Acting Chief Justice Roxane George has ruled that President David Granger acted unlawfully when he revoked the leases for lands belonging to a group of Seafield, West Coast Berbice farmers.
The judge yesterday also granted a permanent conservatory order, restraining the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary-Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA), or any other officer of the state, from entering upon, or in any manner whatsoever, infringing with the farmers’ peaceful enjoyment of their land.
However, an application by the farmers—Philip Alexander Johnson, Rupert Blackman, Rawle Miller and Doreen Monah—for special damages was not awarded, as the court found that this was not proved.
