Reform method of judicial appointments – Bar Association

Rabi Sukul

The method of judicial appointments must be reformed in keeping with the demands of a modern society, the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) yesterday declared  in the wake of the scandal over the disbarment of Justice of Appeal Rabi Sukul in England and Wales.

Disbarred on February 5th, 2014, Justice Sukul quit the local bench after his resignation was asked for by Chancellor of the Judiciary Carl Singh. Critics have said that the constitutional provisions should have been invoked to address Justice Sukul’s circumstances. The matter has also shone