Homeowners to fight Dart for rights

| 07/02/2019 | 154 Comments
Cayman News Service

Britannia condos

(CNS): Homeowners at the Britannia condos in George Town are taking on the Cayman Islands’ biggest investor and developer to fight for the rights they claim that the Dart Group is obligated to provide them but is trying to get the courts to quash. The Britannia Liaison Committee (BLC), which was formed by the homeowners at the residential site, located near Camana Bay, said their rights came with the package when Dart expanded its land holdings in the area and bought the former Hyatt properties, which includes their community — something the developer was well aware of when the sale was made.

The committee has instructed local law firm Walkers to represent them in the courtroom battle, who have in turn engaged leading UK-based QC, John Randall.

Aside from fighting to protect their own rights, which they all obtained over the past 25 years as part of their contracts when they bought their homes, the Britannia condo owners are pointing to the importance of the case to the wider community of condo owners.

In a press statement about their decision to take the fight to Dart, the committee stated that other people who currently enjoy registered access and use rights that came with their homes will be impacted by the outcome of this legal action.

“The attempt by Dart to remove property owners’ legally registered rights should be a source of concern, not only to owners at Britannia but also to the owners of many other properties in the Islands who presently enjoy registered rights of access and usage similar to those of Britannia. We expect that many Cayman property owners and investors will be watching this case with close interest,” the BLC stated.

The committee said that since Dart bought the properties and then closed the golf course, which they all once enjoyed access to, along with other amenity rights, the residents have engaged the Dart Group about how it intends to meet its obligations to them. But they said the company has failed to offer any solutions.

“The failure to reach an agreement with the Britannia owners in the time since that purchase was completed is because, despite a number of meetings and communications between Dart and the BLC, Dart has failed to outline a clear plan for the golf course, let alone advance any definitive or credible suggestion as to what alternative arrangements it would be willing to offer,” owners stated.

The BLC pointed out that all the homeowners at Britannia bought their properties in good faith with the knowledge that certain rights were clearly registered in their favour on the Cayman Islands Land Register.

“The existence of these rights and the reliability of the register have been an attractive feature to owners, residents and prospective purchasers in Britannia,” they said, adding that they were confident that courts would uphold the rights.

However, Dart recently made the same claim, that they believed the courts would be on their side, arguing that these are not legal rights but merely a contractual arrangement that should not legally obligate the new owners. Dart’s legal team is claiming that the Registrar of Lands improperly registered the access rights and they should no longer apply.

Since Hurricane Ivan, when the Hyatt hotel was largely destroyed, the owners at Britannia lost access to the tennis courts and hotel facilities they had once enjoyed on the land-side of that resort. But when the golf course and club reopened and the beach side of the hotel also reopened as the Beach Suites, the Britannia residents continued to enjoy access to those facilities.

When Dart bought the properties he closed the golf course but he made no move to settle this issue of obligations to the residents via the courts until he closed down the Beach Suites and began renovating that property, which is due to formally re-open shortly.

Dart’s aim now appears to be to ensure that Britannia owners will not have access to the beach facilities associated with the new boutique hotel, and relieve the multi-billion dollar landlord of any legal burden or obligation to provide the Britannia residents with any equivalent amenities.

See the press release from the committee in the CNS Library

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  1. Anonymous says:

    What is the status of the Dart invasion on Britannia?

  2. Anonymous says:

    Seems an attempt to force DART to hand over money to settle a rights claim when there is no obligation to uphold rights in a contract between parties other than DART.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Unfortunately, The residents of Britannia will be served shortley as the summons was filled by Dart at the end of January. This gave Britannia residents two options. To fight the summons or not fight the summons. If you dont fight the summons there may be a chance that you registered rights may fall away. There is no intention of the BLC to settle this case and have Dart hand over money, we just want to keep our registered rights that are registred on our land title. We are prepared to defend our rights in the courts.

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      • Anonymous says:

        I wonder if now those owners and tenants will be in the mood for that rumoured Dart boycott initiative?

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  3. Anonymous says:

    Now might be a good time to talk about EQI Bank. Brought to us by those who brought us HSBC and UBS….

