Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Farley Augustine, has confirmed that legal proceedings have begun against the British Virgin Islands-based company OCT Enterprises Limited, for breach of contract in the controversial THA-zipline project.
During the THA’s post-Executive Council media briefing yesterday, Augustine said Tobagonians want their money back with interest after the company ghosted the THA after February 2021.
He revealed evidence from searches last May by THA attorneys Alexander Jeremie & Co and BVI law firm Harney Westwood & Riegels (HWR) to support his claim that the company did not exist in the BVI.
“This is the single largest law firm in the BVI with offices in Singapore and elsewhere in the world. So, it is not a pipsqueak backroom kind of company our attorneys sought to partner with to get this information,” Augustine said.
He said the last email OCT sent to the Division of Tourism, Culture, Antiquities and Transportation was that its members were in the bushes of Costa Rica and were unavailable.
The THA recruited Alexander Jeremie & Co in September 2021 to sue the OCT for breach of contract for the zipline project.
Lead counsel, former attorney general John Jeremie, said there was no Certification of Incorporation (CoI) in the THA for OCT and there were no identification records for any of the persons who signed agreements on behalf of OCT.
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