Tag: Wilson Mendoza
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 […]
