Chief Magistrate among four recommended for appointment as judges

Four candidates have been submitted to President David Granger to fill the vacancies that exist for puisne judges, acting Chancellor Yonette Cummings-Edwards confirmed on Wednesday, while well-placed sources said that Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and former Guyana Association of Women Lawyers president Simone Morris-Ramlall are among them.

Approached shortly after the swearing-in of acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC and Justice Dawn Gregory as Appellate judges at State House on Wednesday, Justice Cummings-Edwards said that recommendations have been made. “To date we have four,” she said, before adding that the names have already been submitted to Granger.

Asked to identify the four, the acting Chancellor responded