Femi Harris-Smith

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) yesterday withdrew all 19 fraud charges that it had previously instituted against new president Irfaan Ali as it said it would no longer proceed with them.

The 19 fraud charges over the sale of state lands in the ‘Pradoville 2’ Housing Scheme instituted against Dr.

In a unanimous judgment, the Guyana Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal filed by Misenga Jones, who was seeking to have the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) prevented from using the results of the national recount to declare a winner of the March 2nd elections.

The Guyana Court of Appeal will hear arguments on Saturday morning at 10, in the appeal filed by Tucville resident Misenga Jones, who is challenging the High Court’s decision upholding the validity of the national recount of votes from the March 2 polls.

The lawyers for Misenga Jones have formally asked the Court of Appeal to set aside the decision of acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire upholding the validity of the national recount of votes from the March 2 polls.

Citing the recent decisions of the Appeal Court and the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire yesterday upheld the validity of the order issued by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for the national recount from the March 2 polls and said that only those results can be used to make a final declaration.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire will on Monday rule on the lawsuit seeking to block the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from declaring the winner of the March 2nd polls using the votes from the national recount.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire will commence hearing arguments at 2pm tomorrow and possibly rule on Sunday in the challenge seeking to block the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from declaring the winner of the March 2nd polls.

A court challenge has been filed to block the attempt by Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) retired Justice Claudette Singh to declare the winner of the March 2nd polls using the results of the national recount process, The new legal action, brought by Tucville resident Misenga Jones, contends that Singh can only make a declaration from the report submitted by the Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield and that neither she nor the Commission can dictate to him what his report should contain.

In a unanimous decision giving itself jurisdiction, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday set aside the ruling of the Guyana Court of Appeal on valid votes and paved the way for GECOM to finally declare a result for the March 2nd general elections using the figures from the recount.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has issued an order that restrains the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) from declaring the results of the March 2nd polls, following an approach by the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) to challenge Monday’s ruling by Guyana’s Court of Appeal on the constitutional meaning of “votes cast” at the March 2 polls.

Committed to ensuring the administration of justice even in a time of crisis, the judiciary’s response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is not an isolated one, but a concerted regional effort aimed at continuity of services.

Saying that sufficient evidence was not available at the time a contempt suit was initiated against Region Four Returning Officer (RO) Clairmont Mingo, attorney Anil Nandlall yesterday got approval to discontinue the proceedings but not before Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire reprimanded him for wasting the court’s time.

After finding that accused Marcus Bisram was unlawfully committed to stand trial for murder, Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall on Monday also granted him an order prohibiting the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) from bringing an indictment in the High Court charging him with the capital offence.

Sentenced to a total of 37 years back in 2015 for raping a young girl on three occasions, Linton Pompey yesterday had his sentence reduced to 17 years after the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in a majority judgment found it to be severe.

Former Chancellor of the Judiciary, Attorney General and longtime professor at the University of Guyana are just some of the portfolios the late Keith Massiah SC will generally be remembered as having held and in terms of juris-prudence a landmark decision on wages as property will be part of his legacy.

Noting that there is sometimes need for attorneys to be in contact with their clients even after regular working hours, the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) has written to the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) requesting that attorneys be classified as essential workers.

Ruling among other things that the law leans in favour of limiting fundamental rights in the interest of public health to detect, prevent, contain and eliminate infectious diseases, the Full Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal filed by Kennard Gobin, who challenged the detention of his son at a government quarantine facility.

The Guyana Court of Appeal will tomorrow deliver its ruling in the appeal filed by APNU+AFC candidate Ulita Grace Moore, who has challenged a Full Court decision to discharge injunctions that had halted preparations for a recount of votes cast at the March 2nd polls.

With written submissions from the parties already laid over, the Court of Appeal will this morning begin hearing oral arguments in the appeal filed by APNU+AFC candidate Ulita Grace Moore, who is challenging the Full Court’s decision earlier this week to discharge injunctions which had halted preparations for a recount of votes cast at the March 2nd polls.