{"id":115939,"date":"2020-08-27T08:32:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T12:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=115939"},"modified":"2020-09-09T14:47:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T18:47:20","slug":"10-liat-pilots-challenging-antiguas-companies-amendment-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/10-liat-pilots-challenging-antiguas-companies-amendment-act\/","title":{"rendered":"10 LIAT pilots challenging Antigua\u2019s Companies Amendment Act"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A senior Barbadian LIAT pilot on Wednesday gave the Antigua and Barbuda Court of Appeal formal notice of his intention to challenge a recent High Court decision to block a class action suit against his employer.<\/p>

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Acting on behalf of nine other disgruntled LIAT pilots, Captain Neil Cave filed the notice of an application for leave to appeal the August 11, 2020 decision of a High Court Judge who had blocked the suit lodged by Captain Cave in a ruling that some lawyers warn could have serious implications for anyone flying on the regional airline.<\/p>\n

On the same day the case was scheduled to start, the judge had agreed with LIAT that the trial could not proceed because the new Antigua and Barbuda\u00a0Companies Amendment Act 2020<\/b>, prevents absolutely any form of legal action being taken against LIAT.<\/p>

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In the court document filed today, it was noted that the judge had deemed the trial automatically stayed by virtue of a petition for a rehabilitation order lodged by Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne.<\/p>

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