Former Chancellor Kennard dies

By Sharda Bacchus On In Guyana News |
The late Cecil Kennard reading a written submission presented by then city mayor Patricia Chase-Green during the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the operations of the city administration in 2018. Kennard participated in several high profile commissions of inquiry after he left the bench. (Stabroek News file photo)
The late Cecil Kennard reading a written submission presented by then city mayor Patricia Chase-Green during the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the operations of the city administration in 2018. Kennard participated in several high profile commissions of inquiry after he left the bench. (Stabroek News file photo)

Former Chancellor of the Judiciary, retired Justice Cecil Kennard passed away yesterday morning. He was 86.

Kennard, who was also a longtime Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), died around 2 am at his home after a brief period of illness that had seen him hospitalised for some time.

During his decades-long career in law, he serves in many capacities, including as State Prosecutor within the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) during both pre- and post-independence, and as legal advisor to Guyana Police Force (GPF).