Chief Justice Sir Ian Winder will give a ruling on May 3 on the government’s request for a court order to demolish more than 300 buildings in shantytowns across Abaco and New Providence. The government yesterday filed additional evidence in court, arguing that notice was given to shantytown residents and occupants not to build or construct
After aerial surveillance of several shantytowns on New Providence, ground inspections of the communities revealed more new buildings and structures that breached a Supreme Court injunction that banned the construction of new structures on the land, an affidavit by Ministry of Works Buildings Control Officer Craig Delancy showed. Delancy said on-site inspections showed 19 additional
The government’s request for a court order to demolish more than 300 buildings in shantytowns across Abaco and New Providence is an attempt to sidestep the law, Fred Smith, KC, argued yesterday, saying that the decision to demolish buildings lies in the hands of the minister responsible for building regulation and not the court. The
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