Finding the potential for bias, the Guyana Court of Appeal last year threw out a 2018 decision of the Public Service Appellate Tribunal (PSAT) to allow its Chairman, Justice (retired) Nandram Kissoon, to continue hearing a matter involving his niece, former Deputy Solicitor General Prithima Kissoon.
The appellate court found, among other things, that the continuation of the case before the PSAT as it was then constituted, with the Chairman hearing his niece’s complaint, would have rendered its deliberations unfair on grounds of possible bias.
While the ruling was handed down almost a year ago, it was only made public last Thursday by former Attorney General Basil Williams. It is unclear what prompted the release. Attempts by this newspaper to contact Williams were unsuccessful.
