Jack claims ‘massive deception’
Judge reserves ruling in challenge to State’s conduct during extradition...
THE long-running extradition proceedings against former government minister Jack Warner have been permanently halted.
But the legal battle continues.High Court Justice Karen Reid, who permanently stayed the extradition on September 23, has now reserved judgment in Warner’s constitutional claim against the State.This claim challenges the State’s conduct during the process, alleging a “massive deception” regarding the required diplomatic arrangements, and focuses on securing substantial damages.
Warner’s attorney, Fyard Hosein, SC, pressed the court to find a systemic institutional failure and wilful disregard for the truth by the State in the handling of the extradition process that began more than a decade ago.“The crux of this case is the conduct of the (then) Attorney General’s Office,” Hosein told the court, arguing that the actions constituted a “gross failure” and a “wilful disregard for the truth”.Hosein condemned the actions of the State’s representatives at the time as a “massive cover-up of a Watergate nature” by the office designated as the guardian of the public interest.
The attorney stressed that key personnel had knowledge of the non-existent arrangement as early as April 2016.He argued that the AG’s Office’s subsequent decision to continue prosecuting the matter constituted a “massive deception that took place all the way to the Privy Council”.That ruling however was made based on the British law lords believing that there was actually a specialty agreement in place, he stated.
Judge reserves ruling in challenge to State’s conduct during extradition...
THE long-running extradition proceedings against former government minister Jack Warner have been permanently halted.
But the legal battle continues.High Court Justice Karen Reid, who permanently stayed the extradition on September 23, has now reserved judgment in Warner’s constitutional claim against the State.This claim challenges the State’s conduct during the process, alleging a “massive deception” regarding the required diplomatic arrangements, and focuses on securing substantial damages.
Warner’s attorney, Fyard Hosein, SC, pressed the court to find a systemic institutional failure and wilful disregard for the truth by the State in the handling of the extradition process that began more than a decade ago.“The crux of this case is the conduct of the (then) Attorney General’s Office,” Hosein told the court, arguing that the actions constituted a “gross failure” and a “wilful disregard for the truth”.Hosein condemned the actions of the State’s representatives at the time as a “massive cover-up of a Watergate nature” by the office designated as the guardian of the public interest.
The attorney stressed that key personnel had knowledge of the non-existent arrangement as early as April 2016.He argued that the AG’s Office’s subsequent decision to continue prosecuting the matter constituted a “massive deception that took place all the way to the Privy Council”.That ruling however was made based on the British law lords believing that there was actually a specialty agreement in place, he stated.
