Silk Legal's cost 'insignificant' to VI’s potential losses from CoI- Richard G. Rowe
Mr Rowe made the comments in response to questions on the cost of his legal representation while sitting alongside HoA Speaker Hon Julian Willock in a press conference yesterday, August 18, 2021.
“Let’s understand the stakes as demonstrated with the takeover of the Turks and Caicos, what it means… the three pillars of the Virgin Islands which have kept this territory and these melanated people strong, will be kicked out from under our feet.”
What's at stake?
Mr Rowe suggested that should the UK suspend the VI’s constitution as a result of the COI, local trade licenses will be "open to the competition for billionaires and from the large department stores from England.”
He said other adverse impacts could include work permits and landholding titles being abolished, “so, therefore, anyone with millions and with land permits can come in and purchase all the land and make it so expensive for the local that we will become like Bermuda or Cayman,” he said.
Mr Rowe said with regards to the possible outcome of the CoI, there remains a lot at stake for the territory.
“The minimal fees that we are charging are insignificant to the losses that we as a people will suffer as a whole, when there is this wholesale takeover. There will be no legislature, the Governor will rule from top, [and] they will bring in foreign civil servants to head the various departments,” he said.
Services reflect COVID-19 reality- Rowe
Mr Rowe, who also said his firm has only been paid a $30,000 deposit, defended his firm’s performance, stating that compared to the team representing the Executive arm of Government, Silk Legal has been battling the practices of the CoI and discovering the weaknesses and breaches of the law by the Commission.
“It is us and we are nowhere near 3 million billing,” he said in reference to announcements from Premier Andrew A. Fahie (R1) that Whiters law firm has billed the VI Government ‘just over $3M’ for its CoI defence.
“Our services are offered at a far lesser rate and for greater consideration of the wellbeing of the territory as of COVID. So you wouldn’t find us anywhere near the $100,000, $3 million or otherwise. It will be significantly less,” he said.
Attorney Rowe said at times, they remain in their office, watching the CoI’s proceedings on YouTube rather than attending the hearing “when it is not necessary” in an effort to reduce legal costs.
“So we are quite aware of the expense, we are quite aware of what we are going through with COVID, I had it, and our duty is to protect the reputation of this territory, and that we will do,” he said.
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10 Responses to “Silk Legal's cost 'insignificant' to VI’s potential losses from CoI- Richard G. Rowe”
"A UK takeover would be the same NWO that many fear, as our jobs will be lost, our businesses will not survive and certain things like our Emancipation Festivals would be gone permanently. Our homes and ancestral land will be taken away from us."
Is there any particular reason you said this? Do you write fiction for fun? Or do you spread complete bull professionally?
Anyway, in today's news, there is a giant lizard on the West End road eating all the schoolchildren, so be careful if traveling down there. And ferries are cancelled today because someone removed the plug from the bottom of Sir Francis Drake Channel. Authorities hope it will be fixed in time for a heavy snowfall expected to arrive yesterday morning, one year ago.
Of course, do your own research and you'll see we need to blame whites for these very bad things. Their secret international quest to control the TV remote means they will stop at nothing!
Facts.
Have you read the history of the British Empire?
Travelled to the places they've colonized or talked to the ppl in those communities?
Have you been to Africa or India yet or talked with the locals there?
Do you understand Globalization?
Tell me about life in the UK, for the children of the west indian ppl.
Have you ever been to Bermuda or talked to Bermudians?
What about Brooklyn NY? Have you been there? Or talked to the locals about what happened to their communities?
Have you ever worked in the private sector here in the BVI? Or job hunted outside of the civil service?
How many ppl come from the UK for jobs that locals can do? Ever applied for a job to be told that it was already given to someone in the UK for 5x what they advertised locally + living expenses and been told that they just had a legal requirement to post the job locally for 2 weeks before making their official hire?
Have you ever looked at the interest rates on mortgage loans here vs other places?
Have you ever had talks with UK citizens who think we have too many holidays as is?
I could go on. But what's the pt really?