  4. Anonymous says:

    Whichever way this turns out, Dart’s brand will be highly damaged throughout and after the process. I think the awareness of how he does business is becoming more prevalent, the true price of Caymanian ‘gifts’ of parks, etc. now better understood, the legal vs moral character of the Dart organization clearer than ever and thus the hesitancy to do business with them will create a material setback for the entire Dart Group. The distrust will not only be exhibited by those negotiating new initiatives, but with many who may be considering acquisition of Dart-related condos, retail and industrial units and tenancy of all sorts.
    Perhaps this will go down in Cayman history as the time the onetime big developer “jumped the shark”.
    I do hope someone talks some sense into this leadership team before long and we then can applaud our partnership and enjoy a fruitful Cayman future together.

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  5. Anonymous says:

    Good luck to DART against the moaners. The melodrama in the comments on this story is appalling.

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    • Anonymous says:

      It’s really just sour grapes because Dart wouldn’t buy out a couple of them at extortionate over-market rates. Funny thing is that they actually seem to think the Regency Villas case is at all relevant. Those boys are going to cost the rest of the owners a pretty penny.

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  6. Anonymous says:

    The man is above law. I think it is time the Mother country step in and take control. Lots of lost revenue is being missed by our Queen.

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  7. Anonymous says:

    If Dart win his case a precedent will be set and watch for the many lawsuits that will start from all of those Britannia owners suing the the Government for loss of their rights..

    The Government better hope the CJ doesn’t roll on this one…DART has more money than CIG..so let’s see how this one plays out..

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    • Anon says:

      Reminds me of dart resurfacing yacht club road and excluding lighthouse point making the homeowners pay for the part he didnt do. He is a neglectful owner of many properties.

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  8. Naya Boy says:

    Cayman being destroyed before our very eyes our political Mafiya completely bought and paid for and willing to prostitute us out for their own convenience as many times as it takes. Stop madness Cayman!!!

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    • BoboT says:

      Naya Boy…. maybe if people would stop voting for friends and family who only speak $$$$ maybe we have a fighting chance.

  9. Anonymous says:

    We’re now all living in the Dartman Islands , The Caydart Islands.

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  10. Cary "Tex" Freels says:

    I ride my bike through there every day, and one time, those mean and wild Dart dogs chased me down and tried to bite my leg. Haha! Jumped off my bike and kicked em in the face. I love riding there now. I don’t have to dodge golf balls while rowdy golfers yell at me! Hey Britannia owners, invite a thirsty rider in for a drink will ya? One love.

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  11. Anonymous says:

    This case is really a loose loose for Dart. If Dart is successful in removing the covenants for Britannia then his investment of $3 per sqft on buying the golf course goes up in value as it allows him to build homes on the golf course and brings the value to say $35 per sqft. This is obviously a tidy profit but with a very short term view as its sets a dangerous precedent for his other properties that have similar rights such as the Kimpton residence and the Ritz. The kimpton articles seem to be written in a very similar manner to those of Britannia So if Britannias are invalid then so are the Kimptons. Surely this will make the Kimpton totally unsalable? You can’t have your cake and eat it too Ken.

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    • Anonymous says:

      More of a tight tight if you ask me.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Lose lose perhaps

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    • Anonymous says:

      Sea fire condo owners beware, your rights are at Dart’s whim.

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    • Anonymous says:

      You obviously haven’t read the Britannia or Kimpton documents.

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      • Anonymous says:

        I have and just to make sure i understood them i paid a lawyer to interpretite them for me. But getting back to your point, what is it?

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      • Anonymous says:

        Regardless of what the documents say, Dart will pursue his interests of the day.

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    • Anonymous says:

      loose loose…hahahahaha

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    • Anonymous says:

      No one should ever be allowed to build on the golf course. It was designated as green open space in exchange for permission to build Britannia. Planning should grow a pair!

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      • Anonymous says:

        Why should they, do you know how many building materials that will be bought and how a certain member of the CPA will greatly benefit. Just wait till Dart gets CHEC in here and then all the materials will be coming in directly from China. These fools just do not think the man will turn on them but it will soon happen.

