Appeal Court grants stay in vaccine mandate case
The Appeal court has granted the government a stay of execution of the judgment in the vaccine mandate case.
On March 13, public servants who were fired under the St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) government vaccine mandate of 2021 were declared victorious in their case brought against the government.
Esco Henry, a High Court judge, rendered the decision.
Henry found that the St. Vincent government’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate and the subsequent terminations are unconstitutional and void.
However, on Thursday, a determination was made after hearing all the affidavits presented.
UPON THE COURT being satisfied that the applicants have reasonable prospects of success on appeal, that there is cogent evidence that the appeal will be rendered nugatory unless a stay is granted, and that the appeal concerns matters of public importance;
AND UPON THE COURT CONSIDERING all of the circumstances of the case and determining that the applicants have met the threshold for the grant of a stay of execution,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
The application for a stay of the judgment and order of Esco Henry J. delivered on March 13, 2023, pending the hearing and determination of the appeal is granted”.
The matter was heard before His Lordship, the Honorable Paul Webster, Justice of Appeal.
