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The Belize Times
Established 1957
The Truth Shall Make You Free
30 JULY 2017 | ISSUE NO: 5056
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SEDI SHAMED AT THE CCJ Belize City, Thursday 27, 2017 There is an old adage that goes - “A man who is his own lawyer, has a fool for a client.” This is the truth in the case of Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington, a legal counsel at the Pitts and Elrington firm, who represented himself in a very troubling matter before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The CCJ has ordered Elrington to return all titles and transfer documents belonging to Progresso Heights Limited within the next 30 days. Elrington, for his part, has maintained that he is not in possession of any of those documents. Furthermore, he claimed he had never received them. However, in his written submissions to the CCJ, Eamon Courtenay S.C., established that the company had made deposits to Elrington’s account at the Bank of America in Miami Florida. These deposited cheques contained parcel numbers which corresponded with the parcels sold and needed to be transferred by Elrington. Additionally, Courtenay was
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PUP DEFENDS CANE-FARMERS
GRIGA SLATE IS READY
NO CUT in Fuel Subsidies
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Bar Association Moves on CJ Benjamin Pg. 2
ANKE DOEHM SHUNNED IN SAN PEDRO Pg. 6
U.S. SENT CASTRO A MESSAGE Pg. 3