Lamenting the condemnation of the judiciary by persons who “should know better,” acting Chancellor Yonette Cummings-Edwards yesterday said it is doing its best to deliver justice despite its limited human resources.
Addressing a hearing where one of the judges of the Full Bench of the Court of Appeal was seeking a recusal, Justice Cummings-Edwards observed that there are some 13 judges in the High Court to preside over thousands of cases “and we’ve not been complaining, we’ve been doing our work assiduously…”
She said with the limited number of judges, who must rotate presiding over matters in Demerara, Essequibo and Berbice districts, notwithstanding their overwhelming workload, it places a further strain on the appellate court if one of its only three judges has to excused, necessitating a judge to be brought in from the High Court.
