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DEREK ACHONG

The Unit­ed King­dom-based Privy Coun­cil is ex­pect­ed to have the fi­nal say in a defama­tion law­suit brought by for­mer Fi­nance Min­is­ter and cur­rent Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Colm Im­bert against Pro­gres­sive Em­pow­er­ment Par­ty (PEP) po­lit­i­cal leader Phillip Ed­ward Alexan­der.

Dur­ing a hear­ing at the Hall of Jus­tice in Port-of-Spain on Thurs­day, Ap­pel­late Judges Pe­ter Ra­jku­mar, Maria Wil­son and Ron­nie Boodoos­ingh grant­ed Alexan­der con­di­tion­al leave to ap­peal to the coun­try’s fi­nal ap­pel­late court.