The Law As­so­ci­a­tion says it nev­er met with the gov­ern­ment to dis­cuss the names who were to be cho­sen to el­e­vate to se­nior coun­sel.

In a re­lease the Law As­so­ci­a­tion not­ed state­ments by At­tor­ney Gen­er­al Regi­nald Ar­mour at yes­ter­day's cer­e­mo­ny claim­ing they had met.

How­ev­er, LATT is now say­ing the prime min­is­ter de­clined their in­vi­ta­tion and the as­so­ci­a­tion had no dis­cus­sions with the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al on the mat­ter.

"A de­ci­sion was tak­en by the Sub Com­mit­tee to dis­cuss with the Ho­n­ourable At­tor­ney Gen­er­al, the set­ting up of an in­de­pen­dent com­mit­tee head­ed by the Ho­n­ourable Chief Jus­tice to con­sid­er these ap­pli­ca­tions. A nom­i­nee of the Sub Com­mit­tee com­mu­ni­cat­ed that po­si­tion to the Ho­n­ourable At­tor­ney Gen­er­al and re­quest­ed a meet­ing with the Ho­n­ourable Prime Min­is­ter to dis­cuss the es­tab­lish­ment of the in­de­pen­dent com­mit­tee, "the re­lease said.

LATT says there were no dis­cus­sions with the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al" on any ap­pli­cant or the mer­its of any ap­pli­ca­tion for ad­mis­sion to the rank of se­nior coun­sel. "

Guardian Me­dia has reached out to the Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al for com­ment