On June 16, the High Court will rule on whether the government and ExxonMobil will be allowed to join the litigation challenging a decision made by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a permit to ExxonMobil for its Gas to Energy (GTE) project.
A ruling is expected next week on whether there is merit in the appeal filed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the High Court order that it enforce the liability clause in permits for ExxonMobil’s offshore oil operations here.
The way is now clear for Local Government Elections (LGE) to be held on June 12th, after Chief Justice Roxane George SC yesterday threw out another action which sought to challenge the holding of those polls.
Describing it as “unmeritorious,” “much ado about nothing” and consuming valuable judicial time, acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC yesterday threw out the action brought by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Chief Scrutineer Carol Smith-Joseph; whose contention it was that the official list of electors (OLE) could not be used to compile the voters list for the Local Government Elections (LGE) which had previously been slated for March 13th.
Local affiliate of ExxonMobil—Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL)—is strongly contesting the High Court ruling, ordering the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enforce the liability clause in permits for Exxon’s offshore oil operations here.
Finding that his defence of alibi had not been put to the jury, the Court of Appeal has ordered that Sheldon Lynch be retried on two charges which allege that he had raped a 10-year-old girl on two separate occasions—in 2010 and 2011 respectively.
Though finding that Justice Navindra Singh had “wrongfully” exercised his discretion to waive a pre-trial review (PTR) in the libel case which former President David Granger brought against several media houses, the Full Court last month ruled that it is that judge who is to conduct the trial, since it was he who had also conducted the case management conference (CMC).
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not been granted a stay of the High Court ruling ordering it to enforce the liability clause in permits it issued to ExxonMobil Guyana for its offshore oil operations.
The Environmental Protec-tion Agency (EPA) has filed its appeal against the ruling of High Court Judge Sandil Kissoon that it had breached the Act and shirked its legal responsibility in failing to enforce the liability clause in the permits issued to ExxonMobil Guyana for its offshore oil operations.
In the action brought against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enforce the liability clause in the permits issued to ExxonMobil Guyana for its offshore oil operations, Justice Sandil Kissoon, in a ruling yesterday, said the EPA, which he described as “submissive,” had abdicated its responsibilities “…thereby putting this nation and its people in grave potential danger of calamitous disaster.”
As he had done before in dismissing a case against former Guyana Defence Force Chief of Staff, Gary Best, who had been charged with driving under the Influence (DUI) in relation to the death of cyclist Jude Bentley, Magistrate Clive Nurse has thrown out another case of DUI, even though a breathalyser seemingly recorded a reading above the legal limit.
High Court Judge Damone Younge has ruled that President Irfaan Ali must act with “all convenient speed” in ensuring the appointments of a substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice and therefore must also move with swiftness in engaging Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton as is mandated by the Constitution.
Deonarine Bhikhari who murdered an Enmore father of four, Daniel Singh, in 2000 was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment and will have to serve 30 years before becoming eligible for parole.
Finding that he was attempting to litigate issues already pronounced upon, a Court on Friday last dismissed a suit brought by former Police Sergeant and murder accused Colin Bailey, whose contention it was, that the State had unlawfully and maliciously imprisoned him.
With the completion of arguments in the appeal of Chief Justice Roxane George’s ruling throwing out the Elections Petition which challenged the recount order from which the polls of March 2nd 2020 were declared, the Court of Appeal will next move to rule.
Andy Boodram who back in 2018 was sentenced to life in prison for severely wounding his neighbour Deonarine Persaud, who had asked him to turn down the volume of the music he was playing, has appealed both his conviction and sentence.
On April 27th, the Full Court will rule on the appeal filed by former President David Granger, who is challenging Justice Navindra Singh’s waiver of a pre-trial review (PTR) in a libel suit he filed against a number of media houses.
Former Attorney General Basil Williams SC has been unsuccessful in his attempts to avoid being sued in his personal capacity in a defamation claim which former Deputy Solicitor General, Prithima Kissoon, had filed against him.
The Government has filed an appeal against a decision handed down late last year by High Court Judge Navindra Singh, who has ruled that Senior Superintendent of Police Marcelene Washington, who is currently facing criminal prosecution, is no longer required to seek the Court’s permission whenever she wants to leave the country.