A committee to address several concerns including the anti-laundering law was agreed following a meeting on Wednesday between Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC and a team from the Guyana Bar Association (GBA).
At the meeting, Nandlall, also Legal Affairs Minister, was accompanied by Deputy Solicitor General, Deborah Kumar; Assistant Solicitor General, Shoshanna Lall and Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Officer, Rommel St. Hill.
A release from the AG’s Chambers yesterday said that the Bar Association team was headed by Ronald Burch-Smith, President of the GBA and included Robin Stoby SC, Teni Housty, Kamal Ramkarran and Naresh Poonai.
The release said that it was agreed that a Committee willl be set up to review:
(1) certain concerns raised in respect of the recently enacted AML/CFT (Amendment) Act 2023 and the Guyana Compliance Commission Act 2023;
(2) certain long outstanding litigation involving the Guyana Bar Association and the Attorney General; and
(3) the Legal Practitioners Act.
The release said that the Legal Affairs Minister updated the Bar Council on the Government’s legislative agenda and provided a status update on important projects and programmes being pursued by the Government in the legal sector. These included a status update on the law revision exercise and the Guyana Law Reports.
