‘I will be appealing that matter’- Skelton-Cline on High Court ruling
Justice Ellis dismissed the matter on May 23, 2019, more than a year after the pending decision of the case, which had ended since Monday May 7, 2018.
Speaking on the show, Honestly Speaking with Claude O. Skelton-Cline on ZBVI 780AM on May 28, 2019, Mr Skelton-Cline noted he had some queries from the media on the matter but that he always speaks at the time and place of his own choosing.
“…and given the counsel of my general counsel, I will be appealing that matter. I cannot be allowed to have it stand as it is,” Mr Skelton-Cline declared.
Background
The Ports Board in 2015 had recommended a contract renewal for Mr Skelton-Cline; however, it was reported that he was told by the then Communications and Works Minister, Hon Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) that he should wait until after the June 8, 2015 snap election for Cabinet to act.
The government and Skelton-Cline were back and forth in court from 2016 after the Pastor, former government consultant and NDP 2011 Second District candidate sued the Government of the Virgin Islands over Cabinet not keeping its word as told to him by Hon Vanterpool, in other words, over legitimate expectation.
Mr Skelton-Cline had won a Judicial Review in 2016 allowing for the case to go forward, because the court found enough evidence that the decision not to renew Mr Skelton-Cline's contract should have been reviewed.
Mr Skelton-Cline has two outlets of appeal- Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of Appeal and the final Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London, in the United Kingdom.
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Follow the leader, your party has set the trend. Appeal, let’s see how far you will get. The Premier is oh so correct WE NEED PRAYERS.