Georgetown: Legal Affairs Minister and Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall said the automatic voice recording equipment is currently being installed in the Court of Appeal, the Courts of the Chief Justice and the Commercial Court of the High Court.
While the equipment will only be installed in the identified courts, it is the intention of the Legal Affairs Ministry to replicate it in the other courts. This project is expected to make a transformational change in the speed of litigation in Guyana.
Minister Nandlall said too that fibre bucket chairs were expected to be installed in the Family Court on Saturday.
Legal Affairs, Minister Nandlall told the House that over the past two years, a number of courts have been renovated and in some cases, new courts built. These include the High Courts of Georgetown and New Amsterdam, the Court of Appeal, and Magistrate’s Courts at Whim, New Amsterdam, Sisters Village, Reliance, Mibicuri, Georgetown, Leonora, and Wales.
Additionally, 18 laptops will be distributed to judges of the Court of Appeal and the High Court. These devices are expected to accelerate the work of the judges in the decision-making process.
He reminded the House of moves by President Donald Ramotar to increase the statutory complement of High Court judges from 12 to 20.
He explained that with the Family Court coming into operation, judges of the High Court will likely migrate to that building, creating the physical space for new appointments to be made. However, there is currently no physical space to accommodate a new judge in the Supreme Court edifice.
This year, budgetary allocations have been made for the construction of a building in the compound of the Supreme Court, Georgetown, to facilitate the Land Court of Demerara, a Registry and storage facilities for the Supreme Court. The building will also house a minimum of two courtrooms and chambers for the judges.
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