The Attorney General and lawyers go through the renovations in the court room.
Procedures at the High Court came to a halt following a Bar Association boycott on Monday February 14. The decision followed an incident in the Civil Court on Thursday February 10 where a light fixture fell and a florescent blub “exploded” on the judge’s desk during court. According to eyewitnesses, Justice Rosalyn Wilkinson was saved by the skin of her teeth because she was just millimeters away from the falling bulb.
The Bar Association’s stance is that its members shall boycott court proceedings from February 14 until the structural conditions of the court are improved. Since the boycott was initiated, the Bar Association has met with Attorney General Lorenzo Francis. Results of that meeting are evident by the renovation efforts in the C Court.
On Thursday March 3 members of the Bar toured the High Court building along with the Registrar Cybelle Cenac and AG Francis.
Francis told the STAR he estimates that is will be at least two weeks before the renovation work is completed. He further told the STAR his office is doing its best to meet the Bar’s demands.
President of the Bar, Andie George, expressed satisfaction that the Bar’s concerns are being met. “We believe that goodwill has been shown by the Ministry of Justice and based on our discussions we are satisfied at the progress being made,” George said.
The Bar Association convened a meeting on Friday at 3pm. George spoke to the STAR prior to the meeting indicating it was originally called to assess and prolong the protest action. However, based on the response of the Ministry of Justice, he personally is considering proposing to members to call off the protest action.
George further revealed to the STAR that based on the meeting on Thursday with the AG, the contractor is assessing whether the entire upstairs of the courthouse be restricted to attorneys and the public during the duration of works. “In the event the upstairs of the building is inaccessible to the civilians and attorneys, the likelihood of court proceedings continuing during that time is very slim,” George said.
Since Friday’s meeting, the Bar has officially called off it’s protest action.
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Exploding bulb. This is a sign of evil in the building, you need a priest to go in and bless everyone with holy water, even the convicts and the lawyers.
botox with all these self rightious comments you write under all that you are superstitious to, hey what side of the coin you on,hey pal confused people coins always keep spining because they don’t know what side of life they want it to fall,and keep their minds saying heads or tails,I now think you unreal like a three $ bill so bow out of the commenting an get real before you can be a critic of other people, well on the other hand you write and talk before you think like most LOOSE TONGUE lucian
That’s Dr. Botox to you. The thing is I have no coins better yet a dollar bill. The fact that you are so confused about me is because you take God, devils and evil as real and I don’t. Anything which involves believing, is a complete waste of time. The bottom line is I am just a moron and I am so free to say any nonsense that comes to mind. You see, I could not careless what other people think.
Never want to comment on what you say.because you have been confusing you,and yourself only! BUT I MUST SAY HATS OFF TO YOU FOR ADMITTING WHO YOU ARE, PEOPLE NORMALLY SAY IT TAKES A REAL MAN TO ADMIT WHEN THEY ARE WRONG,BUT IT YOUR CASE IT TAKES A REAL MORAN TO ADMIT THAT THEY ARE ONE,AND WHAT MAKES YOU A MORAN IS BECAUSE YOU DON’T EVEN BELIEVE IN YOURSELF,LIKE THE WAY godless put it you like a 3$ bill!SO NOW YOU CAN BOW OUT OF THE COMMENT BOX.AND TRY AFTER ELECTION.Pls do not reply will not waste my time.
Rd. Botox you are confusing the hell out of you,I am even afraid of you living in St.Lucia,Never want to comment or read any or your post,but after I read godless post I realized that I should go to yours,and guess what? People normally say it takes a real man to admit their wrong doings,but in your case it takes a real moran to admit that they are one,and a man that does not believe in anything does not even believe in himself,so I must say hats off to you for accepting who you are,on this note you need to bow out from the comment box,and see you after election,while on vacation please visit,Dr Kenny and Hon:King by then you will have some constructive comments.Dont reply to this Post.
Tra Massive:
You worry too much, think too much….You want answers for everything. I don’t judge myself or even you. Being a moron keeps all answers available, but being righteous closes the door to enlightenment.
I feel happy today for many reasons, chief of it being that fact that I was referred to as a mischief maker and partisan political operative when as president of CSA I continuously highlighted the issues with the courts unsafe environmental conditions. It even involved government Ministers instead of accepting that the problems existed and doing something to address it, they penned statements like “the CSA has finally gotten teeth to chew”. Well time is a great revealer and today I can read at least one Minsiter finally accepted and is doing something. More to come.
Bullshit again isn’t it i have observed and been involved with the registry as a staff member and it has been almost 15 since this building has been considered unsuitable for work yet governments come nad governments go but the problem remains the same i applaud Mr George for his efforts but brother trust me i have done more in 15 years and the results never make sense – lipstick on a pig and calling it a lady that is all that is happening! Sad it has to be this way. The ministry of foreign affairs can get a hotel -but registry continue to be the outhouse of governament departments, hay andy i have an idea instead of asking for refurbishment let’s just make rufus minister of justice. lol