The Re­view Tri­bunal which has been es­tab­lished un­der the state of emer­gency in T&T is ready to re­view the cas­es of per­sons who have been de­tained un­der the Emer­gency Pow­ers Reg­u­la­tions 2011. It's sec­re­tari­at has been es­tab­lished at the Hall of Jus­tice, Knox Street, Port-of-Spain, where it al­so will con­duct its sit­tings. The tri­bunal, which is pro­vid­ed for by Sec­tion 11 (1) of the Con­sti­tu­tion, was ap­point­ed by Chief Jus­tice Ivor Archie, fol­low­ing the de­c­la­ra­tion of a state of emer­gency last Au­gust 21. It is un­der the chair­man­ship of Se­nior Coun­sel Gilbert Pe­ter­son, SC, with Deb­o­rah Peake SC, and Ra­j­man­lal Joseph as mem­bers. Paul Isaac is the sec­re­tary. The tri­bunal says any­one who has been de­tained un­der the Emer­gency Pow­ers Reg­u­la­tions 2011 or any act or reg­u­la­tions made un­der Sec­tion 7 of the Con­sti­tu­tion, has the right to have his or her case re­viewed.

The re­view would be con­duct­ed fol­low­ing a writ­ten re­quest from a de­tainee. That re­quest must be ad­dressed to the sec­re­tary of the tri­bunal and signed ei­ther by the de­tainee or his or her rep­re­sen­ta­tive.

The writ­ten re­quest should be lodged at the tri­bunal's sec­re­tari­at, Hall of Jus­tice, Knox Street, Port-of-Spain, or any of the fol­low­ing lo­ca­tions:

-The Reg­istry of the Supreme Court, Hall of Jus­tice, Knox Street, Port-of-Spain;

-the sub-reg­istry of the Supreme Court, San Fer­nan­do; or

-the sub-reg­istry of the Supreme Court, To­ba­go.

Per­sons wish­ing to lodge doc­u­ments at any of these lo­ca­tions out­side of nor­mal busi­ness hours can re­ceive guid­ance on do­ing so by call­ing the tri­bunal's sec­re­tary at 396-1682, or the Hall of Jus­tice, Port-of-Spain: 623- 2416/7, ex­ten­sion 2243 or 2244.