RECENTLY qualified law student, Christopher Yaw,

son of former Magistrate, Mr. Fitzgerald Yaw, was admitted to the Guyana Bar on Friday.He is therefore now competent to practise his profession in the courts of this country.
His father died recently, following a short illness
. Prime Minister Sam Hinds was among those who attended his funeral last Friday.
The young lawyer was admitted to practise by Justice Madame Roxanne George. She wished the new attorney success in the practice of his profession and urged him to do all his best in the interest of the law, his clients and the court.
Mr. Yaw who was earlier admitted to the Bar of Trinidad & Tobago has been practising in the Land of the Humming Bird.
His petition to practise in Guyana was presented to Justice George by Attorney-at- Law, Ms. Kim Kyte.
Justice George noted that Mr. Christopher Yaw was the second sibling of Mr. Yaw that she had admitted to the Bar so closely after the other. The other sibling, Ronald, was admitted in December.
In his reply, Mr. Christopher Yaw thanked the judge for admitting him to practise, and to Ms. Kyte for presenting his petition.
Thanks were also given to his parents, his tutors, his relatives and friends and all those who have been kind to him in one way or the other.