> Mrs Osborne said she got a legal opinion from Higgs & Johnson attorney Oscar Johnson, QC, who agreed that board approval was required to hire and fire executive employees of the company. However, she said, Mr Johnson later recanted his position “after he gave indications that he had spoken with Minister Bannister or one of his allies.”
>The Tribune understands Higgs & Johnson represents BPL in legal matters.
This was Osborne's biggest mistake. She should never have sought and relied on a legal opinion from Oscar Johnson knowing that he and his law firm were representing BPL in other legal matters.
In a nutshell, Osborne was likely 'set up' by the notoriously unethical Oscar Johnson. Any third-grade lawyer, even one as slimy as QC Johnson, could easily have seen that Osborne's personal interests were not aligned with BPL's own interests in what was obviously a high- profile contentious matter headed towards litigation.
But true to form, scumbag Johnson was not about tell Osborne that he had a serious conflict of interest in providing her with any legal advice on her personal matter given the client relation he and his firm enjoyed with BPL.
The following lengthy posting to this website by @Reality_Check back on July 20, 2015 is proving to have been spot on:
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"None other than our State Minister for Legal Affairs, Damian Gomez aka the Minion, states to the Tribune: "We're moving forward to secure a liquidator,....once that's done it's in his {Sarkis Izmirlian} interest to strike a deal as soon as possible otherwise creditors will take over and the restructuring will not be to his liking."
This is tantamount to a public admission that by filing an application for the liquidation of Baha Mar, the Christie-led PLP government is seeking to force Baha Mar and the Izmirlian family to accept whatever unfair terms are put to them by both the Chinese general contractor (CCA) and the Chinese Export Import Bank. In a liquidation supervised by the Supreme Court of The Bahamas, the shots are called by the largest admitted creditors which would be the two aforementioned Chinese stakeholders.
In other words, notwithstanding the appointment of one or more "neutral" liquidators acceptable to the largest creditors, the Chinese stakeholders would be, for all intents and purposes, firmly in the driving seat of the entire liquidation process. This seems to be precisely what the Christie-led PLP government wants to happen notwithstanding that Baha Mar (and the Izmirlian family through Baha Mar) have already found it necessary to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware as a result of the severity of its grievances with the Chinese stakeholders, which grievances are the subject of very weighty legal claims that have already been asserted and are now before the High Court in the U.K.
By all appearances, our Christie-led PLP government is wrongfully in bed with the Chinese stakeholders to unjustly wrest control and possession of the Baha Mar project away from the rightful principle developer of the project (Sarkis Izmirlian). It would be a travesty of monumental proportion for the Bahamas and the Bahamian people if the Delaware court (judge) permitted the Christie-led PLP government to effectively nationalize the Baha Mar property for the benefit of the Chinese stakeholders by abuse of due process.
The Christie-led PLP government is notorious for its willingness to wrongfully "lean" on matters before our Supreme Court in an effort to affect a desired outcome.
A former PLP cabinet minister by the name of Edison Key arranged over his long political career for thousands of Haitian nationals who entered The Bahamas illegally, and who were living in Abaco, to receive Bahamian citizenship 'under the radar'. He did this to get their votes and provide the wealthier Abaconian community with a cheap source of labour.
tribanon says...
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On Officials monitoring ‘slight increase’ in cases of COVID
Posted 25 April 2022, 12:29 p.m. Suggest removal
tribanon says...
> Mrs Osborne said she got a legal opinion from Higgs & Johnson attorney Oscar Johnson, QC, who agreed that board approval was required to hire and fire executive employees of the company. However, she said, Mr Johnson later recanted his position “after he gave indications that he had spoken with Minister Bannister or one of his allies.”
>The Tribune understands Higgs & Johnson represents BPL in legal matters.
This was Osborne's biggest mistake. She should never have sought and relied on a legal opinion from Oscar Johnson knowing that he and his law firm were representing BPL in other legal matters.
In a nutshell, Osborne was likely 'set up' by the notoriously unethical Oscar Johnson. Any third-grade lawyer, even one as slimy as QC Johnson, could easily have seen that Osborne's personal interests were not aligned with BPL's own interests in what was obviously a high- profile contentious matter headed towards litigation.
