Tag: civil case
Homeowners win access rights fight with Dart
(CNS): Homeowners at Britannia Villas won an important legal battle on Monday, when the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) ruled in their favour over their disputed rights to access recreational facilities at the former Hyatt resort. The dispute between the Britannia residents and Cayman Shores Development Limited (CSDL), a subsidiary of the Dart […]
Former owners of Margaritaville sued by liquidators
(CNS): Liquidators handling the collapse of the companies behind the Margaritaville Resort on the West Bay Road have sued the former directors in the latest chapter of a five-year saga of financial and legal turmoil. Hugh Hart and Jonathan Murphy, both Cayman residents, and Howard Sitzer from Israel are being sued for fraud as local […]
Family of doctor killed in Cayman sues Honda USA
(CNS): Dr Amber Martinez (28) was fresh out of medical school and beginning her career as a physician in the Cayman Islands in 2022 when she was killed in a crash as she drove to work in a 2008 Honda Fit. The Takata airbag installed in the car ruptured and shot metal shrapnel into her […]
Dozens of workers sue port for CI$2.9M missing pay
(CNS): The Port Authority of the Cayman Islands is being sued for almost $2.9 million by 55 former and current workers who say the government-owned facility has shortchanged them on past leave, vacation and overtime in breach of the labour law. According to court documents filed last week and published on the public register yesterday, […]
Blake sues jailed Watson for $100k legal fees loan
(CNS): Bruce Blake, a former vice president of the Cayman Islands Football Association, is suing his one-time close friend and business associate, Canover Watson, a former treasurer of CIFA, for $100,000 that he claims he loaned him for his legal fees back in 2014. Blake said he had an oral agreement with Watson and sent […]
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 […]
