The only professional judge in the courts of Barbados is Crane Scott. The rest of them don’t work, are not generally interested in hearing cases and the evidence and also have no respect for time. They also take fucking years to issue judgements, if they issue them at all.

A sad set of idiots.

The diminutive judge(suffers napoleon syndrome from school days) was wrong and the big able silk was wrong.Now the silk has apologised to the brethren and the judge.I think it will now become the anansi type anecdotal tall tales of the court hangers on and fraternity and that will be the end of it.The silk erred and the silk apologised.I don’t know what else the silk or anyone can do.It’s over.Think of it.Years ago we would never have heard about this.The advocate won’t print it and radio distribution would not have carried it and all would have benn well in Bim.
So mote it be.

Wonder why!!

Can one of the legal people educated us lay people about “inter partes” and “ex parte”

In plain English please.

Or better still in everyday Bajan.

Thanks.

Undertaker I just try to explain it in my own way and David huff my comment .. HA HA. Ef I din a Christian den … HA HA HA

I was crying condemnation on Alair Shepherd QC, but the more I think about it he is correct. The system deserves the ass.

I have been to our traffic court for two minor offences, both were waste of time and showed the system is greatly flawed. On one occasion Magistrate Debra Holder (think she has been promoted now) turned up at 11.10 and started barking at everyone, especially the prosecutor, she obviously was trying to finish by 12/12:30 which I believe she did. The thing is if you do not properly listen to people and clearly examine the evidence, how can persons really feel that the system has been fair to them.

If I did not study a little law at UWI then I too would have fallen into the trap of just pleading guilty just to “save the courts time” as she suggest to others in her traffic court that day.

Another time a magistrate in district B made me turn up at least 5 times because I would not plead guilty, every time I got to the dock he just asked for a next date, over and over again. The thing is I was totally innocent, it was not me who was reported, the car number was not even mine SO I REFUSED TO PLEAD GUILTY. Eventually I had to ask a favour of a friend to get me out of that.

So I know that Alair Shepherd QC, had to be really frustrated.g

Until….

I am siding with Alair on this one.

from..A dear……..to…Solia..

@ Carson C. Cadogan | April 15, 2013 at 11:39 PM |
undertaker

Your story is a real sad one.
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The sad thing is that so may persons go to court expecting justice and are frustrated and left shaking because of their fear of being victimised.

We all know that the administration of what passes for justice in Barbados is woefully low, but now that Alair Shepherd has admitted behaving in inappropriate way, the big question is what discipline is he going to face?
What message is a senior court servant sending to the boys on the block with his behaviour?
Is he going to face any criminal charge, at the least behaviour likely to cause a breach of the peace?
Who is going to behave in this disgraceful way next, clergy?

@Hal. I see no criminal act. It did not take place in the Court, the Court was not sitting and Alair did not “disrobe” – therefore there was no contempt of or before the Court. Ergo, no criminal action has occurred. If the judge chooses to lodge a complaint with the disciplinary committee of the Bar, she will be required to explain herself and submit herself to examination and cross-examination and all and any provocation on her part or lapses of etiquette or proceedure on her part will also be fully exmained and explored. And witnesses to Alair’s actions and to the judge’s actions will also be examined and cross-examined. And she will not be able to rely on Casewell to provide her excuses which may (or not) be just that – excuses – I make no call on that, but will endeavour to find out from independent sources if Casewell’s allegations (which make no sense to me at all) are correct.

While judges cannot be held liable for any actions they may take AS JUDGES as opposed to private individuals, which is what they are when not sitting, they can certainly be held liable for failing to do their jobs and personally they are not immune to legal liability (civil and criminal) either. Even though apparently they think they are.

Alair has apologised for mooning Ms Richards and for asking her to apply her lips to his clothed moon – which most will agree was highly improper to ANYONE. I note that he has not aplogised, nor should he, for instructing her firmly on points of law and professional courtesy in a private (as opposed to court) environment. In those circumstances, he is a senior silk instructing a junior.

I have read Alair’s comments in today’s Nation and his points are well made. It is no secret within the fraternity that Alair (like most senior members of the fraternity) has over 50 cases before the courts that he cannot get heard……..and about 20 others on which decisions have been reserved, not for months, but for YEARS!!!!

