Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, Advisor to the Minister of Health, is seeking to set aside a default judgment granted against him in the $185 million libel suit brought by former General Manager of the National Communications Network (NCN) Enrico Woolford.
Back in August, Justice Fidela Corbin-Lincoln granted Woolford judgment in default for Ramsammy’s failure to file a defence in the claim for libel against him. The Court has not yet assessed damages.
Woolford earlier this year sued Ramsammy, the Guyana Times newspaper and the Times Media Group jointly and severally, seeking in excess of $185 million in total for libelous statements about him that he said were contained in a column by Ramsammy that was published by the Guyana Times newspaper on March 18, 2020, under the headline “Ramsammy’s Ruminations: Caricom, ABCE, Commonwealth, OAS – time for sanctions now, no more patience.”
