Attorney General, Steadroy ‘Cutie’ Benjamin, says part of the reason for the Industrial Court backlog is due to litigants being unavailable for their hearing.
“The unavailability of sometimes the lawyers and, in other cases, the complainants and defendants themselves.
“I am asking that all persons who have matters before the court do make yourself available. We are there to serve you, to help you, to have all matters resolved speedily. Please, once a matter has been given a date, make yourself available so your matters can be dispensed,” he urged.
The Industrial Court has been inactive for many months which has also caused a build-up in cases.
Meanwhile, a local trade unionist is refuting claims made by Benjamin regarding the number of outstanding judgements left.
“He made an earlier statement on the reopening of the court where he said that there were just about 10 judgements that remain to be written of matters that had been heard … I alone again have about 20 matters that were heard previously, over the last few years, of which I am still awaiting judgement from the court on,” said management consultant and trade unionist, Anderson Carty.
He also informed that the Industrial Court backlog is far from being cleared.
According to Carty, he has “over 100 matters that are before the court waiting a hearing that would be between one and five years in the waiting”.
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