The Guyana Court of Appeal has come in for a reprimand by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) for not following instructions given to it more than four years ago to urgently hear motions filed by the Blairmont Rice Investment Inc. and the Kayman Sankar Group of Companies.
“It is was very difficult to understand how this can be possible or justifiable in any proper legal system,” Justice David Hayton said in the judgment that was delivered yesterday on an application by Blairmont Rice, which sought to have the matter sent back to the High Court for a fresh trial instead of an appeal of the 2012 ruling of former acting Chief Justice Ian Chang.
On December 21, 2006 Blairmont Rice entered into agreements with the Sankar Group for the purchase of interest in certain rice lands, equipment and buildings. Upon signing the agreements, it made an initial payment for the assets acquired.
