Challenge to appointment of senior counsel for hearing on Sept 8th

On September 8th, acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire is set to commence hearing the application filed by attorney Timothy Jonas who is challenging last year’s appointment by former President David Granger of four senior counsel.

The matter has been fixed for 10 on that morning.

Contending that the president has no authority to appoint senior counsel, Jonas is arguing that his appointment of attorneys-at-law Jamela Ali, Roysdale Forde, Mursalene Bacchus and Stanley Moore is “entirely void and of no effect.”

Against this background, Jonas is seeking from the court, an Order of Certiorari directed to the Attorney General (AG), quashing as wholly void and ultra vires, what he terms the purported appointments made by Granger.