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DID the Cabinet fully adopt the Salaries Review Commission’s (SRC) latest report, and if it did, can a new administration walk it back? These are among the questions raised as the High Court continues hearing a legal challenge brought by the director and deputy director of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA).

At the June 10 hearing, Justice Frank Seepersad extended the deadline to June 30 for both the cabinet and the SRC to file their responses in the case, which alleges that the Cabinet acted unlawfully by accepting salary recommendations without consulting those affected.

The case, brought by PCA director David West and deputy director Michelle Solomon-Baksh, challenges a cabinet decision, communicated via a Ministry of Finance circular on December 23, 2024, to adopt parts of the SRC’s 120th Report.