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Appeal Court reserves ruling in appeal in EMBD corruption case
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WAS a High Court judge wrong to dismiss the preliminary applications of five contractors asking for more details of claims against them which paved the path for a multi-million-dollar trial alleging bid-rigging, bribery and collusion just before the 2015 general election?
This is the question three Court of Appeal judges will answer when they deliver their decision in an appeal by the contractors.
In August 2020, Justice James Aboud dismissed preliminary applications of the five contractors – TN Ramnauth, NAMALCO, Kallco, Motilal Ramhit and Company and Fides – which sought to have the Estate Management Business Development Company (EMBD) particularise the facts against them so that they could fairly mount their defence, or strike out the claims against them.