Dear Editor
THE Attorney General’s Chambers hereby wishes to respond to a scandalous and reckless report in the Stabroek News dated Thursday, April 26th 2018. The chambers refutes the allegations levelled therein which infer that State Counsel Ms. Tracy Marks has any form or knowledge of or participated in any way in the aforementioned matter. The allegation levelled in the Stabroek News was made without any valid documentary evidence.
State Counsel Tracy Marks was briefly present in Court 7 of the Supreme Court of the High Court on the 20th April, 2018, when Justice Brassington Reynolds presided. Her presence at court was to meet with the Honourable Justice Reynolds and/or his registrar to address some concerns on a matter which was recently reassigned to her, namely, ABDUL KHAN v REGISTRAR OF DEEDS, REGISTRAR SUPREME COURT Action # 108-W-2016 which was scheduled for the said date.

Paragraph 4 of the said Article states, “Though this newspaper is unable to say why, Justice Brassington Reynolds momentarily paused the proceedings to enquire from counsel after she had gotten up, whether she was leaving”.
We refute these allegations and do indicate that the Honourable Justice Reynolds inquired whether she had spoken to his registrar and was able to address her concerns, to which she responded in the negative.

As such, she returned to the courtroom soon thereafter to await conclusion of the matter being heard and engaged the court on the concerns in her matter – Abdul Khan.
The chambers contends that if due diligence had been done by the reporter of the Stabroek News, it would have been revealed that Ms. Marks was there merely inquiring about the said matter, Abdul Khan.
In fact, no appearance was entered on the record by Ms. Marks, neither was she robed nor seated at the bar table. Suffice it to say, if proper and efficient investigations had been conducted by the said newspaper, it would have been revealed that the attorney appearing on record in these proceedings on behalf of the Attorney General’s Chambers was Mr. Ashton Chase, S.C.

It is therefore fallacious, malicious and mischievous to conclude that Ms. Marks’ presence in the courtroom amounted to any knowledge, representation or credence to this vicious and wholly false allegation which is unfounded, capricious and has no merit.

The record will reveal that at no time was Ms. Marks on record or made any representations on behalf of the Attorney General’s Chambers in the said matter.

The chambers vehemently states that the unfounded allegations mentioned in this article are false and malicious and undoubtedly do not testify to the truth of the events occurring in the courtroom on the said day. In the circumstances, an apology is hereby demanded by the chambers from the newspaper and a retraction of the said portion of this story, failing which legal proceedings may be instituted.

Regards
Attorney General’s Chambers