The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has won a United States (US) legal battle involving Barbados Government projects.
In December, American Noah J. Rosenkrantz, Canadian Christopher Thibedeau, and TTEK Inc., a Barbados-registered business of Coryston, Marine Gardens, Hastings, Christ Church, lodged a civil action against the IDB in the United States Federal court in Washington DC.
The plaintiffs told the court that the IDB had failed to follow due process in moving to sanction them for alleged contract violations.
However, in a decision issued on April 5, Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell of the US Federal Court in Washington DC ruled in favour of the IDB on the basis that it had international immunity. (SC)
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