  12. Anonymous says:

    I am on team Britannnia

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  13. B. Boys says:

    You’ve gotta fight, for your right, to birdie…

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    • Ron Ebanks says:

      I hope and pray that QC , John Randall hold his feet to the fire .
      According to this act it’s time to get him and things under control.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Off topic here but why does the Offshore Alert have Uniregistry’s name involved in a divorce case between Frank Schilling and his wife? Isn’t Uniregistry somehow involved with OffReg for all our domains? Can someone please put this as a separate topic on CNS? The headline on Offshore Alert is “Wife of Cayman-based domain name pioneer Frank Schilling sues for access to corporate accounts”. Would any of this affect our domain names and websites?

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      • Anonymous says:

        She is a part-owner of Uniregistry and has a right to that info. Being reduced to half a Billionaire will still be very comfortably solvent for both parties. No risk to business.

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        • Anonymous says:

          Does anyone remember a public bidding process to get exclusive rights to the .ky domain? How much is it worth and how much was the Cayman government paid for it, if it has been sold.

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      • Anonymous says:

        I went to get a ky domain, it would of ordinarily cost me $40. The thieving B*******s at Uniregistry tried to charge me $2,000. I didn’t pay. I don’t recall a public tender either.

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      • Anonymous says:

        So you’re saying Frank is single… Asking for a friend.

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  14. Anonymous says:

    Did any one else see in “Camana Bay Times” that the article right after “Dart issues statement on Britannia” was “Making Ethical Business Decisions”? The first line of the article says: “Just because a certain behavior is legal doesn’t make it ethical.” Beyond the irony of this showing up in Dart’s publication, this is what Dart should do. It may not make sense to build new tennis courts or open the golf club, but if he does they should be available to the residents of Britannia. The beach is still there and the residents should be allowed to use it, not because of a legal obligation (although I think there is one) but because it is the right thing to do.

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  15. Anonymous says:

    Britannia owners are well aware that nobody else would buy the property specifically because of these “rights”. Golf course losing money hand over fist and owners unwilling to pay for it’s upkeep. Pretty sure a lot of homework was done before this purchase was made. My money is on Uncle Dart.

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  16. Anonymous says:

    Dart on Barkers: Private property rights are extremely important and we are allowed to develop what we want.
    Dart on Brittania: Private property rights are very loose and these covenants are not legal or important. We are allowed to remove the property rights of others if we want.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Reading between the line – Dart wants what Dart wants and will twist the laws to his favor. Sounds a lot like Trump.

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      • Anonymous says:

        Are you fixated on Trump? Or Kardashians? Why to bring him into every discussion?

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        • Anonymous says:

          Simple. Both Trump and Dart are into real estate development and building hotels. Both twist the laws to their advantage.

          Not sure what you mean by the Kardashians?

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        • Anonymous says:

          DartBot listen up.

          No I am fixated on Trump. We are fixated on Dart because he may keep himself invisible but the effect of his dictating controlling presence is everywhere because he controls government.

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      • Anonymous says:

        MAGA!

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        • Anonymous says:

          MCGA..Make Cayman Great Again..

          Let DART understand that he does not own the entire country and can always do as he pleases…

          Alden, Mac, Moses..i hope you hearing..Time longer than rope..

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  17. Anonymous says:

    Wonder what the Ministry of Lands has to say about these claims that the Land Register may be wrong?

    Also, some of the past senior managers of the Lands Department have been working for Dart for years. Is Dart claiming that it was his current employee’s mistake?

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    • Anonymous says:

      I am sure those dart employees won’t be getting any more favors from lands. And you watch all those registration and subdivisions requests get put to the bottom of of the pile. Their days are numbered as they will have no further use to the dart overlord.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Can the Minister Julianna please quickly confirm the integrity and robustness of the Land Register?

      A billionaire property owner raising doubts about the integrity of the Govts Land Register CANNOT be good for the Govt.

      Other strata companies and property owners must be asking themselves some serious questions right about now.

