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'''Payal Ghanwani''' is a [[Belizeans|Belizean]] attorney who served as a [[Senate (Belize)|Senator]] from 10 March 2020 to 11 December 2020. She is the first [[Indo-Belizeans|Indo-Belizean]] Senator.
'''Payal Ghanwani''' is a [[Belizeans|Belizean]] attorney who served as a [[Senate (Belize)|Senator]] from 10 March 2020 to 11 December 2020. She is the first [[Indo-Belizeans|Indo-Belizean]] Senator.


== Education ==
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Ghanwani grew up in [[Corozal District]]. She graduated from the [[University of the West Indies at Cave Hill]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Borges|first=Naim|date=2020-02-19|title=PM makes changes to Cabinet|url=https://lovefm.com/pm-makes-changes-to-cabinet/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-17|website=[[LOVE FM (Belize)]]|language=en-US}}</ref> with an [[LL.B]] in 2014.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.attorneybelize.com/about-us.php|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Belize Law Firms - Estevan Perera}}</ref> She then earned her [[Legal Education Certificate]] at the [[Norman Manley Law School]], where she was recognised as the Most Outstanding Student Over Two Years (2014-2016).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Belize News Daily, 9/21/2016 to 9/30/2016, Ambergris Caye|url=https://ambergriscaye.com/pages/town/160930.html|access-date=2021-02-17|website=ambergriscaye.com}}</ref> She was [[Call to the bar|called to the bar]] in Belize in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members Directory|url=https://belizebar.bz/member-directory/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Bar Association of Belize|language=en-US}}</ref>
Ghanwani grew up in [[Corozal District]]. She graduated from the [[University of the West Indies at Cave Hill]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Borges|first=Naim|date=2020-02-19|title=PM makes changes to Cabinet|url=https://lovefm.com/pm-makes-changes-to-cabinet/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-17|website=[[LOVE FM (Belize)]]|language=en-US}}</ref> with an [[LL.B]] in 2014.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.attorneybelize.com/about-us.php|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Belize Law Firms - Estevan Perera}}</ref> She then earned her [[Legal Education Certificate]] at the [[Norman Manley Law School]], where she was recognised as the Most Outstanding Student Over Two Years (2014-2016).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Belize News Daily, 9/21/2016 to 9/30/2016, Ambergris Caye|url=https://ambergriscaye.com/pages/town/160930.html|access-date=2021-02-17|website=ambergriscaye.com}}</ref> She was [[Call to the bar|called to the bar]] in Belize in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members Directory|url=https://belizebar.bz/member-directory/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Bar Association of Belize|language=en-US}}</ref>
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Ghanwani has worked in several areas, including civil litigation and estate issues.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 Annual Conference Programme|url=https://belizebar.bz/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019-Annual-Conference-Programme.pdf|url-status=live|website=Bar Association of Belize}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Court of Appeal of Belize - Third 2020 Session|url=https://www.belizejudiciary.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/15-October-2020-Remote-Hearings-Session-Rescheduling.pdf|url-status=live|website=Judiciary of Belize}}</ref> Notably, she served as the main attorney for [[United Democratic Party (Belize)|United Democratic Party]] (UDP) politician Mark King in his 2018 [[libel]] suit against activist Moses Sulph. Sulph had made a post on [[Facebook]] alleging that employees in King's business were not paid overtime pay and mandated benefits; he made a second post repeating the allegations after King asked him to retract. In court, Sulph's witnesses could not corroborate the posts, and he had no other evidence. In January 2019, the judge ruled that Sulph based his posts on hearsay, and awarded King [[Belize dollar|BZ$]]40,000 in damages. This case set a precedent for online defamation cases in Belize.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ical|first=Dalila|date=2019-01-19|title=SMH! Attorney Says Fassbook Posts Can Cost You :(|url=https://lovefm.com/smh-attorney-says-fassbook-posts-can-cost/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-06|website=[[LOVE FM (Belize)]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-01-17|title=Activist Moses Sulph Successfully Sued Over FB Comments|url=https://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/178806|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-06|website=[[Great Belize Television]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
Ghanwani has worked in several areas, including civil litigation and estate issues.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 Annual Conference Programme|url=https://belizebar.bz/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019-Annual-Conference-Programme.pdf|url-status=live|website=Bar Association of Belize}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Court of Appeal of Belize - Third 2020 Session|url=https://www.belizejudiciary.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/15-October-2020-Remote-Hearings-Session-Rescheduling.pdf|url-status=live|website=Judiciary of Belize}}</ref> Notably, she served as the main attorney for [[United Democratic Party (Belize)|United Democratic Party]] (UDP) politician Mark King in his 2018 [[libel]] suit against activist Moses Sulph. Sulph had made a post on [[Facebook]] alleging that employees in King's business were not paid overtime pay and mandated benefits; he made a second post repeating the allegations after King asked him to retract. In court, Sulph's witnesses could not corroborate the posts, and he had no other evidence. In January 2019, the judge ruled that Sulph based his posts on hearsay, and awarded King [[Belize dollar|BZ$]]40,000 in damages. This case set a precedent for online defamation cases in Belize.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ical|first=Dalila|date=2019-01-19|title=SMH! Attorney Says Fassbook Posts Can Cost You :(|url=https://lovefm.com/smh-attorney-says-fassbook-posts-can-cost/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-06|website=[[LOVE FM (Belize)]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-01-17|title=Activist Moses Sulph Successfully Sued Over FB Comments|url=https://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/178806|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-06|website=[[Great Belize Television]]|language=en-US}}</ref>


