Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has filed an appeal to the $20M default judgment granted to former government minister Annette Ferguson, who Justice Sandra Kurtzious found was defamed by Jagdeo, regarding certain statements he had made concerning her acquisition of land.
He is also urgently seeking an interim order staying the judgment, pending the hearing and determination of his appeal.
Justice Kurtzious had previously imposed the default judgment against Jagdeo, because he had failed to file his defence on time, in the libel suit Ferguson had brought against him.