Former Ports MD Vincent V. O'Neal suing BVIPA for 'wrongful dismissal'
A search for documents at the database of the Registry on Friday March 11, 2016 revealed that on the date mentioned above, O'Neal filed a Notice of Application, an Affidavit in support of Application and a Witness Statement.
O'Neal, who was terminated from his contract as Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority in 2012, is seeking damages for wrongful dismissal.
He is seeking an Order that the Defendant pays him the sum of $12,535.62 representing monies due to the Claimant by the Defendant for accumulated vacation leave and allowances upon the termination of his contract for employment with the Defendant.
In addition, the Claimant is seeking accumulated interest and court costs and such further and all other relief as the court deems just.
O'Neal is represented by Attorney at Law Richard G. Rowe.
When this news site made contact with O'Neal he advised that we speak to his lawyer. However, up to post time his lawyer could not be reached for comment.
Mr O'Neal was appointed Managing Director on August 1, 2006 for a two-year period. However, his contract came to an end in July 2012 and he reapplied for the job but was not successful. He was eventually succeeded by Claude O. Skelton-Cline.
Other lawsuits against Gov't
Virgin Islands News Online first and accurately reported on February 25, 2016 that former Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) Claude O. Skelton-Cline had filed legal papers to sue the Government of the Virgin Islands.
The case filed via the law firm Hunte & Co, in Claude O. Skelton-Cline vs The Attorney General, seeks in the first instance a Judicial Review.
While the details of the case have not been made public at the time of publication, it is a part of the fallout from the non-renewal of Mr Skelton-Cline’s contract by the National Democratic Party (NDP).
In 2013 Mr Skelton-Cline was appointed Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority on a three-year contract that ended last year December 2015. According to an NDP source, he requested a renewal before the June 8, 2015 general elections after the BVIPA Board had already advanced an early recommendation for such a renewal.
However, he was reportedly told by Communications and Works Minister Hon Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) and reportedly other Cabinet Ministers to wait until after the 2015 elections.
To date, his contract has not been renewed and he is now unemployed, even after his NDP party won the elections in a landslide.
Meanwhile, another former Managing Director of the BVIPA had sued and won over her unfair dismissal.
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25 Responses to “Former Ports MD Vincent V. O'Neal suing BVIPA for 'wrongful dismissal'”
by the way it has nothing to do with entitlement as belongers!!!!
should have end in 2008 but he was fired in 2012 ? Can this be explained? Now is
sueing for dismissal in 2012. For a former chief immigration officer it looks like he over stay LMAO
How is it unlawful dismissal? Maybe I don't get it because I'm not a lawyer.