Sammy Wallace to pay cost

HIGH Court Judge, Peter Jamadar has struck out paragraphs from an affidavit filed by former registrar of the Industrial Court, Marilin Sammy Wallace in which she alleged impropriety against Industrial Court president, Addison Khan.

Sammy Wallace questioned the expenditure and monies spent under the heading, “Official Entertainment” by certain officers of the court. She claimed that her removal as registrar in January this year was motivated by her query of the expenditure. Sammy Wallace also queried certain allowances Khan was entitled to, as president of the court. Sammy Wallace is seeking judicial review of the decision of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission to remove her. When hearing resumed yesterday before Justice Jamadar in the San Fernando First Civil Court, attorney Martin Daly SC, appearing for the JLSC, submitted that the paragraphs which contained the allegations were scandalous, irrelevant and otherwise oppressive. Daly also described the paragraphs as inadmissible opinion-evidence, that were speculative and of no probative value.

In fact, the Senior Counsel, who is being instructed by State Counsel Sharon Sharma, described many of the paragraphs contained in Sammy Wallace’s affidavit as “wicked and containing bacchanalia.” Justice Jamadar agreed with the arguments and ordered that all the “offending” paragraphs be struck out. With regard to the order, attorney Khemraj Harri-kissoon, representing Sammy Wallace, made an application to amend the former registrar’s original claim. Justice Jamadar dismissed the application and ordered Sammy Wallace to pay the cost of both senior and junior counsels representing the Commission, as well as for attorneys representing the Industrial Court president. The case will come up for hearing again on July 16.