According to Nandlall, Ramjattan had requested the award be paid to him but he maintained that it was the clients that were entitled to the sum and not his attorney. He added that now that the clients have been produced, the government is to decide whether it will be pursuing the appeal or settling the matter.
Nandlall said as an attorney, he knows that lawyers have the authority to receive money on behalf of their clients but as Attorney General and the state’s attorney in the case, he has to ensure that the actual client is being paid. He stressed that Ramjattan indicated that his fees are in the judgment sum so he (Nandlall) has to be satisfied that the client receives the judgment sum.
“Ramjattan told me that to pay him the judgment’s sum because his fees are in there, but I don’t care about that, I have to ensure that ultimately the client is the one being paid,” he said.
Excerpts from Stabroeknews