State to appeal High Court ruling on ex-CLICO boss

A High Court judge has quashed a magistrate’s decision to commit former CLICO Life Insurance Company chairman Leroy Parris to stand trial for alleged theft and conspiracy. The government has indicated its intention to appeal the ruling.

In 2023, Magistrate Manila Renee sought to have the case, in which Parris was alleged to have stolen $3.3m from the now-defunct insurance company, sent to the High Court. Parris, through his attorneys, Hal Gollop KC and Neil Marshall, filed an application for judicial review and secured an injunction halting the indictment from proceeding.

Magistrate Renee, the Attorney General and the Director of Public Prosecutions were listed as respondents in the suit.