Judge recuses himself from hearing Duncan case

Justice Franklin Holder yesterday recused himself from presiding over Carvil Duncan’s challenge to his suspension from the Public Service Commission, saying that he made the decision both in the interest of justice and to distance himself from the “unfortunate machinations” resulting from his report on the “contemptuous behaviour” of Attorney General Basil Williams SC at the last hearing.

Justice Holder made the announcement from the bench at a hearing at the High Court in Georgetown, where the Attorney General was expected to ask that the judge recuse himself in the light of concerns by the respondent, Prime Minister Moses