Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

39.   Right of appeal

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    (1)   Any person affected by the determination of the Director General or the person appointed by the Minister to conduct a review under this Part may, within 10 days after the determination, appeal the determination to the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.

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    (2)   An appeal to the court shall be on the merits based on the record of the proceedings from whose determination the appeal is taken but the court shall allow oral argument and, if it deems it necessary for the purposes of the appeal, shall hear evidence not previously available.

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    (3)   The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court may dispose of an appeal from the determination of the Director General or of a person appointed by the Minister to conduct a review, by:

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      (a)     allowing the appeal, substituting its decision for the determination appealed against; or

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      (b)     dismissing it.