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Patricia Shepherd admitted to the Bar THE newest Attorney-at-Law admitted to the Bar is Patricia Lorraine Shepherd. She was admitted to practise law in the Courts of Guyana on Monday before the Honourable Justice Gino Persaud. Her application was presented by Attorney-at-Law Kim Kyte-Thomas, in association with Attorneys-at-Law Sharon Small and Faye Barker. The application was heard, via Zoom, and was attended by her parents, Liloutie Seymour and Richard Shepherd and other family members.
Shepherd holds a Legal Education Certificate (LEC) from the Hugh Wooding Law School, which she obtained on April 20, 2020. She is also an internationally accredited civil/commercial mediator, which she obtained from Alternative Dispute Resolution - Online Dispute Resolution International, London, United Kingdom in 2018. Shepherd holds a Bar Professional Training Certificate from the BPP Law School, Leeds, United Kingdom, which she obtained in 2018, and was admitted to practise as a Barrister before the Courts of England and
Wales in November 2018. She also holds a Bachelor of Laws with (Hons), which she received in 2016 from the University of London. Shepherd comes to the profession armed with a Diploma in Business Management, and a Certificate in Industrial Relations and Management. She is now attached as an Associate at the Law Firm of Kyte Small Barker, Attorneys-at-Law. Justice Persaud welcomed her to the Bar, and impressed upon her the importance of preparation in the conduct of her practice, and
encouraged her to rely on the training she received at the Hugh Wooding Law School and the BPP Law School in London. In turn, Shepherd thanked the honourable judge for granting her application. She paid homage to her family for their support and motivation throughout her journey. She also thanked God for his never-ending grace, mercy and provision during her journey, and thanked the law firm of Kyte Small Barker for their training and support.
Kingelley Village to be regularised, says AG
UPON the instructions of President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, the Attorney-General (AG) Anil Nandlall met with the residents of Kingelley Village, West Coast Berbice in respect of a claim by Lincoln Lewis that his foreparents owned the village. In the company of the Chairman and Vice Chairman
of Region Five, Member of Parliament (MP), Fizal Jafferally and former MP, Harry Gill, Nandlall told residents that, from all indications, the land is State Land and that the government will regularise their occupation in due course. Most of the residents disclosed that they have been
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living in the village, in their individual homes, from birth and their parents lived there as well. Some of them are now eighty years old. In short, their occupation of that village dates back to over a century. Trade unionist, Lincoln Lewis, also made his claim of ownership to a Commission of Inquiry, in respect to ancestral lands, established by former President David Granger. Mr. Nandlall prepared a written statement on behalf of the residents and submitted it to that commission. Additionally, Nandlall filed Applications for Prescriptive Title for more than 20 of these residents and all were granted. Some persons received their transport already. The
Registrar of Deeds’ Report disclosed that there was no titular owner of the land. No one, including, Lincoln Lewis lodged any opposition to the Applications for Prescriptive Title as is required by the law. Notwithstanding, Lewis continues to maintain his claim of ownership and has erected fences in certain parts of the village, in some cases, fencing off persons’ homes. In addition, he has been bullying and threatening the residents and has been charged by the police. The residents complained to the ministers of agriculture, housing and water, local government and the attorney general seeking the assistance of the government.
GUYANA CHRONICLE , Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Attorney-at-Law Patricia Lorraine Shepherd
Former ministers, others urged to return State property
THE Government of Guyana has called on all former ministers of government, public officers and employees of the State, government, public corporations, State agencies or statutory bodies to return all documents and property belonging to the State. The government, in a public advisory, has directed the call to the abovementioned functionaries whose services have been expressly or impliedly terminated, and have been sent on administrative leave. These officers are hereby advised to return those documents and/or properties immediately to the accounting officers of the ministries, public corporations, agencies and/ or statutory bodies where they were previously employed, or may be still employed.
The APNU+AFC Government was voted out of office in the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections, but the results were officially announced by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) more than five months after voters went to the polls. Several attempts by actors at GECOM to tamper with the elections results to facilitate a false declaration failed, and the APNU+AFC Government was forced to demit office, in light of mounting international pressure to honour the will of the people. Prior to demitting office, the Coalition had lost a number of key elections-related court cases, and many of its senior members incurred sanctions by the US in the form of visa revocation.
