Former Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Deputy Chief Elections Officer, Roxanne Myers was Friday awarded GY$2 million for wrongful arrest as part of a probe into alleged electoral fraud. Justice Simone Ramlall found that Ms Myers was unlawfully arrested and detained but it was not found that her detention amounted to inhumane treatment. The court awarded GY$2 million in compensatory damages. ...
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Attorney General updates Guyana-born Belize Chief Justice during courtesy call
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall on Friday updated Chief Justice of Belize, Guyana-born Louise Esther Blenman on a number of projects during her courtesy call ahead of a major regional law conference that opens in Guyana next week. “The Hon. Attorney General welcomed the Hon. Chief Justice and updated her on a number of projects being ...
Read More »Gov’t ordered to pay former Deputy Solicitor General, Prithima Kissoon, withheld salary
Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire has ruled that Prithima Kissoon, former Deputy Solicitor General must be paid her salary that had been withheld. Ms. Kissoon’s money had been withheld by the Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Legal Affairs and the Attorney General. In May, 2017, the Attorney General caused Ms. Kissoon to be sent on “administrative leave” by the ...
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