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Government announces key high court positions
Three new officials recently have been appointed to the upper echelons of the Virgin Islands legal system, including a new Criminal Division head, a new High Court justice, and a …
Three new officials recently have been appointed to the upper echelons of the Virgin Islands legal system, including a new Criminal Division head, a new High Court justice, and a new High Court registrar, government announced last month.
Richard Floyd, a Canadian lawyer who helped create Antiguaâs first dedicated criminal court, was appointed to head the Criminal Division.
Darshan Ramdhani, who has more than 13 years of professional legal experience, has been appointed High Court judge.
Nam Tai Issues Statement in Connection with Litigation Filed by IsZo Capital Management
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Hilaire, Government Vehicle Saga Takes Another Turn
February 27, 2021
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THE Government of Saint Lucia has filed a defence and counterclaim in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in response to a claim by Opposition politician Ernest Hilaire over the controversial purchase of a Land Rover motor vehicle while he was High Commissioner for Saint Lucia in London.
Hilaire, who is now the parliamentary representative for Castries South in the House of Assembly, has named as defendants in the case, the acting Comptroller of Customs, Peter Chicot, and the Attorney General, as representative of the Government.
Dr. Ernest Hilaire
It is the latest development in the controversy surrounding the purchase of a Land Rover Discovery Sport vehicle in the name of the Saint Lucia High Commission in London in 2015, while Hilaire was the High Commissioner.