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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : Court Registrar to d...ase ( RJR )...</span>
The Jamaica Labour Party's Shahine Robinson will hear on Friday how much she will have to if she will have to pay the $22 million legal bill submitted by attorneys for Manley Bowen, the man who successfully petitioned the High Court to oust her as a Member of Parliament late last year.The massive bill was presented to Mrs. Robinson in November, after she conceded that she was a United States citizen.Lawyers for both sides are to appear in the High Court Friday morning to argue over the bill."The matter is set for taxation of the bill. His lordship (High Court Judge Roy Jones) had (awarded) us costs and indemnity and the matter is set before the Registrar of the Supreme Court for Friday for the bill to be taxed. We will try to justify the amounts that we have claimed while the other side will try and tell the Registrar why that amount should not be granted and what amount should. When the Registrar is finished, it will be totaled and the Registrar will sign off on the bill," attorney-at-law Raymond Clough, who is a member of Mr. Bowen's legal team, told RJR News.Mr. Bowen's attorneys have already submitted documents showing the court Registrar how they arrived at the $22 million cost. In October, the attorneys had pressed for indemnity cost, a severe form of cost, claiming Mrs. Robinson knew that she was an American citizen when she decided to fight the election petition filed against her. High Court Judge Roy Jones, who heard the matter, had awarded cost to Mr. Bowen and his legal team.Mrs. Robinson was ousted from the North East St Ann seat, in October, due to her dual citizenship status.She has since renounced her US citizenship and was re-elected to represent the constituency in Parliament following the December 20 by-election
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : Court Registrar to d...ase ( RJR )...</span>
The Jamaica Labour Party's Shahine Robinson will hear on Friday how much she will have to if she will have to pay the $22 million legal bill submitted by attorneys for Manley Bowen, the man who successfully petitioned the High Court to oust her as a Member of Parliament late last year.The massive bill was presented to Mrs. Robinson in November, after she conceded that she was a United States citizen.Lawyers for both sides are to appear in the High Court Friday morning to argue over the bill."The matter is set for taxation of the bill. His lordship (High Court Judge Roy Jones) had (awarded) us costs and indemnity and the matter is set before the Registrar of the Supreme Court for Friday for the bill to be taxed. We will try to justify the amounts that we have claimed while the other side will try and tell the Registrar why that amount should not be granted and what amount should. When the Registrar is finished, it will be totaled and the Registrar will sign off on the bill," attorney-at-law Raymond Clough, who is a member of Mr. Bowen's legal team, told RJR News.Mr. Bowen's attorneys have already submitted documents showing the court Registrar how they arrived at the $22 million cost. In October, the attorneys had pressed for indemnity cost, a severe form of cost, claiming Mrs. Robinson knew that she was an American citizen when she decided to fight the election petition filed against her. High Court Judge Roy Jones, who heard the matter, had awarded cost to Mr. Bowen and his legal team.Mrs. Robinson was ousted from the North East St Ann seat, in October, due to her dual citizenship status.She has since renounced her US citizenship and was re-elected to represent the constituency in Parliament following the December 20 by-election