Another legal bungling in the public service has cost the State thousands of dollars.
The latest involved a female attorney Kay Simon whose services were terminated under the current National Democratic Congress (NDC) government of Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell.
The largest pay-out to a public officer for wrongful dismissal was in the vicinity of EC$1 million to former Cabinet Secretary Gemma Bain-Thomas under a New National Party (NNP) government of Keith Mitchell.
In the current case, the high court ruled that Simon should be compensated over EC$40, 000.00.
During the hearing before female high court judge, Justice Agnes Actie it was revealed that by letter dated 24th October 2022, Anna Brizan, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Legal Affairs “purported to terminate the services of the claimant (Simon) with immediate effect on the ground that her services were no longer needed.
The court was told that: “The claimant was paid one month service fee in lieu of notice, as well as her service fee for the month of October 2022.
“The claimant was instructed to deliver all property relating to the business and belonging to the Government of Grenada.”
“The claimant through letters from her Attorney-at-Law challenged the letter issued by the Permanent Secretary, Anna Brizan.”
“The claimant continued to receive her monthly fee although she was out of office and not performing the duties under the contract.”
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