Convicted Registrar of Deeds expected to resume duties

Azeena Baksh

Plans are afoot for Registrar of Deeds Azeena Baksh who was earlier this year found guilty of paying herself just over $4.5M, to resume her duties.

Stabroek News understands that at a meeting with Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall and the Guyana Bar Association (GBA), Baksh’s reinstatement was discussed which Nandlall said will be “soon.”

Also discussed on the agenda of the August 21st meeting was reconstitution of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), the framework for the appointment of Senior Counsel, the Law Reform Commission, the IDB Criminal Justice Project and the possibility of the judiciary moving towards judge-alone-trials.