The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has dismissed an application by former attorney general of Guyana, Senior Counsel Basil Williams, who sought special leave to appeal a lower court ruling refusing to grant him leave to appeal a decision of the Full Court of the Supreme Court of Guyana.

In its ruling, the CCJ, which is Guyana’s highest court, also upheld the lower court’s ruling not to grant Williams an extension of time to lodge the appeal.

Former deputy solicitor general in the Attorney General’s office, Prithima Kissoon, had sued Williams and the Guyana National Newspaper Ltd for defamation.

According to Loop News, the dispute arose because Williams while holding the office of Attorney General, was dissatisfied with the manner in which Ms Kissoon handled certain political cases involving the then opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C).

Williams ordered her off all political cases after the appeal in a matter between the Attorney General v Bharrat Jagdeo, which was under Ms Kissoon’s care and control, was dismissed.

The former solicitor general argued that Williams abused and vilified her in the press and as a result she sued him in his personal capacity for defamation.

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