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In Boodram v. Attorney-General of
Trinidad and Tobago [1996] 2 W.L.R. 464
an individual charged with murder issued
a notice of motion seeking declarations
that his constitutional rights under
section 4(a) and (b) and section 5(e) and
(f) of the Constitution had been infringed
by adverse press reports and by the
failure of the Director of Public
Prosecutions to stop them; he claimed
that his trial should be discontinued or
postponed for at least 18 months. This
Board, affirming the judge at first
instance and the Court of Appeal of
Trinidad and Tobago, decided that the
appellant
had
no
grounds
for
constitutional relief. Lord Mustill, giving
the judgment of the Board, first
considered and dismissed an argument
that the inaction of the Director of Public
Prosecutions itself contravened the
appellant's constitutional rights. He
continued at pages 472-473:-
present
appeal
apart
from
Lord
Templeman's observations about the
significance of the disparity between the
demand for legal services and the supply
of legal services in the jurisdiction
concerned.