Justice Diane Insanally on December 28, 2012 dismissed legal proceedings filed in the High Court challenging the constitutionality and legality of government’s placing of Lotto money in the Development Fund referred to as the Lotto Fund, ruling that it was misconceived.
The judge, striking out the case, ordered the applicant – APNU Member of Parliament Desmond Trotman – to pay the respondent – Attorney General Anil Nandlall – the sum of $50,000 in costs. Senior Counsel Miles Fitzpatrick and Attorney Christopher Ram represented Trotman in the matter.
Speaking on the case, Nandlall through the
