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Government and your land-1
Dr. William Para RiviereApril 15, 2014The Land Acquisition Act, Chap. 53:02 gives the Government of the day authority to acquire your land compulsorily, that is to say, without your consent. To do so, two main ...
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Selling, Leasing and Squatting on State Lands
Dr. William Para RiviereApril 1, 2014"State lands" is the name given to what was called "Crown lands" before 1978 when Dominica gained constitutional independence from Britain. The sale and lease of state lands and squatting ...
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Trespass to land
Dr. William Para RiviereMarch 25, 2014The civil wrong known as "trespass to land" is governed by the Small Trespass Act supplemented by the common law. A person is said to trespass on another's land where ...
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Squatters' Rights
Dr. William Para RiviereMarch 11, 2014In 1950 Mr. Robert Burke arrives from England and buys a 50-acre tract of land in the North for which he obtains title. He cultivates a few acres in bananas ...
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Joint Ownership of Land
Dr. William Para RiviereMarch 5, 2014Suppose a man and his lawful wife, Thomas and Ernestine Fortune, pool their money together and buy a parcel of land called "High Rise", and both of their names are ...
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Title to Land
Dr. William Para RiviereFeb. 25, 2014Land is held here in two forms; one is unregistered land and, the other, registered land. Proof of land ownership is found in a title. When a loans officer at ...
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Wives, Husbands and Inheritance
Dr. William Para RiviereFeb. 18, 2014Wives or husbands who for one reason or other cause the Certificate of Title to matrimonial property to be registered in the name of one spouse only are almost certain ...
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The Right to Silence
Dr. William Para RiviereFeb. 11, 2014In a criminal trial a person charged with an offence may choose to give or not give evidence in his or her defence. If the choice is to give evidence ...
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The Georges Commission
Dr. William Para RiviereJan. 29, 2014Rather than take action on the 1981 Review Commission's recommendations the new two-year old Government chose to re-invent the wheel. On September 10, 1997 it appointed another Commission to once ...
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The Matthew Commission
Dr. William Para RiviereJan. 21, 2014Our Constitution has been officially reviewed by two Commissions. The first was appointed by Cabinet letter of May 5th 1981 "to review" the Constitution and "to make recommendations for changes". ...
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The public purse
Dr. William Para RiviereDec. 20, 2013The national revenue is held in trust for the citizens of our nation. Further, of all our institutions of governance, the House of Assembly is the only one directly elected ...
