Queen’s Counsel Ariel Misick secured the victory in the Emerald Cay case against TCI Attorney General Huw Shepheard, the Civil Recovery Unit and the Registrar of Lands.
British law Lords have dismissed an appeal that was brought by TCI Attorney General Huw Shepheard, the Civil Recovery Unit and the Registrar of Lands over the recovery of unpaid stamp duty and penalties in relation to the sale of the private island of Emerald Cay in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Turks and Caicos Islands Queen’s Counsel ArieMisick secured the victory at the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on Wednesday.
The Council, the highest court in the land, overruled several earlier judgments in hearings devoted to the same case. The latest appeal was heard before Lords Hope, Kerr, Reed and Carn-wath and Sir John Chad-wick, who delivered the judgment.
The Privy Council found that the Registrar of Lands operated outside of the law in dealing with the stamp duty issue surrounding Emerald Cay.
Once owned by American billionaire Tim Blixseth, Emerald Cay is located off Silly Creek and Chalk Sound, on the island of Providenciales.