So what should happen? Is it being advocated that counsel ought to roll over and play dead out of respect for a justice and court system that has itself sacrificed any right to the slightest respect? Or should the leaders of the Bar, on behalf of litigants and the taxpayers of Barbados, “Take arm against a sea of troubles and, by opposing, end them.”

While condemning the mooning of Ms Richards as inappropriate (as recognised by Alair), it is up to the attorneys themselves to insist forcefully on the Constitution, the Civil Proceedure Rules, courtesy and etiquette being observed by ALL, including judges and attorneys, particularly the leaders of the Bar, have a moral obligation to spearhead the call for change, not only on behalf of their financially prejudiced clients, but on behalf of the taxpayers. They must not avoid that responsibility.

Some while ago, strike action against the Courts was being considered by the Bar Association. I suggest to you that any attempt by the CJ and Judiciary to pursue this matter further might well see that threat becoming a reality.

Finally (and I am asking the BU family to weigh in on this and Baffy and Well Well to give me a laugh along with their insights) do you think the continuing crusade started years ago by BU into the lack of a credible justice system would have been given the focus and national prominence it has achieved were it not for Alair’s “lapse”? I quite like Alair as a person, but that liking does not necessarily always extend to him professionally – but I have to wonder if there may not well have been method in his “madness”. If so, it takes on a different hue – that of an act of great courage and by that single act he has created more focus on the demised justice system than even funeral oration by Sleepy Smith and the Nation interview with Sir Roy Marshall. I will never be able to find out if this was Alair’s intent or not, but we cannot dismiss the possibility and think to ourselves, “Well done!!!!!”.

@Hal Austin “What message is a senior court servant sending to the boys on the block with his behaviour?”

When the police come to interview you on the block, bend over and say “fcuk you”

When the police come with a search warrant to your mother’s house tell her to bend over and say “fcuk you”

When you are convicted of anything as soon as you get into the corridor of the court bend over and say “fcuk you”

When you get to school late and the headmaster reprimands you bend over and say “fcuk you”

If ya don’t like what the pastor is preaching pun a Sunday bend over and say “fcuk you”

bend over and say “fcuk you” at political meetings

bend over and say “fcuk you” when you don’t like the judge’s decisions at Crop Over

When the boss unfairs you bend over and say “fcuk you”

Jut be sure not to show your doggie or pokey and everything will be alright.

It is not a criminal offence to bend over and say fcuk to anybody, anytime.

If North Korea plays the ass at .U.N meetings all Ban Kee Moon has to do is bend over and moon North Korea, and say “fcuk you”

That will put the short fat man in his place.

I see the beginning of everlasting world peace here.

@ David
Come on! This inordinate fixation on ‘silk’ or somebody wearing silk in bullshit. The mere wearing of a fabric surely cannot be entirely determinative of who a person is, or maybe or the significance of events. In some places, good quality cottons are more sought than silk. To us this is childish, represents a red herring to construct a certain narrative. That narrative surreptitiously avoid the transformational conversation and consolidates the dominate narrative. This only serves those who want things to remain as they are. That is the essence of the David.

Amused…………Alair’s act we hope will be the catalyst for change withing the system. I am sure in his exuberance he did not think it would snowball like this and bring out information that we were unaware of and well hidden from the public by the CJs and PMs. We can only hope that they all stop acting so powerful foolish.

From her days as Registrar, i think she was acting then……….Crane-Scott seemed to be the only one blessed with any sense of fairness and common sense, I am pleased to hear that she carried those traits to the bench…………..Barbados will be a better place for it.

@Amused

In Physics there is a condition known as potential energy and a kindred state of kinetic energy

In layman’s terms, when you have a pendulum at its greatest arc that bestows ” potential” to swing, once in motion potential changes to kinetic and it continues shifting from kinetic back to potential with each successive swing until friction of air and gravity brings the pendulum to rest

While it may be obvious that I am not a fan on the prima donna Alair, nor do I condone his skinning his nether parts at the equally unprofessional judge, if this act which has the potential to galvanize the errant court system, gains the necessary kinetic momentum to make our absolutely disconnected inefficient court system change then this Galdalf ” thou shalt not pass moment” is to be grudgingly commended as being as catalytic as the Rosa Parks moment in Bajan chronology.