In 2020, the incumbent UDP appointed Ghanwani as one of the their six [[Senate (Belize)|Senators]] upon the resignation of UDP Senator Steven Duncan.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-22|title=Attorney Payal Ghanwani appointed new UDP Senator|url=https://amandala.com.bz/news/attorney-payal-ghanwani-appointed-new-udp-sentor/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-17|website=[[Amandala |Amandala Newspaper]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Although Ghanwani was not prominent in the party, she was viewed favorably as a "new face". She also became the first [[Indo-Belizeans|Indo-Belizean]] to serve in the Senate.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-18|title=New Face For The Senate|url=http://7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=52097|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-17|website=[[Tropical Vision Limited]]}}</ref> Ghanwani was sworn in on 10 March 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-10|title=Sitting of the Senate 10.3.20|url=https://www.nationalassembly.gov.bz/sitting-of-the-senate-10-3-20/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-17|website=[[National Assembly of Belize]]|language=en-US}}</ref> After the [[2020 Belizean general election|2020 general election]], the UDP became the opposition party. As their Senate allotment was now only three seats, Ghanwani was not reappointed for the new legislative session that began on 11 December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-11|title=Senate goes first in the inaugural session of 13th National Assembly|url=https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2020/12/11/senate-goes-first-in-the-inaugural-session-of-13th-national-assembly/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-17|website=[[Breaking Belize News]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2020, the incumbent UDP appointed Ghanwani as one of the their six [[Senate (Belize)|Senators]] upon the resignation of UDP Senator Steven Duncan.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-22|title=Attorney Payal Ghanwani appointed new UDP Senator|url=https://amandala.com.bz/news/attorney-payal-ghanwani-appointed-new-udp-sentor/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-17|website=[[Amandala |Amandala Newspaper]]|language=en-US}}</ref> While Ghanwani was not known within the party, she was viewed favorably as a "new face". She also became the first [[Indo-Belizeans|Indo-Belizean]] to serve in the Senate.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-18|title=New Face For The Senate|url=http://7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=52097|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-17|website=[[Tropical Vision Limited]]}}</ref> Ghanwani was sworn in on 10 March 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-10|title=Sitting of the Senate 10.3.20|url=https://www.nationalassembly.gov.bz/sitting-of-the-senate-10-3-20/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-17|website=[[National Assembly of Belize]]|language=en-US}}</ref> After the [[2020 Belizean general election|2020 general election]], the UDP became the opposition party. As their Senate allotment was now only three seats, Ghanwani was not reappointed for the new legislative session that began on 11 December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-11|title=Senate goes first in the inaugural session of 13th National Assembly|url=https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2020/12/11/senate-goes-first-in-the-inaugural-session-of-13th-national-assembly/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-17|website=[[Breaking Belize News]]|language=en-US}}</ref>


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Revision as of 00:42, 6 April 2021

Payal Ghanwani is a Belizean attorney who served as a Senator from 10 March 2020 to 11 December 2020. She is the first Indo-Belizean Senator.

Education

Ghanwani grew up in Corozal District. She graduated from the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill[1] with an LL.B in 2014.[2] She then earned her Legal Education Certificate at the Norman Manley Law School, where she was recognised as the Most Outstanding Student Over Two Years (2014-2016).[3] She was called to the bar in Belize in 2016.[4]

Career

Ghanwani is a partner at the firm Estevan Perera & Company LLP.[5] She had previously worked as an attorney-at-law for Glenn D. Godfrey & Co. LLP and as an intern at M. H. Chebat & Co.[2] She is also the membership director for the Rotary Club of Belize Sunrise, which is based in Belize City.[6]

Ghanwani has worked in several areas, including civil litigation and estate issues.[7][8] Notably, she served as the main attorney for United Democratic Party (UDP) politician Mark King in his 2018 libel suit against activist Moses Sulph. Sulph had made a post on Facebook alleging that employees in King's business were not paid overtime pay and mandated benefits; he made a second post repeating the allegations after King asked him to retract. In court, Sulph's witnesses could not corroborate the posts, and he had no other evidence. In January 2019, the judge ruled that Sulph based his posts on hearsay, and awarded King BZ$40,000 in damages. This case set a precedent for online defamation cases in Belize.[9][10]

In 2020, the incumbent UDP appointed Ghanwani as one of the their six Senators upon the resignation of UDP Senator Steven Duncan.[11] While Ghanwani was not known within the party, she was viewed favorably as a "new face". She also became the first Indo-Belizean to serve in the Senate.[12] Ghanwani was sworn in on 10 March 2020.[13] After the 2020 general election, the UDP became the opposition party. As their Senate allotment was now only three seats, Ghanwani was not reappointed for the new legislative session that began on 11 December 2020.[14]

References

  1. ^ Borges, Naim (19 February 2020). "PM makes changes to Cabinet". LOVE FM (Belize). Retrieved 17 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b "About Us". Belize Law Firms - Estevan Perera. Retrieved 17 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Belize News Daily, 9/21/2016 to 9/30/2016, Ambergris Caye". ambergriscaye.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Members Directory". Bar Association of Belize. Retrieved 17 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "New Chairman Sworn-in for the Elections and Boundaries Commission". Government of Belize Press Office. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Contact us". Rotary Club of Belize Sunrise. Retrieved 17 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "2019 Annual Conference Programme" (PDF). Bar Association of Belize.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Court of Appeal of Belize - Third 2020 Session" (PDF). Judiciary of Belize.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Ical, Dalila (19 January 2019). "SMH! Attorney Says Fassbook Posts Can Cost You :(". LOVE FM (Belize). Retrieved 6 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Activist Moses Sulph Successfully Sued Over FB Comments". Great Belize Television. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Attorney Payal Ghanwani appointed new UDP Senator". Amandala Newspaper. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "New Face For The Senate". Tropical Vision Limited. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Sitting of the Senate 10.3.20". National Assembly of Belize. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Senate goes first in the inaugural session of 13th National Assembly". Breaking Belize News. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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