Half Moon Bay (HMB) Holdings – owed more than US $65 million by government – has sought the court’s intervention in getting its money.

Sir Gerald Watt QC had his application, which argued that an order made by Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer in January was unconstitutional, dismissed in High Court yesterday.

Although he did not win damages in all five areas of his defamation lawsuit against MP Molwyn Joseph, the secretary of the Free and Fair Elections League George Rick James said he is satisfied with the award of $7,500 in general damages as compensation for injury to his feelings.

Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer is appealing the recent high court judgment that went against him in the lawsuit brought by former chairman of the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC), Sir Gerald Watt.

Nathaniel “Paddy” James never for a moment doubted that he would be one of Lester Bird’s two picks to sit on the reconstituted electoral commission.

Head of the Antigua & Barbuda Free Trade Union (ABFTU) Stafford Joseph is hoping that the bargaining agent’s recent success at the High Court will serve as a precedent for other such matters before the Labour Department.

Days after his recent victory in the High Court, Sir Gerald Watt, QC, has expressed willingness to offer assistance to former members of the Antigua Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC) who were either terminated or transferred during the shake up of the body some time ago.

Former Commissioner of Police Gary Nelson suffered a major loss yesterday in his High Court fight against his alleged unfair dismissal from the helm of the Royal Police Force of Antigua & Barbuda three years ago.

The challenge brought by Electoral Commissioner Sir Gerald Watt, QC against Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer and others has stalled for the time being, owing to the illness of the Justice Jennifer Remy, who was presiding over the matter.

Former chairman of the Antigua & Barbuda Electoral Commission Sir Gerald Watt, QC will have to wait until October 24 to find out if his application for judicial review of his demotion from head to ordinary member was successful.