Civil Litigation and Liquidation
Our law firm regularly represents corporate and individual clients (including high-net-worth individuals), and statutory authorities on a wide range of civil matters including contract, employment, insolvency, construction, insurance, estate and commercial matters, before the Magistrate’s Court, High Court and the Appellate Court.
We also routinely provide guidance and counsel in alternative dispute resolution mechanisms including mediation and arbitration where suitable for expedited and practical settlement of legal disputes.
In conjunction with international law firms, we continue to advise and represent our clients in multi-jurisdictional insolvency proceedings. The Firm also provides legal opinions on unique local law issues related to winding up proceedings in Grenada and a wide variety of insolvency related matters. We are experienced in contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters, providing sound legal advice on a timely basis. We have represented Controllers, Provisional Liquidators, and Liquidators in the winding-up of several companies and Off-shore Banks in Grenada, since 2001.
In major complex commercial cases, we work in conjunction with our associated network of consulting firms, King’s Counsel and Senior Counsel from the Caribbean, the Commonwealth and the United Kingdom, as well as Privy Council Agents.
Our litigation services have included:
- Unfair prejudice claims and derivative actions
- Acting as Instructing Counsel in international corporate disputes based on contractual breach and alleged unjust enrichment
- Assisting foreign Counsel with interpretation issues of local legislation, issues regarding statutory entities and their applicability to foreign international debt attachment proceedings.
- Acting as Counsel in debt collection and enforcement proceedings for international, regional and local entities and financial institutions before the Magistrate’s Court and the High Court.
- Representing personal representatives in contentious claims concerning wills and estate claims, constructive trusts and proprietary estoppel,
- Acting in defamation proceedings emanating from a property dispute,
- Representing insurance companies and individuals in personal injury and property damage matters,
- Acting as Counsel in the High Court and advising Development Scheme Residents’ Associations on injunctive proceedings for breach of covenants in the Development Schemes.
- Representing statutory commission before on matters of judicial review before High Court and Court of Appeal
- Acting as Counsel for Receivers and Liquidators, advising on a wide variety of matters including, the discharge of ex-parte injunctions, application for directions pursuant to the Companies Act, including directions for disposal of chattels charged under Mortgage Debentures and distribution of proceeds, determination of priorities, summary judgment proceedings, and release and dissolution orders.
- legal representation before the High Court and the Appellate Court on behalf of Banks, Financial Institutions, and Liquidators involving applications for directions, vesting, e-communication, reciprocal enforcement, release, discharge, and dissolution orders.
- Advising and Acting for Joint Liquidators on multiple Court applications for their release and discharge and for dissolution of a group of companies in liquidation.
- Advising a Liquidator on the handling of unclaimed funds.
- Advising an international accounting firm on compulsory winding up procedures under the laws of Grenada
