A senior member of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has distanced himself from a call by the association’s president Israel Khan, SC, for an independent probe into Chief Justice Ivor Archie’s conduct in the matter involving High Court judge Marcia Ayers-Caesar.

In a statement on April 4, John Heath, SC, said he was of the firm view that Khan’s actions and utterances were his own and not that of the criminal bar.

Health said, “As a member of the criminal bar, I do not recall there being any meeting in which the criminal bar would have sought to call upon the Prime Minister to initiate section 137 proceedings against the Chief Justice, nor am I am aware of the criminal bar discussing whether the Chief Justice should be investigated for misbehaviour in public office.