High Court dismisses former airman’s claim

The Trinidad and To­ba­go De­fence Force (TTDF) says the High Court has dis­missed a claim brought by for­mer Se­nior Air­craft­man Kwame Joe­field, rul­ing that the de­ci­sion to dis­charge him was law­ful and pro­ce­du­ral­ly fair.

In a rul­ing de­liv­ered by Jus­tice West­min James, the court found that the TTDF act­ed with­in its ad­min­is­tra­tive dis­cre­tion and re­fused all ap­pli­ca­tions for re­in­state­ment, salary ar­rears, and dam­ages.

The TTDF said the court re­ject­ed Joe­field’s al­le­ga­tions of pro­ce­dur­al un­fair­ness, find­ing that he was giv­en mul­ti­ple op­por­tu­ni­ties to ad­dress his ser­vice record through a struc­tured, mul­ti-tiered re­view process.