Universal Merchants Ltd v The Financial Secretary Of The Government Of Jamaica (Shirley Tyndale) etal

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF JAMAICA 
SUE NO. M81 OF 2001
CORAM: THE HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SMlTH
THE HONOURABLE MISS JUSTICE SMITH
IN THE MATTER OF SECTIONS 19 AND 23 OF
THE CONSTITUTION
AND
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION BY
UNIVERSAL MERCHANTS LIMITED FOR
DECLARATIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL
REDRESS PURSUANT TO SECTION 25 OF THE
CONSTITUTION AND SECTION 15 OF THE
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT ACT.
BETWEEN UNIVERSAL MERCH/NTS LIMITED - APPLICANT
AND THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY OF
THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA
(SHIRLEY TYNDALE) - 1ST RESPONDENT
AND THE ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF
THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA
(LORRAINE WINSTON DLAZ) - ZND RESPONDENT
AND THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES
(CLAUDETTE MORGAN-GREAVES) - 3'" RESPONDENT
AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR
JAMAICA - 4m RESPONDENT
Mrs. Margaret Macaulay and Oswald James for the Applicant
Michael Hylton, Q.C, Solicitor General, Mrs. Nicole Foster-Pusey and
Miss Annaliesa Lindsay for the Respondents.
Heard: Tanuary 22,23,24 and March 18, 2002