DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack, has filed an application, in the High Court, to have the $50M defamation lawsuit, filed against her by Senior Magistrate Alex Moore, struck out.
The application was filed by Senior Counsel Robin Stoby, Jamela Ali and Kim Kyte-Thomas.
The application is contending that Moore has no suitable grounds for his defamation claims and it is an abuse of the court process.

Furthermore, Ali-Hack is seeking for Moore’s Statement of Claim to be struck out with costs awarded.
In July, Moore through his lawyer, Arudranauth Gossai, filed a lawsuit against Ali-Hack for the sum of $50M as damages for defamation for a letter which she wrote on December 5,2019 which he claimed is malicious and false.

The letter was sent by Ali-Hack to the acting Chancellor of Guyana, Yonette Cummings Edwards, who is also the chairman of the Judicial Service Commission, and the Acting Chief Justice, Roxane George, with the reference “ Conduct of Magistrate Alex Moore in the charge of the Police vs Marcus Bisam for the Offence of Murder, contrary to Common Law.
The letter is allegedly claiming that Moore had a personal interest in the matter against Bisram and requested that he be removed from presiding over the case.

The report constitutes among other complaints an allegation of conduct against Magistrate Moore’s professional responsibility or office as a Magistrate and not his personal capacity, and was capable of being investigated by the Chancellor for the purposes of invoking the disciplinary procedures set out in the Judicial Service Commission’s Rules.

Moore is a Senior Magistrate in the State of Guyana and has been a Magistrate for a number of years.

Moore was assigned to the Georgetown Magisterial District, East Demerara Magisterial District, Berbice Magisterial District and Corentyne Magisterial District.

He is also an Attorney-at-Law of 14 years standing. Moore is also admitted to practise in Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada and the British Virgin islands.
Prior to becoming a Magistrate, he also practised his profession in the above-named countries.