      Likewise Real Estate agents must be getting edgy with the fear that new buyers will not trust the land registry system when they purchase Cayman property. Their careers are at stake.

      The Minister needs to make a statement to comfort the growing fears of these other strata owners and potential property buyers. And be quick before chaos ensues.

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      • Anonymous says:

        Remember when there was all this chaos about changing our companies law and LCCL to keep Cayman off the EU blacklist late last year and CIG was pushing through amendments at the last minute to avoid people actually realizing what they were and what the impact would be? Well, during that process, the CIG issued a whole commentary on it including comments from some vague fund director from the USA who said Cayman is very much still seen as a black mark or no go. Soooo CIG pretty much slapped CIMA in the face because those comments reflect on them as a regulator despite always claiming CIMA is this great shining example of international standards for regulation. CIG will slam CIMA and will leave Lands out to dry to suit their agenda. The CIG agenda IS the Dart agenda.

      • Anonymous says:

        She quick to rally against equal rights for homosexual Caymanians on facebook but won’t address this

        Imagine an MLA saying you don’t deserve equal rights because you eat meat and her family is vegan..

  18. Anonymous says:

    How many Realtors, Lawyers, Valuators and assorted professionals have enabled property sales in Britannia over the years? Should Dart be vindicated in the Courts, i wonder what redress the owners of Britannia would have against the multitude of professionals out there…maybe also against their own Strata’s?! Oh, someone put on the popcorn, this is going to be fun either way, because if Dart wins, he also loses – the dart group own multiple properties that have been sold with similar rights, i wonder what their value becomes? And nationally, should Dart win, we’ve got in technical terms what we call a sh*tshow on our hands! I do wonder though, why don’t Britannia not only defend this action, but counter-sue Dart for neglect of Britannia – there can be no doubt that the eyesore buildings that remain from 15 years ago storm have a negative impact on the values at Britannia – the properties in there are likely way undervalued due to the manner in which Dart has left the properties and furthermore by the inability of Dart to amicably come to a solution….that’s what i’d do..actually, isn’t there a law that those properties should be demolished by now?

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    • Chris Johnson says:

      Well put.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Those poor property owners are just going to waste there money because the case is already settled in the Dart Groups favor as these above comments confirm.
      A funny issue is that one senior Decco official owned a condo in Britannia and was on one of the strata executive boards but recently sold his unit. Makes a person wonder if the new purchaser was under the impression that these amenities were part of being in Britannia or if the seller said the amenities would soon be gone.
      Would that be a conflict of interest, or would it be corruption?

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      • Anonymous says:

        What about those other employees from the dart side that own property in Britannia. I wonder how they feel now? Maybe they expect to get compensation from this. Even the Supreme President Madam Trumpet owns their. I wonder if Dart Vader is aware of that. Wot a tangled web we weave.

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      • Anonymous says:

        It make no difference as once all the CHEC workers get here boss Dart can move them all into those empty condo’s

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      You do realise that Dart didn’t build those ‘eyesore’ buildings and only purchased them in the last few years….

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      • Anonymous says:

        DartBot – what useless chatter you utter.

        If this is all you can dredge up to defend the dishonest dispicable actions of Dart then Dart is wasting his money on you.

        Dart get a new PR team of DartBots who have a bit of originality when the fly to your defence. But then on second thought, your despicable actions are not defensible!

        Dart GO AWAY NUF ALREADY.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Exactly!

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    • Anonymous says:

      Same conodrum with the gay rights and marriage. What is good for one belief and lifestyle should be good for the Muslims, Poligamists, arranged marriages and so on. Just purchased a large bottle of popcorn!

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  19. Anonymous says:

    It’s funny how there is an uproar now because DART is actually affecting people that are more than likely wealthy, but when the lower class locals complain about DART there is back lash about being anti-DART and being against development. If you ask any of the regular visitors that have been coming back over the decades, they think that DART is horrible thing for these islands. You never know what you had until it’s gone. After the damage is done, and dust settles, today’s politicians will have to live with the angry locals.

