The Andrew Holness administration is set to reinstate Paula Llewellyn as the head of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions after winning its case in the Court of Appeal today (December 20).

Presiding justices concluded that the Constitutional Court erred in stripping Llewellyn from her tenure.

The ruling, handed down on Friday morning, found that the top prosecutor is entitled to benefits arising from the increase in the Jamaican retirement age.

Llewellyn, who previously served as Jamaica’s DPP since March 2008, demitted office in April after the Opposition filed a lawsuit against over the government’s use of its majority in Parliament to pass a bill to extend the retirement age of the DPP from age 60 to 65, with the option of an extension to 70.

In its contention, the Opposition said its members were unaware of the bill’s contents before the sitting of Parliament and were only made aware when it was tabled.

The April 19 Constitutional Court ruling nullified Llewellyn’s tenure, prompting an immediate appellate process by the Holness administration.

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