Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George yesterday struck out an application by attorney Anil Nandlall, for mandatory orders compelling Cabinet including the President to resign on grounds that the application was an affront to the principle of precedent, and was wholly misconceived, vexatious, and an absolute abuse of process.
Nandlall was also ordered to pay to the State “substantial” costs in the sum of $500,000.
Nandlall had filed the application for orders on August 26, in which he claimed that though the issue of Cabinet’s resignation arose at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), it was not specifically considered through submissions and hearings, and that the CCJ omitted as opposed to refusing to order Cabinet’s resignation. The State, in its application, had said that the CCJ considered the issue and did not order Cabinet’s resignation, instead finding that it was to operate on a different footing. For this reason, the State asked that Nandlall’s application should be struck out on the grounds that it was an abuse of process and an affront to the principle of precedent.