR 337 3.Richard Frederick & anor v Comptroller of Customs & anor. Civil Appeal No. 37 of 2008 (St. Lucia) 4.Apostol v Georgia [2006] ECHR 999 5.W......
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1 books & journal articles
  • The evolution of constitutional protection of fundamental rights in Guyana
    • Barbados
    • Caribbean Law Review No. 11-1, June 2001
    • 1 June 2001
    ...terms as it does other rights such as the right to protection of the law." 33 (1993) 49 W.I.R. 88, 152, 153. 34 See Fuller v AG (1998) 56W.I.R. 337; Lewis v AG [2000] 3 W.L.R. 1785. 35 [1980] A.C. 319. considering whether the word child as used in the Constitution of Bermuda included an ill......