With a split decision from the Full Court and facing a $20M judgment against him, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo is now hoping that the Guyana Court of Appeal would grant him special leave to appeal the effect of the Full Court’s decision.
The split decision means that the ruling of Justice Sandra Kurtzious who found that Jagdeo had defamed former government Minister Annette Ferguson and imposed the $20M default judgment against him, currently stands.
Jagdeo had first appealed Justice Kurtzious’ ruling to the Full Court in which acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC ruled that the default judgment should stand; while Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry’s position was that it should be vacated.