NASSAU, Bahamas — The government has retained a legal team led by Harvey Tynes, QC, to assume carriage of the judicial review action brought by Fred Smith, QC, on behalf of 177 shantytown residents who claim the Minnis administration acted illegally when it ordered them to vacate their communities by the end of this week, the Nassau Guardian reported August 9.
Robert Adams of Graham Thompson in Grand Bahama is also on the team, according to Attorney General Carl Bethel.
“The team of expert constitutional lawyers would greatly assist in achieving a timely resolution of the action, whereby the laudable and humane objectives of the government efforts to regulate and/or eliminate irregular shantytowns could benefit from guidance of the Supreme Court,” Bethel told The Nassau Guardian.
Last Friday, Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson granted leave for a judicial review of the government’s actions regarding the shantytowns.
On Saturday, she granted an injunction stopping the government from demolishing the shantytowns. https://thenassauguardian.com/2018/08/09/battle-ready/
