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"We respect the rule of law and will spare no effort in continuing to work assiduously for our clients."
Attorney Faris Al-Rawi spoke with the media after the Court of Appeal ruled that businessman Dominic Hadeed and his wife, Genevieve Hadeed, will remain in custody while the State pursues an appeal to the Privy Council.
Video by Juhel Browne
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00:00Today, out of respect to the media and the population that has been following, I think that the simple message
00:05is that the Court of Appeal has considered its position on the stay pending the outcome of the appeal at
00:12the Judicial Committee.
00:13That is the apex court for Trinidad and Tobago, and we expect that to be, God willing, an approach that
00:19we will get to in the next couple of days.
00:22There are unique aspects of this case that we will ventilate before the Judicial Committee.
00:26At the end of the day, as a lawyer, I have to abide by the rule of law and by
00:30the decisions of our courts, and therefore we must just simply as attorneys work assiduously in the best interest of
00:36our clients and hope that it echoes to the benefit of others that have similar causes and concerns.
00:43And as an officer of the court, we'll have to take this in the proper processes because it's a matter
00:48of procedure, approach and discipline.
00:50Of course, time is critical in these matters, so we intend to spare no effort.
00:57We intend to push for the fruit that has been given and awarded.
01:02I mean, the Court of Appeal, in a unanimous decision, granted us something that is of benefit, which is the
01:10release of our clients.
01:12Yesterday, that did not happen, despite the fact that the court had ordered it to happen.
01:17And I think that the whole world witnessed what happened there.
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