Tag: Mike Adam
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 […]
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 […]
Mendoza ordered to jail for blocking Adams’ access
(CNS) UPDATED: The latest courtroom episode in the long-running land dispute between the family of former minister Mike Adam and their neighbours, Wilson and Deaven Mendoza, ended Tuesday with a judge sending Wilson Mendoza to jail for a week. But a number of conflicting legal issues meant he did not serve the time as the […]
Ex-minister’s land dispute troubles roll on
(CNS): Mike Adam, the one-time community affairs minister in the last of the UDP administrations, is still embroiled in a land dispute with his neighbour over access rights that no one in authority seems to want to resolve. Once again, stones have been placed across an access road preventing the Adam family from getting to […]
Adam court case ends but access saga rolls on
(CNS): Former Cabinet minister Mike Adam and his two sons walked away from court this week with a clean slate after a magistrate recorded no convictions against the men, who had all pleaded guilty to common assault in September following a row with a neighbour over access rights to their West Bay home back in […]
Ex-minister and sons admit assault in land fight
(CNS): The former community affairs minister in the 2009-2012 UDP administration and two family members have admitted common assault in relation to an altercation near his West Bay home in January last year. Mike Adam and his sons, Jordan and Erick, all pleaded guilty Monday when they appeared in Summary Court to stand trial. All […]
CMR owner faces more criminal charges
(CNS): Prosecutors are pursuing new criminal charges against the owner of the Cayman Marl Road website for complaints about the site that would normally be handled through the civil court. Using criminal laws instead, the crown has charged Sandra Hill (47) with disorderly conduct in connection with her on-the-spot reporting over a West Bay land […]
Demands for CoP to step into land dispute
(CNS): An ongoing land dispute that has arisen between two private home owners in West Bay has become a community battle and residents in the district are demanding that Commissioner of Police Derek Byrne step in and restore the legal right of way that former Cabinet minister Mike Adam has to his home after his […]
Former minister denies assault charges
(CNS): Mike Adam, who was the community affairs minister in the UDP 2009-2012 administration, appeared in Summary Court Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to charges of common assault. Adam, a failed CDP candidate for George Town South during the 2017 elections, will face trial next March in relation to an alleged altercation between him and […]
