Gov’t aiming for more judges at Appeals Court – AG

Anil Nandlall SC

Underscoring the shortage of judges which compounds the case backlog in the judiciary, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC says that plans are afoot to increase the numbers sitting in the Court of Appeal.

Currently, the law provides for not less than two and not more than five judges for Guyana’s Court of Appeal; but the Attorney General (AG) said that government hopes to have that increased from not less than five to not more than nine.

He has also said that there are plans to centralize the Court of Appeal, and the High and Land Courts in Demerara and all their attendant registries and support apparatus in one central location.