00:00Two British King's counsel have been retained by the state to lead its legal team in the matter involving businessman
00:07Dominic Hadid and his wife Genevieve Hadid.
00:10Two legal notices in the Gazette formally authorized Sir James Raymond E.D. Casey and Robert Stephen Strang Casey to
00:19be admitted to practice law in Trinidad and Tobago specifically for the case that Dominic Hadid and Genevieve Hadid have
00:27against the commission of police.
00:28The appointments were made by Attorney General John Jeremy under Section 15A of the Legal Profession Act following consultation with
00:37the Chief Justice.
00:38Sir James E.D., a barrister of the Honourable Society of Middle Temple, was admitted to practice at the Bar
00:45of England and Wales in July 1984.
00:48Strang, also of Middle Temple, was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales in November 2003.
00:55The move comes as government defends the legality of the Preventive Detention Orders PDOs issued against the Hadids under the
01:04Emergency Powers Regulations.
01:06Hadid, his wife Genevieve Hadid, and a relative, Star Sabga, have been accused by the state of being involved in
01:13a conspiracy to assassinate senior members of government.
01:16Genevieve Hadid's detention order specifically alleges that she made statements calling for the death of Prime Minister Kamala Passat-Bissassar.
01:25The Hadids are represented by Senior Counsel Douglas Mendez, Gilbert Peterson, Farah Salrawi, and a team of instructing attorneys.
01:33They are arguing that the initial arrests were unlawful and that the subsequent PDOs were therefore invalid.
01:40Urvashi Tamwari, Ruknarain, TV6 News.