But true to form, scumbag Johnson was not about tell Osborne that he had a serious conflict of interest in providing her with any legal advice on her personal matter given the client relation he and his firm enjoyed with BPL.
On Osborne: I have been without a job since minister’s allegations
Posted 25 April 2022, 12:19 p.m. Suggest removal
tribanon says...
The following lengthy posting to this website by @Reality_Check back on July 20, 2015 is proving to have been spot on:
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"None other than our State Minister for Legal Affairs, Damian Gomez aka the Minion, states to the Tribune: "We're moving forward to secure a liquidator,....once that's done it's in his {Sarkis Izmirlian} interest to strike a deal as soon as possible otherwise creditors will take over and the restructuring will not be to his liking."
This is tantamount to a public admission that by filing an application for the liquidation of Baha Mar, the Christie-led PLP government is seeking to force Baha Mar and the Izmirlian family to accept whatever unfair terms are put to them by both the Chinese general contractor (CCA) and the Chinese Export Import Bank. In a liquidation supervised by the Supreme Court of The Bahamas, the shots are called by the largest admitted creditors which would be the two aforementioned Chinese stakeholders.
In other words, notwithstanding the appointment of one or more "neutral" liquidators acceptable to the largest creditors, the Chinese stakeholders would be, for all intents and purposes, firmly in the driving seat of the entire liquidation process. This seems to be precisely what the Christie-led PLP government wants to happen notwithstanding that Baha Mar (and the Izmirlian family through Baha Mar) have already found it necessary to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware as a result of the severity of its grievances with the Chinese stakeholders, which grievances are the subject of very weighty legal claims that have already been asserted and are now before the High Court in the U.K.
By all appearances, our Christie-led PLP government is wrongfully in bed with the Chinese stakeholders to unjustly wrest control and possession of the Baha Mar project away from the rightful principle developer of the project (Sarkis Izmirlian). It would be a travesty of monumental proportion for the Bahamas and the Bahamian people if the Delaware court (judge) permitted the Christie-led PLP government to effectively nationalize the Baha Mar property for the benefit of the Chinese stakeholders by abuse of due process.
The Christie-led PLP government is notorious for its willingness to wrongfully "lean" on matters before our Supreme Court in an effort to affect a desired outcome.
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Posted 25 April 2022, 11:24 a.m. Suggest removal
tribanon says...
Venezuela is blessed with plenty of oil but it sure hasn't help the very poor and suffering Venezuelan people any.
How's that great investment of yours in BPC coming along? LMAO
On EDITORIAL: We cannot turn back the rising tide
Posted 23 April 2022, 1:14 p.m. Suggest removal
tribanon says...
Soon you and your PLP friends will be telling us we must eat mud pies like the Haitians do in Haiti no matter the health risks involved in doing so.
On EDITORIAL: We cannot turn back the rising tide
Posted 23 April 2022, 1:04 p.m. Suggest removal
tribanon says...
A former PLP cabinet minister by the name of Edison Key arranged over his long political career for thousands of Haitian nationals who entered The Bahamas illegally, and who were living in Abaco, to receive Bahamian citizenship 'under the radar'. He did this to get their votes and provide the wealthier Abaconian community with a cheap source of labour.
On Govt ‘working to reduce backlog on citizenship’
Posted 23 April 2022, 8:43 a.m. Suggest removal
tribanon says...
LMAO. Moncur is being compensated with our tax dollars for agreeing to behave himself and not give Davis a hard time.
On ‘Does Rodney Moncur have a job in the government?’
Posted 23 April 2022, 8:23 a.m. Suggest removal
tribanon says...
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On Arawak Homes ‘umbrage’ on former-PM’s criticism
Posted 23 April 2022, 8:15 a.m. Suggest removal
tribanon says...
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On Officials 'in dialogue' over return to normal numbers in classrooms
Posted 23 April 2022, 7:54 a.m. Suggest removal
tribanon says...
Our national economy and the Bahamian people are certainly not feeling much of the supposed great success of Baha Mar.
On Five years on and roaring to success
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