-lawyers have two days to respond to AG

Justice Jainarayan Singh Jnr yesterday recused himself from the Oliver Hinckson case, sending it back to Chief Justice Ian Chang, after giving Hinckson’s lawyers two days to respond to the Attorney General’s (AG) affidavit in answer to the initial motion.

When the case was called in the High Court around 10 am yesterday, attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes, who is representing Hinckson along with a battery of other lawyers, requested two days to respond to the AG’s affidavit. Justice Singh responded to this by telling Hughes that he wanted to be recused from the case since he had been affiliated with Hinckson in the past. As an attorney in the 1980s, Justice Singh said, he had represented Hinckson in other matters.