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Endorsing and echoing the March 24 Privy Council ruling in favour of former chief magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar, which held that her removal as a judge in 2017 was unlawful and unconstitutional, former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, showered her with praises.

The ruling upheld a decision by the Court of Appeal that she was pressured to resign by the Judicial and Legal Service Commission (JLSC). The commission is led by Chief Justice Ivor Archie.

Maharaj, who was Ayers-Caesar' counsel in the case, added that she had the courage and determination to make an important stand for the independence of the Judiciary and security and tenure of judges.