Jada Loutoo
A former registrar of the Industrial Court was found to have “dishonestly” assisted a client in a series of land transactions.
The finding was made by Justice Eleanor Donaldson-Honeywell against the attorney and former registrar Marilyn Sammy-Wallace in relation to the 2013 land transaction.
Sammy-Wallace was sued by Ganess Bhagwandeen who sought damages from her for “knowingly assisting” the seller of the land that led to him paying $525,000 as part of an agreement for four lots of land in Freeport which was not repaid to him when the deal fell through.
Donaldson-Honeywell had to determine if Sammy-Wallace was liable for dishonestly assisting the vendor in a breach of trust.
She found Bhagwandeen had “proven the dishonesty aspect” of his claim against Sammy-Wallace who was ordered to pay the $525,000 “for dishonestly assisting” vendor Stephanie Bonaparte-Primus, the client, in a breach of trust.
The judge also ordered the attorney to pay interest on the sum at a rate of five per cent per annum from November 8, 2013, to Wednesday’s date when she delivered her ruling.
Sammy-Wallace was also ordered to pay Bhagwandeen’s costs. He was represented by attorneys Gerald Ramdeen and Dayadai Harripaul while Sammy-Wallace was represented by attorneys Varude Badri-Maharaj and Suzette Bullen.
Bhagwandeen had advanced the payment for the land and…
