Registrar of the Deeds Registry, Azeema Baksh has confirmed that an investigation has been launched into an alleged forgery of documents in two property matters between Fidelity Investment Inc and Caricom Insurance and which resulted in acting Chief Justice Ian Chang making an order for six notices of Discontinuation and six notices of Withdrawal of Opposition not to be treated as valid.
Contacted on Friday, Baksh told Stabroek News she could offer no further information on the case but just to say that both the Deeds Registry and the Supreme Court Registry are investigating the matter. Justice Chang’s order was to the two registries directing them not to validate the 12 notices after a reputable law firm from which they were allegedly filed denied that this was the case.
Sources say that so far the investigation has not identified any employee of the registries as being implicated in the
