HIGHEST priority should be given to the judicial review and constitutional challenge brought by businessman Dominic Hadeed and his wife Genevieve over the issuance of Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs) against them, the Appeal Court ruled on Thursday.

The order by the court for an expedited hearing of the High Court proceedings came after attorney Gerald Ramdeen, appearing for the State, indicated to Justices of Appeal Eleanor Donaldson-Honeywell and Joan Charles that while he was not consenting to the expedition of the matter, he was also not objecting to it.

This he said, was based on the Hadeeds' continued detention and fresh evidence regarding Dominic Hadeed's deteriorating medical condition.