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Office of the Contractor General taken to court
Published: Saturday | July 4, 2009
Christie
Barbara Gayle, Staff Reporter
The three employees who were fired in April by Contractor General Greg Christie for allegedly withholding critical information have taken him to the Supreme Court seeking orders to quash their dismissals.
Supreme Court judge Donald McIntosh gave them leave to take their case to the Judicial Review Court.
The employees said they were issued with letters firing them on April 30.
They claim they were fired for allegedly refusing to disclose information about persons in the office who were allegedly taking bribes.
The employees are contending that they have no information about the alleged bribes.
Attorney-at-Law Carlton Williams, instructing lawyer in the case, said yesterday that an early date would be set for the Judicial Review Court to hear the matter.
Unfair dismissals
The employees are Lafette Edgehill, Dwight Reid and Danette Spence. They are contending that their dismissals were unfair.
They said the letter stated that an employee had reported that certain things had been said in their presence and they ought to have reported what had been said.
The letter stated further that they were being fired for intentionally withholding critical information.
Attorneys-at-law Derek McKoy and Cavelle Johnson, who made the application, argued yesterday that the rules of natural justice had been breached because the employees were fired without being given a hearing.
The Contractor General's Office and Contractor General Greg Christie are the defendants.
The employees' application was made ex parte (without the defendants being present), and it is expected that the defendants will file their response after they have been served with the court documents.
barbara.gayle@gleanerjm.com
Published: Saturday | July 4, 2009
Christie
Barbara Gayle, Staff Reporter
The three employees who were fired in April by Contractor General Greg Christie for allegedly withholding critical information have taken him to the Supreme Court seeking orders to quash their dismissals.
Supreme Court judge Donald McIntosh gave them leave to take their case to the Judicial Review Court.
The employees said they were issued with letters firing them on April 30.
They claim they were fired for allegedly refusing to disclose information about persons in the office who were allegedly taking bribes.
The employees are contending that they have no information about the alleged bribes.
Attorney-at-Law Carlton Williams, instructing lawyer in the case, said yesterday that an early date would be set for the Judicial Review Court to hear the matter.
Unfair dismissals
The employees are Lafette Edgehill, Dwight Reid and Danette Spence. They are contending that their dismissals were unfair.
They said the letter stated that an employee had reported that certain things had been said in their presence and they ought to have reported what had been said.
The letter stated further that they were being fired for intentionally withholding critical information.
Attorneys-at-law Derek McKoy and Cavelle Johnson, who made the application, argued yesterday that the rules of natural justice had been breached because the employees were fired without being given a hearing.
The Contractor General's Office and Contractor General Greg Christie are the defendants.
The employees' application was made ex parte (without the defendants being present), and it is expected that the defendants will file their response after they have been served with the court documents.
barbara.gayle@gleanerjm.com