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Law books: High Court’s GY$10m libel decision against Basil Williams basis for suing other accusers- AG Nandlall
Mr. Anil Nandlall and Mr. Basil Williams Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall on Saturday said the...
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Prosecutors Code dictates Dharamlall should be charged based on “Public interest”- GHRA
-Code also considers health of victim, withdrawal from case Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar Hack. Guyana's Code for Prosecutors provides...
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CCJ’s Judge Anderson reappointed to Court of Arbitration for Sports
Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and Chairman of the CCJ Academy for Law, Justice Winston Anderson has...
Read moreDetailsTrinidad-model plea deal legislation seeks to ease Guyana’s backlog of criminal cases, reduce prison population
Guyana is borrowing Trinidad and Tobago's plea bargaining legislation, aimed at facilitating discussions between prosecutors and offenders to ease the...
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Hughes defends decision to represent Dharamlall in rape allegation
Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes chatting with People's National Congress Reform supporter Lurlene Nestor outside his office. Well-known Guyanese lawyer Nigel Hughes...
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Abolish jury trials for interior murder cases, new offences- DPP, CCJ judge, others
Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar Hack. Guyana's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Hack on Saturday recommended the scrapping of...
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CCJ judge says prolonged case delays are “unacceptable”; recommends system to fast-track cases
Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) judge, Jacob Wit. Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Judge, Jacob Wit on Saturday expressed concern...
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CCJ denies special leave to man serving two life sentences for sexual activity with a child
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. On Wednesday, 21 June 2023, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), sitting in Guyana, delivered...
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Minister Dharamlall released on bail after several hours in custody; evidence to disprove allegations to be presented
PPP parliamentarian, Nigel Dharamlall. (File picture) Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall was released from five hours of police custody and...
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“Length of metal” cannot determine legitimacy of parliamentary acts- says Judge, in dismissing opposition’s Natural Resource Act case
A replica of the mace before the Speaker Manzoor Nadir before Governance Minister Gail Teixeira put the question for the...
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