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    • Anonymous says:

      There is no need for more development. Financial sector generates enough revenue for each and every Caymanian to live happily ever after.

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      • Anonymous says:

        You are correct! However, that’s not enough for the expat capitalists and the corrupt MLA’s here in Cayman. If you notice not much Caymanians sing the tune that DART made this place what it is. Its usually people that migrated here not too long ago and enjoy the lifestyle perks of being employed b y DART with higher salaries than they would ever see back home.

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        • Anonymous says:

          Wow that is so negative. I wonder who Dart bought all this land from and continues to buy it from, expat capitalists or locals who have sold their land for financial gain? Dart salaries are pretty low from what i can see and unless Dart has some exemption i am not aware of, they employee a lot of locals and have to work under the same work permit rules every organization does.

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        • Anonymous says:

          its not ‘much’, it’s ‘many’!

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      • Anonymous says:

        I believe that Financial sector and thus its revenue is heavily under threat and that is why Govt is shifting its eggs into the Development and Tourism baskets…that will explain the recent push on DoP by MoT to develop more hotels and tourist amenities as well as the new cruise facility despite all its flaws. I think they are panicking. Just my 2 cents.

        • Anonymous says:

          CNS…”You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down.”

          and it just disappears. Never to be seen again. This is annoying.
          Please fix. I haven’t even been posting!

          Thanks.

          CNS: Is it possible that someone at the same IP address has been commenting?

    • Anonymous says:

      Why does everyone assume that all owners at Britannia are wealthy? Why does it always have to be about the rich vs the poor? This is a case of property rights. Such rights should be protected for all affected owners on island, regardless of their economic status. Dart knew what they were getting into when they bought the property. They obviously assumed they could bulldoze their way into terminating those rights.

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  20. Anonymous says:

    This answers the question who are we are developing for.

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  21. Anonymous says:

    Dart bought the property will fully knowledge of the registered covenants. He paid for the property valued with the covenants. Essentially, he got what he paid for. If he is allowed to strip away the covenants, he will instantly increase the value of the property beyond what he paid. I would call that unfair enrichment at the expense of others.

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    • Anonymous says:

      I’d call it business acumen, likely why he is a billionaire and we are not.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Covenants do not run with the land, easements do but covenants do not. That registration by lands was wrong.

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      • Anonymous says:

        Nonsense! If you buy a property in a subdivision, say Governors Harbour or Salt Creek, you abide by the covenants or get taken to court because it is an agreement, a contract

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        • Anonymous says:

          Basic rules of privity of contract. Each time the property is sold a new deed of covenant has to be signed by the NEW OWNER. So its not nonsense.

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          • Anonymous says:

            A rose by any other name.. Whether it is a covenant or easement depends on what it says, not the title of the document. So what does it say?

      • Anonymous says:

        Call it what you want, read the UK case Regency Villas and call Dart done.

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      • Anonymous says:

        The homeowners rights were granted and clearly says it applies to “successors in title” – its an easement. Regency Villas!

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        • Anonymous says:

          12:42, Not saying that I support Dart in this fight, however, we know with certainty that in the Regency Villas case the lands were registered properly and legally in England. But in Cayman 25 years ago, the Lands Registrar made many mistakes. What if the properties in Britannia were registered incorrectly? Believe this because I cannot see how Dart would be so legally stupid to follow through with this if that was not their legal angle.

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    • Anonymous says:

      But he has been doing that forever. Ever heard him called a Vulture Capitalist?

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  22. Anonymous says:

    Dart is as toxic for the underlying fabric of Cayman as the flesh eating bacteria being hosted in the intestines of the vulture metaphor he represents.

    Three different countries taken hostage for distressed debt pay outs and now reactivating similar methodology against a residential community and their long standing registered agreements of which they were well aware of prior to purchasing. As with his sovereign manipulation its all about the money and nothing else. ‘Keep your eye on the eight ball’ Ken

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  23. Anonymous says:

    So Dart can now tell the Cayman Islands Government what the government can and can’t do? Jeeezz Mac, look what you started.

