Derek Achong

Out­spo­ken Se­nior Coun­sel Is­rael Khan has called on Prime Min­is­ter Stu­art Young to ini­ti­ate an in­de­pen­dent probe in­to Chief Jus­tice Ivor Archie’s con­duct in the short-lived ju­di­cial ap­point­ment of for­mer chief mag­is­trate Mar­cia Ay­ers-Cae­sar.

Af­ter stag­ing a so­lo protest call­ing for Archie to re­sign on the steps of the Hall of Jus­tice in Port-of-Spain af­ter Ay­ers-Cae­sar’s law­suit against Archie and the Ju­di­cial and Le­gal Ser­vices Com­mis­sion (JLSC) was up­held by the Unit­ed King­dom-based Privy Coun­cil, Khan took it a step fur­ther with an­oth­er sym­bol­ic and con­tro­ver­sial move yes­ter­day.