- say it could be refined

Amid suggestions that the Bharrat Jagdeo administration could move to abolish the sub-judice rule, which limits the level of discussion on a matter before the courts, local lawyers are arguing that the law must remain, but be refined to cater for today’s realities.

The sub-judice rule is one of many conventions passed down from the British, which Guyana has upheld over the years.

The issue of abolishing the rule came into focus last week when Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, was asked to comment on the Oliver Hinckson’s charges, mindful of the sub-judice rule……