BARBADOS has rubbished a suggestion that it has refused to pay the more than $2 million being claimed by attorneys who successfully represented Jamaican Shanique Myrie before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) almost two years ago.
Myrie accused the Barbados Government of discrimination because of her nationality when she arrived in Barbados on March 14, 2011, after being subjected to a body cavity search. She was awarded $77 000 in damages and received her money eights months after the CCJ ruling.
A Sunday Observer report stated that the Barbados Government “remains unmoved, and there is no indication as to when payment, in part or full, will be made to the attorneys . . .”.
However, Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite, in a Barbados Government Information Service release yesterday, dealt with on the claim from Myrie’s attorneys, the firm , including attorney Michelle Brown.
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