The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has rejected an appeal from a man who claimed breach of his constitutional rights and sought damages over 91 acres of state land on the Corentyne from which he was removed in 1998.
In 2004, Keshwar Ramlall through his counsel argued that there was a legitimate expectation that he would be given a lease to the land and that this expectation was breached by the State and represented a denial of his rights under Article 144(8) (the right to a fair hearing) of the Guyana Constitution.
Ramlall further contended that that by virtue of the investment he had made in the land he had acquired a property interest which was protected by the Guyana Constitution6 and his eviction from the land was therefore a breach of his right to
