Appeal Court affirms Co-Operatives officer wrongfully dismissed

Kareem Abdul-Jabar

The Court of Appeal yesterday affirmed the decision of former acting Chief Justice, Ian Chang, that Chief Co-operatives Development Officer, Kareem Abdul-Jabar had been wrongfully dismissed, and ordering the state to pay him costs in the sum of $100,000.

At the conclusion of the High Court trial in 2013, the state appealed Justice Chang’s ruling.

Delivering the court’s ruling yesterday afternoon, Justice of Appeal, Rishi Persaud, noted among other things, that rules of the Public Service Commission (PSC), had not been followed in dismissing the respondent and that he should not have been dismissed.