Fuller (Doris) v Attorney-General

JurisdictionJamaica
Judgment Date1998
Date1998
Year1998
CourtCourt of Appeal (Jamaica)
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  • 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......
  • Attorney General of Antigua and Barbuda Appellant v The Estate of Cyril Thomas Bufton Lona Eileen Bufton Respondent [ECSC]
    • Antigua and Barbuda
    • Court of Appeal (Antigua and Barbuda)
    • 6 February 2006
    ...principle that it states and the quantum that it indicates is appropriate for the delay it considered. 37 The point was made in Fuller (Doris) v Attorney General28 that an award of damages made against the state for breach of constitutional rights must not amount to a windfall. In deliverin......
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