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DPP admits error in Susan Simes ruling
2010-12-23 17:41:00 |
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The Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewellyn, has reportedly admitted making an error in her ruling on an Office of the Contractor General (OCG) report regarding contracts between the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC)and Simber Productions Limited.
The admission was reportedly made in a letter written to the Contractor General, Greg Christie, yesterday.
In its report, the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) had found that Susan Simes and the former Chairman of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Douglas Chambers, were the sole shareholders of Simber Productions Limited.
The company had been irregularly awarded Government contracts by the JUTC.
The OCG also reported that before Douglas Chambers was murdered on June 27, 2008, he was at all material times, throughout his life, the majority shareholder of Simber Productions Limited.
But in September, the DPP ruled that no one should be criminally charged in relation to the investigation into the contracts.
In her ruling, the DPP said there was no material uncovered by police investigators to support the laying of criminal charges in the matter.
Llewellyn also said although procedural breaches were identified they were not deemed of a criminal nature.
Christie says following the decision, he wrote to the DPP on three separate occasions outlining the error in her rulings.
He says he insisted that it was an indisputable fact that Simes only became the majority shareholder of the company after Chambers’ death, and not before, as the DPP had mistakenly stated.
Christie says that in the DPP’s letter of admission she conceded that Chambers died on June 27, 2008, which is prior to the date of the change in ownership.
He says no reason was offered by the DPP for the error, or for the three-month delay in amending her ruling or for not responding to the OCG.
Christie says the admission is significant as it is a widely recognized fact that any purported adjustment to the [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]estate[/COLOR][/COLOR] of a deceased person, other than by the due process of [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]law[/COLOR][/COLOR], is illegal.
The OCG says no person may lawfully deal with, transfer or otherwise interfere with the [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]assets[/COLOR][/COLOR] of a deceased person in the absence of a [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]Grant[/COLOR][/COLOR] of Probate or Letters of Administration with the Will Annexed.
However, Lewellyn says there was a delay in her response to the contractor general’s objections because of the volume of work she has to undertake.
Llewellyn also said although she acknowledges the error, her ruling still stands
2010-12-23 17:41:00 |
with audio | (1 Comments) Paula Llewellyn- file [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]photo[/COLOR][/COLOR]
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewellyn, has reportedly admitted making an error in her ruling on an Office of the Contractor General (OCG) report regarding contracts between the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC)and Simber Productions Limited.
The admission was reportedly made in a letter written to the Contractor General, Greg Christie, yesterday.
In its report, the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) had found that Susan Simes and the former Chairman of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Douglas Chambers, were the sole shareholders of Simber Productions Limited.
The company had been irregularly awarded Government contracts by the JUTC.
The OCG also reported that before Douglas Chambers was murdered on June 27, 2008, he was at all material times, throughout his life, the majority shareholder of Simber Productions Limited.
But in September, the DPP ruled that no one should be criminally charged in relation to the investigation into the contracts.
In her ruling, the DPP said there was no material uncovered by police investigators to support the laying of criminal charges in the matter.
Llewellyn also said although procedural breaches were identified they were not deemed of a criminal nature.
Christie says following the decision, he wrote to the DPP on three separate occasions outlining the error in her rulings.
He says he insisted that it was an indisputable fact that Simes only became the majority shareholder of the company after Chambers’ death, and not before, as the DPP had mistakenly stated.
Christie says that in the DPP’s letter of admission she conceded that Chambers died on June 27, 2008, which is prior to the date of the change in ownership.
He says no reason was offered by the DPP for the error, or for the three-month delay in amending her ruling or for not responding to the OCG.
Christie says the admission is significant as it is a widely recognized fact that any purported adjustment to the [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]estate[/COLOR][/COLOR] of a deceased person, other than by the due process of [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]law[/COLOR][/COLOR], is illegal.
The OCG says no person may lawfully deal with, transfer or otherwise interfere with the [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]assets[/COLOR][/COLOR] of a deceased person in the absence of a [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]Grant[/COLOR][/COLOR] of Probate or Letters of Administration with the Will Annexed.
However, Lewellyn says there was a delay in her response to the contractor general’s objections because of the volume of work she has to undertake.
Llewellyn also said although she acknowledges the error, her ruling still stands
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