The Government of Grenada has won its\u00a0 appeal to prevent State creditors from garnishing the State\u2019s accounts and using other\u00a0 similar execution methods when enforcing money judgments against the State.<\/p>\n
The ruling was delivered in the appeal, The Attorney General of Grenada v Shorn\u00a0 Braveboy and Letisha Lessey-Braveboy. The Court of Appeal has reserved the reasons\u00a0 for its decision on the Appeal.<\/p>\n
The Court of Appeal\u2019s ruling sets aside the July 2019 decision of Hon. Justice Smith\u00a0 which, declared Section 21(4) of the Crown Proceedings Act (CPA) and rules 50.2(3) and\u00a0 59.7 of the Eastern Caribbean Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) unconstitutional. This\u00a0 effectively restores them as part of the laws of Grenada.<\/p>\n
The aforementioned section and rules relate to creditors enforcing money judgments\u00a0 against the State of Grenada and restricts the methods of enforcement that may be used\u00a0 by State\u2019s creditors.<\/p>\n
Section 21(4) of the CPA also provides that no person within the public service shall be\u00a0 individually liable for the payment of such money or costs that may be ordered for\u00a0 payment by the Crown, or any Ministry or Government department. This essentially\u00a0 means that the assets of Permanent Secretaries or other Government officials cannot be\u00a0 garnished as part of any attempt to enforce a legal judgment against the State.<\/p>\n
Further, these important provisions within the law, determine what is permissible under\u00a0 the Constitution as it relates to monies in the Consolidated Fund, which is the fund where\u00a0 all of Government revenues and receipts are lodged and from where Government\u00a0 spending is approved.<\/p>\n
The ruling is significant for Government because if creditors are allowed to garnish the\u00a0 State\u2019s accounts, this will hinder the ability of the State to properly manage public\u00a0 resources for the purposes of development, recurrent expenditures, payment of debts\u00a0 and other such associated matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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