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The Law As­so­ci­a­tion of T&T (LATT) has sought in­de­pen­dent ad­vice on al­le­ga­tions over the con­duct of Chief Jus­tice Ivor Archie and for­mer chief mag­is­trate and now High Court Judge Mar­cia Ay­ers-Cae­sar in a case re­lat­ed to her short-lived ju­di­cial ap­point­ment in 2017.

The as­so­ci­a­tion made the state­ment in a press re­lease is­sued yes­ter­day.

It said: “LATT wish­es to ad­vise the pub­lic of its de­ci­sion to seek the ad­vice of re­gion­al se­nior coun­sel on the is­sues sur­round­ing the al­le­ga­tions and finds made in re­la­tion to the Ho­n­ourable Chief Jus­tice and the Ho­n­ourable Jus­tice Mar­cia Ay­ers-Cae­sar in or­der to guide it in de­ter­min­ing the most ap­pro­pri­ate course of ac­tion.