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Dean Barrow Challenges Appeal Court Ruling in Cats Caye Battle
['Brianna Bennett']
Greater Belize Media
Dean Barrow Challenges Appeal Court Ruling in Cats Caye BattleA disputed land deal at Fisherman’s Caye has now landed before the Caribbean Court of Justice, and the stakes are high.
The dispute began after government issued a land grant to Ramirez in 2008, even though the property had already been transferred years earlier.
The High Court awarded the claimants more than two million dollars, but the Court of Appeal overturned that decision and ruled that the grant was void.
Senior Counsel Dean Barrow, representing Ramirez and Zabaneh, argued that the Court of Appeal wrongly reopened questions of liability after judgment had already been entered against government.
Dean Barrow, SC, Attorney-at-Law“That notice of intention to vary, cross appeal in short, challenged the award of the two million and odd made by the trial judge on several grounds.