Cameron & Shepherd

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Firm Details

Address:

2 Avenue of the Republic

Georgetown

Guyana

S. America

Phone:

+592 226 2671

Email:

[email protected]

Partners:

Hari Narayen Ramkarran SC

Josephine Whitehead SC

Nikhil N Ramkarran

Kamal Ramkarran

Associates:

Rebecca Alya Khan

Michael Jagnanan

Jensen Samaroo

Firm Overview

Cameron & Shepherd is the oldest law firm in Guyana. It has been in continuous operation as a partnership since 4 April 1901.

Since its inception, the firm has had a substantial commercial and corporate law practice. Records surviving from 1905 and 1910 show in-depth analysis of the principles of those areas.

The law reports of British Guiana and Guyana and, since 1958, the West Indian Reports (WIR), are replete with cases argued by Cameron & Shepherd, including many which have become important precedents. In one of the landmark cases argued by the firm, unjust enrichment was recognised as a substantive doctrine in the law of Guyana twenty-one years before its acceptance in England. Another matter, on carriage of goods by air, has been reported in Lloyd's Law Reports and twice cited in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, and in addition, several of the firm's cases are on course outlines at the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad, including one concerning the law relating to mortgages and sales at execution in Guyana.

Cameron & Shepherd is the largest conveyancing and intellectual property practitioner in the country and has appeared in all the Guyana trademarks and patents cases reported in WIR.

The firm acted in the first Guyana constitutional law case appearing in WIR and is increasingly heavily involved in constitutional and public law matters through its representation of a number of statutory bodies and authorities.

The fact that the firm currently represents several commercial banks, insurance companies and many Guyanese and international leading businesses is testament to our expertise, reliability and integrity.

Main Areas of Practice

Admiralty

Banking

Commercial

Conveyancing

Corporate

Estates

Insurance

Intellectual Property

Mining

Oil and Gas

Public Law

Torts

Trusts & Pension Schemes

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Address (A-Z)

Guyana - Head office

Demerara-Mahaica

2 Avenue of the Republic PO Box 10109 , Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, Georgetown

www.cameronandshepherd.com

+592 226 2671

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