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Saturday, October 5, 2013
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled that Jamaican Shanique Myrie be awarded US $38,620 in pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages at the end of a trial against Barbados.
According to the ruling, the evidence Myrie presented about an illegal cavity search and detention in an
unsanitary cell at the Grantley Adams International Airport and subsequent deportation was powerful enough for them to award her BD$2,240 in pecuniary damages and BD$75,000 in non-pecuniary damages.
However, the court dismissed claims that Myrie was discriminated against solely because of her
nationality and made no judgement on behalf of the intervener, the Jamaican state. It also ordered that
Barbados alter its laws to be in harmony with the Revised Treaty of Chagarumas which speaks to the free movement of Caribbean nationals throughout Caricom. |