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  24. Anonymous says:

    ha…more anti-dart nonsense.
    the britannia crew are just looking for a pay-out for worthless rights….they were complainning about their huge strata fees for years.
    anyway as dart has said….let the courts decide. dart(unlike cig) follows the laws of the land.

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  25. Anonymous says:

    The rights were registered whether in error or not. How can you take away something that has been around for that long and some of these units have been bought and sold several times since then with the same rights re-registered by each new purchaser.

    Indefeasible rights methinks…

    DART has the money and the time and if he gets the right judge it won’t take him that long…

    It took a while but he is showing his true colors now….next stop Barkers!

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    • Anonymous says:

      I agree the rights were registered, however, the Dart lawyers could possibly argue to a judge, that they were registered incorrectly. Dart needs a legal angle. Then the question becomes from a legal perspective, what negligence can be pinned on the CIG.

      Don’t understand your perspective that Dart has the money to get the right judge. This would especially not apply in the UK courts where this case could end up and do not believe it would apply in Cayman too.

  26. Anonymous says:

    Too bad these weren’t government owned, Alden and Mac would have set Dart up in the next Cabinet meeting…

  27. Anonymous says:

    Dart is a disgrace. Not sure how or why they think they can take away rights from people who have lived in a place for 25 years. If this succeeds what’s next? he says beach rights on other properties he owns aren’t valid and caymanians lose their rights to their beaches? Out with Dart.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Dart needs to buy a top public relations firm in America and move them to Cayman. What a public relations disaster. What are Dart’s senior management thinking? If I was Kenneth Dart heads would roll for such management stupidity.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Dart will be successful because the company can fight all the way and its has key people in their pocket.

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      • Anonymous says:

        9:21, Fortunately, Dart does not have the legal and judicial system in London in their pockets.

        There are times when it is very worthwhile to be an Overseas Territory of Britain and having Mother as our Head of State.

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        • Anonymous says:

          Yes but they have CIG in their pocket so the connection to the UK is in place. Alden will never allow any detriment to the Dart companies.

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          • Anonymous says:

            The connection to the UK is the Supreme Court, who have already passed a ruling on an extremely similar case.

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          • Anonymous says:

            He won’t have a lot of choice if the top court in the UK rules in Britannia’s favor. Of course, he can always declare independence from Mother and then we have an entirely different problem.

        • Anonymous says:

          Do not be so sure of UK courts.

      • Anonymous says:

        Namely Alden and Bush

      • Anonymous says:

        at the cost of alienation the entire population of the Cayman Islands?

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        • Anonymous says:

          Come on, you really think those politicians care about the people?
          Just look how they are pressing ahead with the port project.

  28. Anonymous says:

    The 800 pound gorilla known as Dart has met their match. Hope the gorilla is tranquilizer.

    Public enemy # 1 needs to be put back in the cage.

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  29. Anonymous says:

    Does this mean that if these registered rights are upheld, then Dart must either provide the service under obligation or pay an agreed value equivalent? But if the registration was improperly set and landowners were mislead by government, then the government must compensate the owners for the error?

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    • Anonymous says:

      Government has nothing to do with this.

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    • Anonymous says:

      You would have thought so but how can the court make some one continue to do business when it’s not making profit or breaking even.

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      • Anonymous says:

        I believe the golf course was funded from strata fees, that would cover any shortfall. Beach suites makes money so that is not an issue. The original developers would have reaped the benefit of the higher sales prices from providing these amenities to buyers. Unless timed-limited, surely those benefits are in perpetuity or compensation should be paid to remove them. Maybe the uplift in the value of the golf course lands should be paid/shared with Britannia owners. It will be a significant amount and a relatively straightforward exercise to separate those property rights and their associated values.

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    • Anonymous says:

      No. If there’s a golf course, they get to play on it. If not, then not.

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  30. Anonymous says:

    Money to burn.

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  31. J says:

    If they have solid legal rights, then fine. But dart group seem to believe they aren’t legally binding.

    The court and judge will decide.

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    • Anonymous says:

      J, not sure Dart has the best lawyers working for them.

