Ap­peal Court Judges Nolan Bereaux, James Aboud and Mark Mo­hammed yes­ter­day re­served their judg­ment in a case brought by Trinidad Ex­press, which was or­dered to pay in­com­ing Prime Min­is­ter Stu­art Young over $500,000 two years ago.

In Oc­to­ber 2023, High Court Judge Bet­sy Ann Lam­bert Pe­ter­son award­ed Young $375,000, plus in­ter­est at a rate of 2.5 per cent per an­num, from 2019 to when the judg­ment was hand­ed down. She al­so award­ed Young ag­gra­vat­ed and ex­em­plary dam­ages in the sum of $125,000 and costs to­talling $71,500.

The judg­ment came af­ter Young sued the news­pa­per for defama­tion when his im­age was used in an ad­ver­tise­ment, cap­tioned “24 scan­dals in 24 months.”