NASSAU, Bahamas — Peter Nygard is seeking damages from the government, claiming in writs filed in the Supreme Court this week that his constitutional rights have been breached and his property, Nygard Cay, has been wrongfully seized by the country’s provost marshal, The Tribune reported October 4.
A hearing was held yesterday connected to the matter.
Mr Nygard wanted the court to impose an injunction preventing the deputy provost marshal from seizing his property, but that became moot as his property was seized on Friday.
Instead, the Supreme Court granted the Save the Bays/Coalition to Protect Clifton Bay permission to be added as a defendant in Mr Nygard’s action against the commissioner of police (the provost marshal), Tommy Sands, the deputy provost marshal, and the attorney general because of the land seizure.
One of Mr Nygard’s lawyers argued in an affidavit that the provost marshal has no jurisdiction to seize land and tenements in The Bahamas.
Mr Sands first entered Nygard Cay pursuant to a writ on September 27, according to the affidavit, noting that this was days after lawyers for the wealthy fashion designer wrote the deputy registrar of the Supreme Court to say the writs had been improperly issued and called for them to be withdrawn or amended. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2018/oct/05/nygard-launches-lawsuit-over-home-seizure/
