This question that forms the headline of this article is before the Chief Justice in the case of Christopher Ram v The Attorney General and the decision is due to be given on June 26. Ram is asking the Court for an order that an individual can stand for elections to the National Assembly as […]
Category Archives: Legal
THE BANKS AND THE STONE AGE
The institutions most often criticized by the Government and private sector officials are the banks. The most recent is that the banks are in the stone age. If the Government has the power to legislate, and the banks are among the most regulated institutions in the country, a relevant question is: having regard to the […]
THE MOCHA ARCADIA SQUATTERS AND THE LESSONS TO BE LEARNT
Is there any lesson to be learnt by the dismissal by the Chief Justice of the case brought by three Mocha residents, Roxanne Allen, Junior Allen and Lashonda Ellis, for relief from the High Court for demolition of their homes, deprivation of their property rights, degrading treatment, among a large number ofother remedies?
A TRANSFORMATIVE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT
With only minimal fanfare and little public notice, the National Assembly last week unanimously passed into law the Security Interests in Movable Property Bill 2024. The statutory protection of a credit system over immovable property has long been an aspiration of many who are and were involved in the financial industry. The need became evident as early as the late 1980s as […]
THE SPEAKER WAS NOT WRONG! BUT WHAT ABOUT ASHA KISSOON?
The A New and United Guyana (ANUG), Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) and The New Movement (TNM), which contested the 2020 elections, utilized section 22 of the Representation of the People Act (ROPA) for the first time in Guyana’s history and wrote to the Chief Election Officer informing him that they have “joined” their lists. […]