Vanterpool, Speaker hire lawyers for Judicial Review
Mr Vanterpool, who maintains that he should be sworn into the HoA despite submitting a resignation letter that the Speaker has since accepted, hired Defence Attorney Patrick D. Thompson to represent him, in addition to Queen’s Counsel, Edwards H. Fitzgerald.
The genesis of Mr Vanterpool’s arguments is that the resignation was not addressed to the Speaker, hence it is invalid; making him still eligible for the D4 HoA seat to which the Speaker has declined to swear him into the House.
Both parties have agreed to move the matter to the court to have it settled.
With Justice Ann Marie-Smith presiding over the case, Hon Willock and Mr Valterpool both have a team of Attorneys to lead their defence.
Vanterpool Vs HoA
The Speaker has retained the services of a law firm and representing the Virgin Islands (VI) HoA is a team of four lawyers including Anand Ramlogan SC, former Attorney General (AG) of Trinidad & Tobago along with Jared Jagroo. Mr Valston Graham, current Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), St Kitts and Nevis is the owner of the law firm hired by the HoA.
This is a developing story and Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) will update it as new information emerges.
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