If Alair continues by standing up to the incompetent Attorney General, befuddled Chief Justice Marston, Fumbles’ supposed Silver Bullet, and the godlike Registrar then this act of the “defiant botsie” would mean something, otherwise, and I am the disenchanted pessimist, I am inclined to believe that this was just a hot flash by Her royal Highness Alair and she will continue to be her irascible self

The problem with us Bajans is that we love to lurk in the shadows and goad others to take up the charge praying that the oppressors cut down the Bussalike ringleaders in a hail of bullets.

Again I will go on record to say if Alair continues to build on this objection in a meaningful way and seeks to lead the charge against this phucked up legal system, and if the rest of his impotent legal brethren stand up and get into the fight, I will come here and “exposé” myself, rather my real name.

Of course given the libelous things I have on many an occasion written here I will need a lawyer to defend me.

Can I ask you MR SHEPHERD to come to my rescue? Note how conveniently Alair now becomes masculine gender

I sure you have never heard me expressed an anti-Guyanese view. My concern is about the integrity of our institutions, which we should all be concerned about..

MUCH A DO ABOUT NOTHING

I note the issue on which Shepherd was scheduled to appear before the learned judge (The Nation has her title as Dr.) is a police matter, which means several Police officers were in the vicinity when the incident occurred. If they took no action I can assume they didn’t think it contravened any law so anyone clamouring for charges is out to lunch.

The legal code doesn’t cover bad manners (not yet anyway) and if as reported the whole kit and caboodle was still under wraps calling for charges is whistling in the wind.

Bushie

What nonsense are you talking? Amused is constantly attacking me because he has problems with people who he considers to be my friends. If you read carefully, you would realise that he is the one who is always on the offensive. I am merely defending myself against this dishonest perjurer.

@Sargeant

Your memory is short and you are absolutely wrong there on that posit about if policemen being there and a law was contravened that they would have intervened.

The now famous incident at the Cave Hill Campus saw Marie Anthony, wife of St. Lucian Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony rip off the tunic of a Sargeant of Police (you are a Sargeant, aren’t you) ON NATIONAL TV and not one of the boys in black and red (emphasis on boys) could do jack shi* about it

@Pieceuhderock
Mea culpa, I gave the boys in blue and red too much credit for their professionalism while forgetting that laws which apply to the Hoi Polloi don’t necessarily apply to those wearing silk and other fine garments or those who are well connected.

When this behaviour happens in small societies like Barbados it is swept under the rug.He should be punished by the Bar Association. What type of punishment? I don’t know. But will the association have the intestinal fortitude to do so?

@Caswell

You are correct we all have agendas but the good thing about BU is that anyone pushing an agenda will be exposed eventually.

Islandgal246

You are quite right: I don’t have many friends but that is because of my choice. I don’t to be a friend of someone who would conspire to murder their father and then boast about it from behind a pseudonym. You see, I have standards and will not take all comers. You need not apply for friendship: you will not even get an acknowledgement.

The Alair Shepherd cheerleaders have turned up the heat. A reprehensible act by a supposedly senior lawyer is hailed and cheered by the BU crew. On another thread the BU rulers write to England the mother country to join in the unjustified condemnation of the hard working committed members of the Royal Barbados Police Force. Wrong is turned on its head on BU. If you are anti Barbados, foreign or local, you are welcomed with open arms by BU. Raise a dissenting voice in support of our small island battling the worst economic crisis yet doing better than most and BU in true Uncle Tom fashion joins the slavemasters and their descendants to make you appear to be a troublemaker and liar. The more things change the more they remain the same.

For the handful of posters who bluntly refuse to yield to injustice and racism I repeat Alair Shepherd should be disbarred at the very least for his lewd behaviour. The Police sacrificed much to bring an alleged rapist before the courts. The courts were forced to throw out the case before it was even tried. BU is so estatic about this perverted development he writes to the world media proclaiming how happy he/she/them/it are. Such a vile perversion of rules could not happen under an Obama administration but the BU ass lickers relish in anything that places Barbados in a piss poor light. Our country is not going to get much further if we dont have people brave enough to stand up against the disloyal traitors who are freqrent posters on the BU.

I still believe the people who have deep faith in Barbaods are in the majority, Feb 21 election proved it. We must never forget a pompously over confident BU and its raucous fans predicted an overwhelming landslide victory for the BLP. They’ve not shown any remorse or humility despite the destruction of their arrogance.