NASSAU, BAHAMAS – It was always my considered position that the Hon. Senator Wayne Munroe, KC, MP, is one of the best and most talented Counsel at The Bar in recent times. I place him in the ranks of the late Eugene Dupuch; Sir Kendal GL Isaacs; Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield and the late great legal mind, the Hon. John Henry Bostwick, KC.
The Hon. Attorney General has all of their legal skills and more. In addition he has considerable experience in civil and criminal litigation. He will serve the nation well as our distinguished Attorney General. We should also se a vast reduction in the number of cases that litigants feel obliged to take to The Judicial Committee of The Privy Council.
That route, while often necessary, is too expensive and takes far too long for determination for the average litigant. Bahamian and UK based counsel have to be consulted and retained. Some individuals have actually died while awaiting justice. Many of these case taken to the Privy Council, could be easily resolved by good faith negotiations. This would greatly reduce costs and, in actuality, save taxpayers dollars.
I welcome the Learned Attorney Generals public announcement that this compassionate Davis Administration WILL comply with the recent Judgment of The Privy Council relative to a deceased female who was adjudicated to have been sexually assaulted, et al, by a senior officer while at The Detention Centre or otherwise imprisoned years ago.
Now, she’ll received ‘justice’ post humorously. A ‘failure’ of justice and the legal system. Bahamians have had their land acquired by successive administrations over the years and many of them have yet to be compensated as required by The Acquisition Act and regulations thereunder.
This brand new and gong ho AG will, I am sure address these simple issues and more during his tenure. In closing, there are scores of medical malpractice claims against The Public Hospital Authority, under all administrations, where ordinary Bahamians were ‘jacked right up’ while receiving medical care or recovering at our public health care facilities.
Some have even died. Where they or their families would have filed litigation in our Supreme Court, that, again, is often too expensive and takes far too long. I implore the Hon. Senator Wayne Munroe, KC, MP to wipe away the tear from every eye, legally. To God then, in all things, be the glory.
