{"id":151669,"date":"2022-05-17T11:15:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T15:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=151669"},"modified":"2022-05-17T11:53:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T15:53:36","slug":"high-court-rules-in-favour-of-st-peter-mp-asot-michael","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/high-court-rules-in-favour-of-st-peter-mp-asot-michael\/","title":{"rendered":"ASOT WINS AGAIN: High Court rules in favour of St. Peter MP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FULL JUDGEMENT HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>

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Having considered the submissions of the parties, this court indicates, for the reasons provided hereunder, that upon the claimant\/applicant giving an undertaking to abide by any order in damages that the court shall deem to have been sustained to the defendants\/respondents as a consequence of this order if it is later determined that the injunction ought not to have been granted it is ordered that the defendants\/respondents are hereby restrained by themselves, their servants and\/or agents or otherwise from holding out directly or indirectly any person to represent the constituency of St. Peter on behalf of the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party who is not selected in accordance with the provisions of the Revised Constitution of the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party.<\/p>\n

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[4] An interim declaration is granted that Rawdon Turner was not selected in accordance with the
\nprovisions of the Revised Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party. The interim injunction
\nto stand until the hearing and determination of this action or until there are fresh actions\/proceedings
\ninitiated and conducted in accordance with the Revised Constitution of the Antigua and Barbuda
\nLabour Party.<\/p>

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[5] This court also ordered that:
\na. The costs of the claimant\u2019s application are costs in the cause.
\nb. The Defendants\u2019 application filed on 13th April 2022 is dismissed with costs quantified in the
\nsum of $3000.00 payable by the defendants to the claimant. Such costs to be paid within
\ntwenty-one days from today\u2019s date.<\/p>

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