While the High Court has announced its intention to physically resume criminal trials on October 6th, the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) has expressed the view that given the COVID-19 pandemic, trials should not recommence at this time.
A number of criminal attorneys are, however, in support of the court’s decision to have the wheels of justice turning once again where such trials are concerned, though they have collectively called for this to be done in the safest possible way given the pandemic.
For his part, attorney Ronald Burch-Smith said that while the Bar’s concerns are reasonable in that it wants to ensure no recklessness in the issues to be determined when considering the resumption of trials, one must also ask how long then would the wait be.