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      • Henry says:

        Correct they only follow what theirmorgan master wants. If Dart looses they will be looking for new lawyers! Actually who are their lawyers?

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        • Anonymous says:

          As many as Everyone. Dart has a policy of instruction as many firms on island as practicable to produce as many conflicts in acting against them as possible.

          • Anonymous says:

            So I guess walkers are not conflicted to take this case on and will never get an instruction from dart again.

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            • Anonymous says:

              As grievances build up against Dart on property related matters there is a lot of money to be made by Walkers supporting a growing number of instructions against Dart. Remember that Ogier, Mourants and a couple of other law firms have Dart as their landlord.

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  32. Anonymous says:

    Dart was fully aware of the obligations when he bought the property. His property minions should have addressed this at the time of purchase.

    The Dart brand is starting to become toxic.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Dart has been toxic from the beginning but the vast majority of Caymanians did not taste the poison because its taste was hidden by all of the “sugar” in the DARTAID both of our CoPremiers Mac and Alden have for years encouraged us to drink.

      Dart started the buyout of Caymanians’ minds when he built all of the Dart Parks.

      Remember nothing in life is “free”, someone somewhere always pays the cost – in the Dart case Caymanians are already paying many more times in many more ways than those Dart Parks cost. And those payments will continue for generations.

      However the real cost is the cost for lost ethics and integrity in our politicians, governance, business community and our people, most do not
      now recognise criminality staring them in the face.

      DARTLAND is real.

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      • Anonymous says:

        Driving on dart roads driving under dart tunnels visiting dart parks unable to see the beach because of all the dart hotels. Dystopian nightmare – like something from Black Mirrors.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Are you suggesting that Dart Royalty screwed up ? Say it ain’t so.

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  33. Anonymous says:

    It would be wise for Dart to research recent UK superior courts rulings that favored the strata owners in a somewhat similar challenge. He has money and time so that’s probably not an issue, but he could really damage his brand if this aggression backfires. But, if he does destroy the market value of those properties, I would love to buy at a discount. Standing by.

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    • Anonymous says:

      Intelligent comment until the last two sentences. Why would you buy anything within 3 miles from the Dump?

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  34. Anonymous says:

    It seems to me that if Dart should win this case that the current land registry system in Cayman becomes a joke. I government register a right on a property we would no reason to think there is any truth in it. Aor system is set up to give purchasers certainty in what they are buying.
    That would all go way.

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  35. Anonymous says:

    Come and buy a $4m residence at the Kimpton. Comes with beach rights, use of the swimming pool, we don’t have a tennis court, but we do have a pool table. But don’t bank on always having access. If I change my mind I’ll drag you through the courts for the next 14 years (see Argentina) and blame the local incompetent land registry for incorrectly registering a title against the property for the last 30 years #hadenoughofdart

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    • Anonymous says:

      ha!….dart saved cayman during the recession…without him this place would have gone under….

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        So 2:22, you are saying that because Dart saved this place they now have the right to ride roughshod over people’s property rights?

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      • Anonymous says:

        This comment – 2:22am – load of bullsh!t NOT true in the least. Time to put the booze away and go to bed Bobo.

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        I assume he has your work permit. The only persons that really see DART as savior to these islands are the same people that would abandon these islands should another IVAN come this way. I completely understand that because of his employment you’re living the best lifestyle you ever have.

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      • Anonymous says:

        Dart is about to milk this country for every penny it has invested. It has already begun changes to the artisan market at camana bay, paying for Santa pictures, paying per person for storytime at the cinema, cancelling event like parade of light etc… next I am sure will be charging toll for everyone heading west using their road. Dart baited people of these islands to get what they want and they are starting to finally show their true colours.

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      • Anonymous says:

        Dart never saved Cayman.

        Dart raped Cayman with the permission and encouragement of Mac and Alden.

        One day we may find out their reward..

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        • BoboT says:

          I’m tired of this turn the other cheek mentality…. people in France are burning their government down over their rights and what are we doing? Oooh our MLAs will one day learn from their mistakes. . While they’re enjoying a lifestyle based on our backs and votes yet listen to no one?

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