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Justice GUYA PERSAUD, 96, PASSES

Feb 04, 2018 Sports

Guyana’s oldest legal luminary died a few days ago at his adopted home in Trinidad and Tobago. Ninety-six- year-old Guya L.B. Persaud served as a High Court and Appellate Court both in Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. He also served for a few years as Head of the Hugh Wooding Law School in St Augustine, Trinidad.
His body was cremated on Saturday following a funeral service. The eulogy was read by Justice Desiree Bernard, former judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and former Chancellor of Guyana.
Justice Persaud who qualified as a lawyer in 1948, had a distinguished legal career in both Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. He served as a member of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission as well as Commissioner of the Law Commission in the twin island republic.
He was known to be a gentleman. It was said that he never raised his voice and was unfailing courteous in court especially to young attorneys.
His decision about the admissibility of a confession statement was reviewed by the Privy Council and became one of the leading authorities in that area of the law. He was also one of the three appellate court judges in famous case of Mustapha Ally v Bookers.
He left Guyana in 1976 and was living in his adopted until his demise.
He is survived by his widow Penelope (nee Stuart Young) former Lieutenant of the Guyana Defence Force and three children.

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