Tag: civil case
NCC and CPA in court over unlawful road in blues territory
(CNS): Questions over whether or not the Central Planning Authority legally cancelled unlawful after-the-fact planning permission granted for a road in East End that cut through critical blue iguana habitat were argued in court Wednesday. The National Conservation Council continues to battle with planning officials and the repeated failure to follow the law and consult […]
Ex-DCO sues cops, DPP for malicious prosecution
(CNS): Dalton Errald Watler-Lyons (Dalton Watler), a former deputy chief officer in the tourism ministry, has filed suit against the police commissioner, the director of public prosecutions and the attorney general, as well as a named RCIPS officer and a prosecutor, claiming he was unlawfully investigated, arrested, charged and then prosecuted over allegations that US$30,000 which police […]
Bar tenants want $1.2M to vacate GT premises
(CNS): A commercial landlord trying to evict a troublesome tenant who is refusing to vacate the premises has accused them of holding the property owners to ransom after they demanded $1.2 million to leave. In a lawsuit filed in the Grand Court this week, Cayman Technology Centre has accused the managers of Vine and Tap […]
CUC sues gas station boss over cash collected on bills
(CNS): CUC is claiming that the operator of the Eastern Avenue Rubis gas station failed to pay over $130,000 in bill payments collected from CUC customers when the station acted as an agent for the power company. In the first instance, CUC is seeking over $60,000 plus interest from Roger Tatum and his company, Serve-Pro […]
Fitness coach sues realtor after bike race crash
(CNS): Patrick Harfield (45), a local fitness trainer and triathlete, is suing James Bovell, a local real estate broker, after a bicycle crash during a morning time-trial race in East End back in September 2020. Harfield claims he was injured when Bovell lost control of his bike, veered off the road and let go of […]
Prison rejects judge’s jail order in land dispute
(CNS): A West Bay landowner involved in a long-running land access dispute with former Cabinet minister Mike Adam was given a seven-day jail sentence by a judge for contempt of court but never went to jail because prison management rejected the order in the absence of any criminal charges. Wilson Mendoza told CNS that his […]
Badly injured passenger sues cops over fatal crash
(CNS): Paris Gabriella Ebanks (26), a passenger in the back of a car involved in a deadly crash during a police chase in January 2021, is suing the RCIPS over the life-threatening injuries and pain she has suffered. Ebanks claims that the high-speed, early morning chase in West Bay caused the crash in which Shayne […]
Acquisition lacked transparency in road dispute
(CNS): An appeal by a group of West Bay landowners who challenged the government over land seized from them for a public road around Lissa Lane has ended with a declaration that the planning ministry’s failure to publicise the consultation on the acquisition did not comply with the Constitution. The Court of Appeal nevertheless upheld […]
Appeal court finds owners’ rights not protected
(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 […]
Dolphin park pays out US$500k so far in injury claim
(CNS): A customer who was skewered in the eye by a piece of rusty rebar jutting from a wall at Dolphin Discovery has been awarded US$500,000 in damages so far but could be getting even more following his successful claim against the park. John McDow (39), who is from the US state of Georgia but […]
NCC’s lawyer says CPA failed to consider environment
(CNS): Chris Buttler QC told a court on Tuesday that the Central Planning Authority “strikingly” failed to record any consideration of technical submissions made to it about the negative environmental impact of a planning application it approved that is now the subject of a court challenge. In the first case of its kind, where government […]
