AG’s Office Clarifies Privy Council Response In Hadeed Case, Cites “Misrepresentation” By Local Media

The Office of the Attorney General has issued a clarification regarding correspondence from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the matter of Dominic Hadeed and Genevieve Hadeed (Respondents) v Commissioner of Police and Three Others (Appellants), following what it described as misrepresentation of that correspondence by local media and social media platforms.

According to the release, dated July 29, 2026, the State, the Appellants in the matter sought leave to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on the evening of July 17, after being dissatisfied with a decision of the first Court of Appeal (Justices Rajkumar, Dean-Armorer and Charles).

A differently constituted, second Court of Appeal (comprising the Chief Justice, and Justices Rahim and Mohammed) subsequently granted leave and imposed a stay of Justice Rajkumar’s decision. That stay meant the Respondents, the Hadeeds, would remain detained in prison while the appeal proceeded before the Privy Council.