Contacted yesterday, Rowley’s attorney Faris Al-Rawi said while he welcomed the findings of the preliminary report, how or why Ramlogan himself was e-mailed about the deadline date by assistant Judicial Support Officer Reshma Pariag remained a serious concern to the People’s National Movement (PNM).
“I am not aware that my office has received any communication from the Judiciary as to my request of the registrar of the High Court for an inquiry into this matter.
“I wrote to the registrar on January 19, 2015 and did receive an acknowledgment by way of the acting registrar letter to me of the 20th that an investigation is being pursued. I will expect to receive written communication from the registrar, as is required.”
He said the AG’s legal team has also not yet either acknowledged or replied to his letter of January 15, 2015, seeking information on the matter.
“The Attorney General’s statements today that he does not mind the default judgment being set aside is once again the Attorney General conducting litigation in the media and seemingly without legal representation for himself.
“It is a waste of time and cost for the AG lawyers to continue to fail to respond to correspondence written to them by opposing counsel,” he added.
Al-Rawi said the administration of justice required all participants, and especially legal representatives as key stakeholders, to play their respective roles to ensure efficiency in litigation.
“We will await the Judiciary’s final report via the registrar of the High Court and perhaps one day we may be lucky enough to have the AG’s lawyers actually respond to some of our letters as opposed to having the AG run to the media.”