Court allows key tenure, defamation claims against AG, ex-CJ to proceed

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Emmanuel JosephJournalist at Barbados Today

August 1, 2026

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Court allows key tenure, defamation claims against AG, ex-CJ to proceed

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A High Court judge has struck out nearly half of the claims in a constitutional lawsuit brought by a retired judge against the Attorney General and a former chief justice, ruling that several allegations disclosed no reasonable grounds.

But though narrowed, the lawsuit by retired judge Dr Sonia Richards was allowed to proceed to trial.

In a 76-page ruling issued on Friday, Justice Shona Griffith ruled that her decision to dismiss the four claims against Sir Patterson Cheltenham and the AG showed no reasonable grounds for filing them.

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