Glenn Hanoman

Glenn is the Managing Partner and Founder of Templar Chambers, a full service law firm formed in 2004. He has over 25 years’ post-qualification experience in various legal fields, including:

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TRIAL AND DRAFTING EXPERIENCE

Lead Counsel for the Prosecution/Plaintiff and Defence at criminal and civil trials in the Magistrate’s and High Courts of Guyana (in excess of 500 trials between 1994-2019)

Counsel for numerous Applicants in applications for all of the Prerogative Writs and Constitutional Motions (1994-2019)

Preparation of all legal documents for Conveyancing and Estate matters (1994-Present)

Preparation of all legal documents and court appearances in all family matters (1994-Present)

Appearances and consultancies in Suriname, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago and St. Lucia as part of criminal defence team for Extradition, Murder and Trafficking in Narcotics (2004-2019)

Glenn is especially well recognized for his representation of requested persons in Extradition hearings, and he is the only attorney in Guyana to have a 100% success rate in extradition hearings as at May, 2019.

COMMISSION OF INQUIRY EXPERIENCE

Legal Representative of The Guyana Bar Association in the Commission of Inquiry into  the death of 17 prisoners at Georgetown Prisons (2016)

Lead Counsel for The Commission of Inquiry into the death of Dr. Walter Rodney (2014-2015)

COLUMN CONTRIBUTOR

Contributor to fortnightly newspaper columns (Stabroek News) on legal issues on behalf of The Guyana Bar Association (2015-2019)

JURISPRUDENTIAL INFLUENCE

Guest Lecturer at Centro Universitario  Estacio da Amazonia, Boa Vista, Brazil on a comparative analysis of “The Common Law and Civil Law Systems” (November, 2011)

Counsel for last two fugitive offenders requested by a foreign territory at Extradition Hearings. In both instances extradition was eventually denied by The Highest Courts and deficiencies in local law and international arrangements were exposed.

Glenn is especially well recognized for his representation of requested persons in Extradition hearings, and he is the only attorney in Guyana to have a 100% success rate in extradition hearings as at May, 2019.

Counsel for Appellants at The Guyana Court of Appeal (in excess of 20 Criminal Appeals), notably, Shivnarine and another v. The State (2012) 80 WIR 357

REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT

Glenn also has several years’ experience in large scale real estate development projects, including structuring both financing and land acquisition agreements. Developments he has worked on include golf course and hotel developments and high-end residential developments.

Glenn is married with two children.

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