Courts

The People’s Progressive Party Civic’s Representative of the List of Candidates Bharrat Jagdeo and the Guyana government on Wednesday secured victory at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that the High Court’s dismissal of an opposition election petition could not be appealed. The CCJ found that Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire was right in dismissing the appeal because of late service ...

The Commissioners of Inquiry into alleged attempts to rig the March 2020 general and regional elections were sworn in on Tuesday before Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan. They are Chairman of the Commission – Retired Justice of  Appeal of the Turks and Caicos Islands,  Stanley John; Former Attorney General, High Court Judge and Acting Justice of Appeal in the Eastern ...

Prominent and well-respected Caribbean jurist, Justice Louise Blenman will Friday be sworn in as the Chief Justice of Belize. The event begins at 11:30. News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM will bring you live coverage from Belize.  Up to recently, Ms Blenman served as a Justice of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. The Belize Bar Association established an interview ...

The Chairman of the International Decade for People of African Descent-Guyana, Vincent Alexander is threatening to sue Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo for defamation of character. Through lawyer, Eusi Anderson , Mr Alexander says Mr Jagdeo defamed him by falsely and erroneously claiming that he ran IDPADA-G for personal gain, advancement and benefit. The lawyer is demanding that Mr Jagdeo publicly ...

The High Court on Tuesday said the Police Service Commission (PSC) was not properly consulted because there was no Chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC) but saved the  promotions and the appointment of a Mr Clifton Hicken as acting Police Commissioner under the de facto doctrine. “In the interest of avoiding any unforeseen circumstances of my decision that the ...

Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Tuesday ruled that President Irfaan Ali properly consulted with Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on the appointment of the Police Service Commission and the Integrity Commission. In handing down her decision in the case brought by the Opposition Leader, she said Mr Norton failed to object to any of the names at the time of their ...

Attorney-at-Law Roysdale Forde on Thursday night  said he would be appealing Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire’s “regrettable” ruling that President Irfaan Ali’s appointment of Mr Clifton Hicken as acting Police Commissioner was constitutional. “The impact of this Judgment is too grave for it to be left standing. In the circumstances, an Appeal will be filed to set aside this decision,” he ...

Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Thursday ruled that President Irfaan Ali’s appointment of Mr Clifton Hicken to act as Police Commissioner out of necessity and his “own deliberate judgement” was constitutional because there was no Opposition Leader and Police Service Commission (PSC) at the time. “There could be no disregard of and thereby a breach of the requirement for meaningful ...

The eight opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarians were early Friday morning suspended for allegedly participating in unrest in the National Assembly, despite pending High Court action to block consideration of the Privileges Committee Report. The opposition legislators want the court to find that their constitutional right to a fair hearing has been violated because they ...

The High Court will next month rule on whether President Irfaan Ali breached Guyana’s Constitution by appointing Assistant Commissioner Clifton Hicken to act as Police Commissioner in the absence of an Opposition Leader with whom consultations are constitutionally required. Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire set August 11 when most likely a decision would be given on whether the President correctly invoked ...