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Retrospective Legislation, Bills of Attainder, the Separation of Powers and the Rule of Law: Ferguson v. The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago [2016] UKPC 2

From the Privy Council comes an interesting review of the general principles governing retrospective legislation: Ferguson v. The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago [2016] UKPC 2. The facts in the several cases under appeal arose out of the introduction of a ten-year statutory limitation period for criminal prosecutions in Trinidad and Tobago. At the […] Read more