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A land row between private estate neighbours is playing out in court where the husband of a former premier claimed trees were removed from his property without permission. Samuel Andrew Banks is seeking a permanent injunction to restrain Simon and De...

The Supreme Court has ruled that it would hear expert evidence as part of a $1.3 million legal fight over the construction of the solar farm at the LF Wade International Airport. Noesis Consulting has claimed it is owed $1,347,386.17 in damages from ...

A magistrate is seeking damages of $35,000 from a senior citizen he says crashed his BMW as a result of negligence. Khamisi Tokunbo appeared before Assistant Justice Jeffrey Elkinson yesterday in civil court to request costs and damages from Allan R...

A commission set up to investigate alleged land grabs acted beyond its powers by changing its own terms of reference, a court has heard. The claim was made on the first day of a judicial review into the conduct of the Commission of Inquiry into Histo...

The Government has secretly settled a lawsuit brought against it by a company it allowed to collect taxes on its behalf without a licence. Oarrs Inc filed the civil writ against the Office of the Tax Commissioner in July last year, alleging it was ow...

A driver involved in a 2018 crash in Southampton was liable for injuries suffered by a tourist, the Supreme Court has found. Stephanie Ann Soule, from Grand Junction, Colorado, said she suffered lingering injuries after she was struck by a car driven...

The Government has denied it withheld encrypted e-mails from the public about a taxpayer-funded payout of almost a quarter of a million dollars to protesters who shut down Parliament. But it did not release the messages yesterday nor did it give any...

A pressure group challenging the legitimacy of a committee set up to handle complaints about judges has called on the Governor to convene a “properly constituted tribunal” to hear its grievance. The Civil Justice Advocacy Group claims Chief Justice N...

A pressure group looking at a law suit against the Government over allegations of mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic yesterday claimed many were afraid to speak out against the restrictions. Eugene Dean of the Collective Action Solidarity Trust s...

A pressure group is to sue the Government for damages over its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Eugene Dean, of the Collective Action Solidarity Trust, said the group planned to launch a representative claim — a form of class action lawsuit — throu...

A review of court cases presided over by the Chief Justice that involved island banks should be carried out, a pressure group has said. The Civil Justice Advocacy Group claimed the move was needed after it was revealed in January that Narinder Hargun...

A magistrate launched legal action yesterday for wrongful arrest against the Attorney-General and a police officer. Khamisi Tokunbo filed a writ against the Commissioner of Police last year, but the Supreme Court heard yesterday that he wanted to ame...