SWAT officer gets 25 years for killing Orin Boston
Sherwin Peters, the 36-year-old Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) officer who killed Essequibo businessman, Orin Boston back in 2021 was sentenced to 25 years...
Legal battles over 2025 elections a possibility- Nandlall
Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, has not dismissed the possibility of a fierce legal face-off during or after the 2025...
Critic ordered to pay $8M to Simona Broomes in libel suit
Social media personality, Mikhail Rodrigues popularly known as the “Guyanese Critic” has been ordered to pay $8M in damages to former Government Minister under...
CJ rules summons on Rickford Burke unlawful, criminal defamation case unconstitutional
Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire on Friday ruled that the summons served on US-based Guyanese activist, Rickford Burke was unlawful and that the criminal...
AFC calls for repeal of blasphemous libel laws
The Alliance for Change (AFC) is calling on all members of the National Assembly to repeal the “archaic and incompatible” offence of blasphemous libel...
Hughes to appeal defeat in ‘low life’ libel case against Jagdeo
Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Catherine Hughes will appeal a High Court ruling that dismissed her libel case against Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and...
CJ dismisses Brutus’ case against EPA over sand mining permit
Acting Chief Justice (CJ) Roxane George today dismissed a lawsuit filed by former Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Calvin Brutus, who sought to compel...
CCJ dismisses appeal in US$300,000 money judgment; calls appellant’s conduct ‘abuse of process’
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has dismissed an appeal filed by Hardat Singh, bringing a five-year legal battle over a US$300,000 money judgment...
New $449.6M Magistrate’s Court opens at Friendship, EBD
- Over 200 cases already assigned
Residents along the East Bank of Demerara now have easier access to justice following the commissioning of the new...
“Guyanese Critic” loses appeal against Mohameds, to still pay $52M in defamation matter
Justice Nigel Niles today upheld a ruling made on July 2024, affirming that Mikhail Rodrigues, known as “Guyanese Critic,” must pay $52 million to...
