NASSAU, BAHAMAS — In a landmark decision, the UK-based Privy Council has ruled that children born out of wedlock in The Bahamas to foreign women and Bahamian men are citizens at birth and do not have to wait until the age of 18 to apply for citizenship. The Privy Council’s ruling upheld the decision of […]
The exciting prospects of AI advancement cast a grim shadow on the future of formal jobs in the Caribbean. Dear Editor, The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is exciting, to say the least. Revolutionary new technology is quickly advancing, and always improving, leaving the world to wonder just what it could become capable of next. […]
Dear Editor, The breaking news on May 4 2023, is that the Privy Council, the highest Court of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, from which there is no appeal, has concluded “that the Constitution of The Bahamas confers citizenship of The Bahamas at birth on a person born in The Bahamas who is the child […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Privy Council yesterday ruled that it was ‘unlawful’ for a Kenyan man to have been detained for more than two working days pending a deportation order, awarding him an additional $50,000 with interest for the initial three month period he was held awaiting repatriation. The Privy Council made the ruling on […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A historical Privy Council judgment handed down yesterday has made any conveyances from January 2011 to date, of land in subdivisions that do not have subdivision approval, null and void. The ruling confirmed the interpretation of section 62(1) of the Planning and Subdivisions Act, 2010. The 2010 act repealed the Private Roads […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The securities industry regulator has secured a Privy Council decision in its favor in a decade-old legal battle with Fundhaven (formerly Accuvest Fund Services) and South America Investment Fund Ltd. In a release yesterday, the Securities Commission of The Bahamas (SCB) noted a judgment was issued by the Judicial Committee of the […]
