SHAMED! (MUGGING OF THE TRADE WINDS CONDOTEL CONTINUES) Through no fault of her own, a Jamaican lady lost her job at the former Trade Winds Condotel two years ago, a lady who had worked at the facility for more than ten years. As many islanders will confirm, she was the one person largely responsible for the successful day-to-day operation of the condotel as testified on TripAdvisor by many former guests. Because of her exemplary service and dedication to her job, in 2007 the developers of the condotel issued this lady shares in the Company and the transaction was legally recorded and executed as required by company law. Subsequently, in November 2011, a sales agreement was concluded whereby the developers of the condotel transferred ownership of all the furniture and appliances contained in three suites, still owned by the developers at that time, to the Jamaican shareholder. This was a legal document and signed by the developers. The British Caribbean Bank later acknowledged the ownership when the development company was forced to close, based on the documentation, and this was further acknowledged by the real estate company acting on behalf of the bank that negotiated the sale with the two new owners. The original reason for this furniture transfer to the Jamaican lady was intended as a guaranteed payment to this employee by the terms of the shareholder agreement dated December 2007. When the British Caribbean Bank sold the three suites, the manager of the bank confirmed at the time, in writing, that the furniture belonged to the employee, and the real estate agent involved in the sales also confirmed the new owners were fully informed the furniture was not part of the sale, that the furniture belonged to the employee. The furniture was maintained in situ only to assist the bank to sell the suites with the possibility the new owners would then purchase the furniture and appliances separately. Otherwise, if the new owners were not interested in purchasing the furniture, the intention was to remove all the furniture and all of the appliances. Part of the bank’s written agreement with the Jamaican lady was a promise to inform her when the suites were under contract so that she could negotiate a price with the potential owners, or remove her furniture if an agreement could not be reached. Regrettably the bank did not contact the Jamaican lady whereby the two new owners claimed the furniture had been abandoned (despite the fact they were informed beforehand who owned it and that it was not included in the price of the suites). As with most everything in the Turks & Caicos Islands, greed raised its ugly head and two of the three owners are now refusing to pay for the furniture that legally belongs to someone else, seeing perhaps an opportunity not to pay for the furniture by taking advantage of a poor woman who no longer resides in the country and who cannot afford legal representation. The two owners who are quite literally attempting to purloin what does not belong to them have now engaged expensive attorneys to resist any attempt by this Jamaican lady to reclaim what is rightfully hers. SHAME on the attorneys involved! SHAME also on these owners whose behavior in this matter transcends all common decency, exposing them as archetypal examples of pseudo colonialists living throughout the Caribbean who demonstrate a blatant and dishonest regard in their business dealings with local inhabitants, often taking advantage of these hard working and honest folk who cannot afford to pay vast sums in legal fees. Will these people now be allowed to succeed in their outrageous and quite despicable attempt to acquire something without paying for it because some menial expat attorney is prepared to bend the laws of the island to deliver yet another injustice to benefit wealthy expat clients? Only time will tell! We shall update our readers as this extremely nasty story continues to unfold. Editors LUCAYAN BUGLE
Posted on: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 01:36:46 +0000
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