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Caribbean Governments owe Hugh Wooding Law School US$5M

Sep 18, 2014 News

– Guyana not in arrears

 by Oscar Ramjeet
 
Reports from St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago state that a few Caribbean Governments owe the Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS) US$5 million. Guyana, fortunately, is not named among the heavy debtors.
Topping the list of defaulters are Grenada which owes EC$2.7 million with 61 months outstanding and Dominica with EC$1.8 million with 76 months in arrears. Antigua is also among the heavy defaulters with EC$460,000. St. Lucia owes over EC$500,000.
The Law School is taking drastic measures to cover the outstanding dues and has threatened to withhold the certificates of students who have passed their examinations if their countries do not pay their indebtedness. However, it is reported that Dominica is negotiating with the HWLS to make partial payment and allow their students to graduate.
The HWLS was established in 1973, the same year with the Norman Manley Law School (NMLS) in Jamaica with Guyanese Aubrey Fraser as the head. The Head of the HWLS at the time was another Guyanese, Dr. Fenton Ramsahoye.
A third law school was set up in the Bahamas about ten years ago.
Most of Guyana’s top brass lawyers including acting Chancellor Carl Singh and Chief Justice (acting) Ian Chang are graduates of the Hugh Wooding Law School.  Attorney General Anil Nandlall and nearly all the judges are also graduates of school.
Meanwhile Trinidad and Tobago Chief Justice, Ivor Archie, has blasted the T&T government for failure to provide enough funds for the judiciary. Speaking at the beginning of the law term in the presence of the country’s Head of State, President Anthony Carmona, and Head of Government, Prime Minister, Kamla Persad Bissessar, Archie said that the judiciary is in financial woes and should be fixed now. He said that the judiciary is the legal arm of government and should handle its own financial affairs.
He pointed out that a percentage of the country’s national budget should be allocated to administer justice in the country. He lamented that more money is needed to recruit judges and administrators.

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