Justice Brassington Reynolds “out of an abundance of caution” yesterday decided to indefinitely adjourn the challenge to the legality of the appointment of acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba until the outcome of two appeals filed after an earlier ruling by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang.
The courtroom was silent as Justice Reynolds made his short statement and there was obvious disappointment written on the faces of the few who gathered, including City Hall spokesperson Royston King, who initiated the proceedings and Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green, as it was believed that the court would have issued a decision on the matter one way or the other. However, Justice Reynolds said having read the affidavit filed by King and listening to the submissions made by both sides—Nigel Hughes for King and Roysdale Forde for Sooba—he decided to put down the matter sine die (indefinitely) until the outcome of the two appeals. He said he did so in the “interest of justice,” while adding that having regard to the public interest in the issue both parties concerned and other stakeholders should make every effort to have the appeals heard as soon as possible.
The current case was filed in May and was initially heard by Justice Diana Insanally, who had ordered that the
