Sad state of the laws of Guyana

There is no question that the state of the laws inherited by Mr. Basil Willaims, Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs from his predecessor and would-be nemesis Mr. Anil Nandlall was a total mess. By subsidiary legislation in February 2014, Mr. Nandlall as Chairman of the Law Revision Commission published the Law Revision Order 2014 accompanying the eighteen volumes of the Laws of Guyana in force as at December 31, 2010.

As was so often the case with the PPP/C Government, the publication of the laws was driven not by its readiness but to meet donor agency deadline. More than two years ago, Mr. Nandlall admitted to the severe deficiencies in the laws but said these were being addressed by the Law Revision Unit established in the Chambers of the Attorney General. However a couple of days later, when Mr. Nandlall