Tag: Britannia

Dart applies to renovate old Hyatt resort

Dart applies to renovate old Hyatt resort

| 13/04/2023 | 150 Comments

(CNS): A planning application by one of the Dart Group of companies has been submitted to renovate the former Hyatt Regency Hotel. The property was acquired by Dart Realty from the previous owner, Embassy Investments Limited, in March 2016 when the local developer bought all of the land associated with the resort. But the bulk […]

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Appeal court finds owners’ rights not protected

Appeal court finds owners’ rights not protected

| 08/03/2023 | 167 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has overturned a Grand Court decision that rights acquired by almost 200 homeowners in the Britannia residential community to access what was once the beach and other amenities at the former Hyatt resort should have been honoured by the current landowner. The Dart Group acquired the derelict hotel […]

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Dart appeals not to be held by Britannia rights

Dart appeals not to be held by Britannia rights

| 11/05/2022 | 101 Comments

(CNS): A lawyer representing two of Dart’s multiple companies argued before the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal on Wednesday that his clients should not be held to homeowners’ rights made decades ago in connection with a hotel that no longer exists. Jonathan Seitler QC claimed that the trial judge had come up with unusual interpretations […]

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Dart presses on with case against Britannia owners

Dart presses on with case against Britannia owners

| 24/06/2021 | 156 Comments

(CNS): Dart officials have confirmed plans to press ahead with the case challenging their obligation to provide beach access and other amenities to the owners of the Britannia resort, which the group acquired when it bought all of the properties associated with the former Hyatt Hotel. The islands’ largest property owner is going to appeal […]

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Dart bound by Britannia homeowners’ rights

Dart bound by Britannia homeowners’ rights

| 10/06/2021 | 278 Comments

(CNS): Around two hundred owners of residential properties in what was once known as the Britannia Resort, off the West Bay Road and adjacent to Camana Bay, have won access rights following a major court decision published this week. Following a long running legal battle between homeowners and several Dart companies that wanted to shake […]

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Homeowners to fight Dart for rights

Homeowners to fight Dart for rights

| 07/02/2019 | 154 Comments

(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 […]

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Condo owners in fight with Dart

Condo owners in fight with Dart

| 02/09/2016 | 88 Comments

(CNS): Homeowners at the Britannia community are suffering “immense disquiet”, according to a spokesperson for the strata, due to a dispute with one of Dart’s web of companies over rights to amenities that they believe came with the deal when they bought their homes. Paul Simon, a representative for the residents, has accused the new […]

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