The State's case against former Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (Udecott, Calder Hart is now set for December 4 at 9.30 am. This latest development comes just one day after a Sunday Guardian story highlighted that the case against the former board of Udecott had run cold for the past eight months.
The report stated that the last submissions for the case were made before Justice Andre des Vignes in March and that since then, two subsequent case management hearings — July 17 and July 26 — have both been cancelled with no date set for the next submissions.
But yesterday, an e-mail was sent to both parties lawyers informing them that the matter in caption — CV2012-01753 Urban Development Corporation of T&T Ltd v John Calder Hart, Krishna Bahadoosingh, Ricardo O’Brien and Neelanda Rampaul — had been fixed for hearing next Wednesday. "This is for the delivery of a decision by the Honourable Mr Justice Des Vignes," the e-mail said.
Last month, Justice Devindra Rampersad cleared the way for a legal case to proceed against e-TecK and eight directors, including former chairman Ken Julien, University of the West Indies Brian Copeland and former Miss Universe Wendy Fitzwilliam. It also opened the door to several civil lawsuits against malfunctioning state boards, including his civil case against Hart and the other former members of the Udecott board.