Full CourtallowsGranger’sappealagainstjudge’s decisiononpre-trialreviewin$2.6Blibelcase

The Full Court on judge pointed out that a PTR Thursday allowed former is really concerned with President David Granger’s issues surrounding potential appeal against the decision settlement and case by High Court Judge management protocols, but Navindra Singh to waive a thatwhathadbeenidentified pre-trialreview(PTR). as PTR issues in the claim, In 2021, Granger had are really evidentiary issues filed a lawsuit against Public which are properly to be Relations Consultant, resolvedattrial. C h r i s t o p h e r ‘ K i t ’ On Thursday, Full Court Nascimento and three Justices Damone Young and newspapers, Kaieteur News, Gino Persaud ruled that in Stabroek News and Guyana the circumstances, and for Times claiming $2.6 billion the reasons set out, that the forlibel. appeal is allowed, that the Last June, former case be referred to the Hon. President Granger had stated Chief Justice Roxane that he did not want Justice George-Wiltshire for a judge Singh to conduct a PTR into to be assigned to conduct the the matter and to also not PTR and for the CPR be preside over the trialand had compliedwith. written a letter to the judge. It was also ruled that at At the time, Justice Singh the conclusion of the PTR, saidthatwhileinaccordance that the matter be remitted to with the Civil Procedure Justice Navindra Singh for Rules (CPR), he could trial. No cost was awarded understand why the and the justices also Claimant is objecting to him discharged a previous ruling conductingthePTR,nobasis bythecourtinthematter. had been provided for why Granger’s $2.6 billion he should not conduct the lawsuit is aimed at Stabroek trial. News, Kaieteur News and

Following discussions the Guyana Times, which he with Senior Counsel Forde, says have all besmirched his Grangerandothercounselin character through letters the matter, however, the which they published by Kit decision was taken that the Nascimento.

PTR would be waived in In his action, Granger accordance with the CPR, as said that Nascimento the issues which were accusedhimofattemptingto identified to be canvassed defy the will of the people in under the PTR are properly the March 2nd, 2020 to be resolved at a trial. The Elections.