President of the Law Association Senior Counsel Martin Daly and Senior Counsel Douglas Mendes have made up after a public fallout over the publication of correspondence which was meant to be private.

A media release signed by both men yesterday stated: ’We wish to indicate that we met and explained to each other fully our respective positions on the disclosure by the Council of the Law Association of correspondence between us. We continue to regard each other with trust and respect and have agreed to treat the disclosure of the correspondence as a genuine misunderstanding and made in good faith. We regard the issue as at an end.’

The whole issue arose out of the controversy over the decision of Justice Rajendra Narine to send an affidavit of Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr, alleging he had struck a deal with Prime Minister Patrick Manning for debt forgiveness, in exchange for electoral support for the ruling party.

Attorney General John Jeremie had criticised the Narine judgment. But the Law Association contended that Jeremie was wrong to criticise Narine.

During the series of back-and-forth public exchanges between Jeremie and the association over the issue, the association had quoted from e-mail sent by Mendes to Daly to buttress its position. But Mendes, in a letter released to the media, had taken issue with this action, arguing that the correspondence was meant to be private.