Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne, today secured a victory in the High Court when Justice Nicola Byer dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by Chairman of the True Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party, Vere Bird III. On December 12, 2029, Vere Bird III, son of former Agriculture Minister Vere Bird…
By Latrishka Thomas Latrishka.thomas@antiguaobserver.com Prime Minister Gaston Browne has won a defamation suit filed against him for statements made on social media in 2019. But that may be short-lived, with the claimant Vere Bird III expressing his intention to appeal the decision. Bird – an attorney and politician –…
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Over 16 million dollars of tax related payments were at stake in a court battle between Unicomer St Vincent Limited (Courts SVG) and the Inland Revenue Department (IRD); and with the judgement in, UNICOMER is going to have to pay up.
Justice Nicola Byer, in her April 29 judgement, expressed that she thought the case to be a perfect example of what was voiced by another of her learned colleagues, Lord Tomlin, who said, “every man (or business) is entitled if he can, to order his affairs so as that the tax attaching under the appropriate Act is less than it otherwise would be.”
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