Lawyers seek leave of ECSC to take Vaccine Mandate Appeal decision to the Privy Council

Lawyers for the dismissed workers in the Covid-19 mandate case, have sought leave of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) to take their appeal against the decision handed down on February 12, 2025 by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal to the British Privy Council.

The information was contained in a statement issued by the chambers of Jomo Thomas, one of the lawyers representing the dismissed government employees as follows:

“Yesterday, March 3, 2025 around 2:30 p.m. attorneys for the 271 dismissed workers in the Vaccine Mandate matter filed the legal documents seeking leave

from the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of Appeal to appeal the majority decision of the Court of Appeal to His Majesty’s Privy Council.

“On March 13, 2023, Justice Esco L. Henry ruled that the Government’s mandate commanding public workers to take a COVID-19 vaccine failing which they would be dismissed from their jobs and lose all benefits, including salary, pension, and gratuity, was unlawful, unconstitutional, ultra vires, tainted with procedurally impropriety, and disproportionate.

“However, in a majority ruling delivered by Justice of Appeal the Honourable Eddy Ventose on February 12, 2025, the Court of Appeal allowed the government’s

appeal against the learned Justice Henry’s decision.

“The S.V.G Teachers’ Union, the Public Service Union, and the Police Welfare aAssociation, representatives of the 271 dismissed workers, green-lighted the decision to appeal to His Majesty’s Privy Council.”