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SECTION 3 JUDGEMENTS DELIVERED IN 2015/2016

During the first six months of the current FY 2016/17 (Sep. 2016 – March 2017), the
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North branch of the Court registered a total of 528 new matters and disposed of TD NO. PARTY NO. 1 PARTY NO. 2 CORAM DELIVERY
426 matters. Over the same period, 72 new matters were registered in the South
TD
Court while 42 matters were disposed. 240 - Communication Fine Line Distributors HH Mrs. K. George- 29.07.16
Marcelle
Workers' Union
Limited
In the four-year period 2012/13 (Sep. 2012 – Oct. 2013) to 2015/16 (Sep. 2015 – Oct. 242/14 HH Dr. S. Samaroo
2016), a total of 3,436 and 501 matters were filed at the North and South Registries HH Mrs. J. Christopher-
Nicholls
of the Court, respectively. Meanwhile for the same four-year period, the North
Branch of the Court disposed of 2,938 matters, while the South Branch of the Court TD 249/12 Communication Piarco International HH Mrs. K. George- 29.07.16
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disposed of 357 matters. Consequently, the estimated disposal rates over the four Workers' Union Hotel HH Mr. P. Rabathaly
year period are estimated at 86% for the North Court and 71.3% for South Court. HH Mr. R. Jugmohan

TD 545/11 Communication Hilton Trinidad and HH Mr. Mr. H. Soverall 29.07.16
MATTERS FILED 156 - 178, Workers' Union Conference Centre HH Mr. A. Aberdeen
255 &
HH Mr. M. Maharaj
328/12
Of the 3,932 matters filed at the Court during the four–year review period, 3,516
Seamen and
were filed in the General Services Division (GSD) while 416 matters were filed in the TD 352/13 Waterfront Workers' Unicomer (Trinidad) HH Mrs. H. Seale 29.07.16
HH Mr. N. Khan
ORAL
Limited
Essential Services Division (ESD). Of these 3,932, 87.7% of the GSD matters were Trade Union HH Mrs. K. George- JUDGEMENT
Trade Disputes (TD), while Retrenchment and Severance Benefits Disputes (RSBD) Marcelle
and Industrial Relations Offences (IRO) accounted for 4.4% and 3.5%, respectively.
Allied Security
In the ESD, for the same period, Disputes (D) accounted for 60.3%, matters before TD 101 & Oilfields Workers' Services (Tobago) HH Mrs. D. Thomas-Felix 15.08.16
ORAL
HH Mr. L. Achong
Trade Union
102/16
the Special Tribunal (ST) 34.9% and IROs 4.1%. HH Mr. A. Aberdeen JUDGEMENT
(TOBAGO)
Table 3.3: TYPE OF MATTERS FILED IN THE GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION (GSD)
TD 4 & Oilfields Workers' Royalton Casino HH Mrs. D. Thomas-Felix 15.08.16
ORAL
MATTERS 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 5/16 Trade Union HH Mr. A. Aberdeen JUDGEMENT
(QI & QII)
HH Mr. M. Daniel
Trade Disputes (GSD-TD) 808 774 550 951 437 (TOBAGO)
Industrial Relations Offences 47 19 30 26 16 TD 104/16 Oilfields Workers' Tobago News HH Mrs. D. Thomas-Felix 16.08.16
(GSD-IRO) Trade Union HH Mr. L. Achong ORAL
Interpretation of a Collective 8 7 6 4 5 HH Mr. M. Daniel JUDGEMENT
(TOBAGO)
Agreement (GSD-ICA)
Applications (Including Injunctions) 14 10 5 5 6 TD 360/15 Oilfields Workers' Thor Security Services HH Mr. M. Daniel 17.08.16
ORAL
(GSD-A) Trade Union Limited HH Mr. L. Achong JUDGEMENT
HH Mr. A. Aberdeen
OSHA 4 7 23 30 31 (TOBAGO)
Retrenchment and Severance 42 26 12 75 28
Benefit Disputes (RSBD) TD 458/15 Advocate Trade Patrick Godson-Phillip HH Mr. A. Aberdeen 17.08.16
ORAL
(Attorney at Law)
Union
HH Mr. L. Achong
Maternity Protection Disputes (MPD) 5 - - 10 4 HH Mr. M. Daniel JUDGEMENT
Minimum Wages Disputes (MWD) 1 5 1 9 17 (TOBAGO)
Minimum Wages Offence (MWO) 1 - - - - TD 198 & Oilfields Workers' Sea Level Guest HH Mrs. D. Thomas-Felix 18.08.16
Opinions (O) - 1 - - 1 199/16 Trade Union House HH Mr. L. Achong ORAL
Recognition (R) - - - - 1 HH Mr. A. Aberdeen JUDGEMENT
Rescission of Contracts (RC) - - - - - (TOBAGO)
TOTAL 930 849 627 1,110 546
Source: Industrial Court of Trinidad & Tobago
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