Bar Association President Elsworth Johnson has filed a lawsuit in relation to a court marshall's decision to refuse him access to the Supreme Court last year. The Office of the Judiciary, David McFall, the court marshall, and the attorney general are named as defendants in the action.

According to Johnson, on November 24 McFall unlawfully prevented him from accessing the precincts of the court where he was representing a client. Johnson is seeking damages and punitive damages and/or exemplary damages and costs. He is also seeking an injunction to prevent the Office of the Judiciary through its agents from unlawfully and/or negligently detaining and/or imprisoning him to prevent him from accessing the court. He is also seeking a declaration that the agents of the Office of the Judiciary are not lawfully entitled to search a lawyer in his capacity as counsel and attorney at law without just cause.

Shortly after the incident, Johnson said that Mcfall refused him entry to the court after he objected to him searching his bag, which contained confidential legal documents. The officer allegedly denied Johnson access to the court, although the judge sent instructions for him to be allowed in court.

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