The High Court has awarded over $1.6 million in damages to former Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) CEO Devanty Maraj-Ramdeen after ruling that the Office of the Attorney General failed to give her a fair chance to respond before deciding not to renew her contract in 2021.

In October 2022, Maraj-Ramdeen partially succeeded in her lawsuit over not receiving a contract extension after her third three-year term ended last year.

Justice Joan Charles found that Maraj-Ramdeen’s constitutional right to protection of the law was breached when she was not informed or allowed to be heard before the decision was made.