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To ensure that proper legal services are provided to the Government; to provide statutory services to the public relating to the public trust and bankruptcy matters; and to register titles, mortgages, companies, societies and other bodies as well as other documents, as required by the law.

Plea bargaining law “underutilized”

May 7, 2012 | By KNews | Filed Under News
- Attorney General
Almost four years after the plea bargaining legislation was passed in the National Assembly, Attorney General Anil Nandlall said it is being underutilized.
“The law is being used, but in my humble view it is a facility which is underutilized,” the AG told Kaieteur News during a brief telephone interview.
According to Nandlall, the legislation should be used with more frequency; however it is a facility which largely depends on the parties themselves, the accused person(s), the lawyers, the prosecutors and the relatives of the victim.

Gov’t committed to ensuring judiciary is what it’s supposed to be

Written by Priya Nauth

Friday, 13 April 2012 22:40

…as legal sector undergoes massive transformation

GUYANA’s legal sector is undergoing massive transformation, as government continues to pursue its developmental agenda.

This is according to the governing People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Member of Parliament, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, in his presentation yesterday, during the budget debate 2012. The national budget for 2012 was presented by Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh, under the theme ‘Remaining on Course, United in Purpose, Prosperity for All’, the largest budget in the country's history, at a total of $192.8 billion He declared, “I believe that the essence of a budget presentation is lost when one listens to the debate which has transpired”.

Chief Justice’s decision can’t be appeal

APRIL 12, 2012 | BY KNEWS | FILED UNDER NEWS

Attorney General makes submission to DPP on Greene’s rape allegation

Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday submitted a six-page document to the Director of Public Prosecutions outlining his considered opinion on whether an appeal lies against the Chief Justice’s decision in the Henry Greene matter.

No appeal lies against the CJ’s decision in the Henry Greene matter

Written by Guyana Chronicle

Wednesday, 11 April 2012 20:29

… says AG Anil Nandlall

ATTORNEY General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall has stated that, in his considered opinion, an appeal does not lie against the decision of the Chief Justice in the Henry Greene matter. “I have so advised the Director of Public Prosecutions, and because of the public interest which this matter has generated, I have sought and obtained the permission of the

Minister Nandlall distributes 2000 kites to East Coast children

-as part of PPP/C administration’s Easter tradition

Georgetown, GINA, April 7, 2012

Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General Anil Nandlall, as part of the People’s Progressive Party Civic’s Easter tradition spent today on the East Coast Demerara visiting several communities and distributing kites to the children.

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