Absent gov’t witness delays hearing in $2M NBS ‘malicious prosecution’ suit

Charles Ramson SC

A hearing for the $2 million lawsuit filed against government for alleged malicious prosecution by former New Building Society (NBS) Chief Executive Officer/Secretary Maurice Arjoon was adjourned again yesterday, after the state failed to produce a witness to lead its defence.

The delay comes almost a month after Justice Dawn Gregory-Barnes adjourned the case to allow Deputy Solicitor General Nareshwar Harnanan to prepare his case.

Harnanan is the attorney for former Attorney General Charles Ramson SC, who