Barbara Gayle, Staff Reporter
THE TRESPASS case brought by Bike Mountain Waterfall Tours Ltd. against Mayfield Falls in western Jamaica has been postponed sine die (without a date being fixed).
The request for the adjournment was made by Bike Mountain's lawyers, Myers, Fletcher and Gordon, who said they needed more time to produce documents requested by Winston Spaulding, Q.C., who represents Mayfield Falls.
Resident Magistrate Evon Brown, who presided in the Savanna-la-Mar Resident Magistrate's Court, granted the request when the case was mentioned recently.
The case involves local and foreign interests operating almost similar tourism waterfall adventure tours at the same location at Glenbrook district, on the Hanover/Westmoreland border.
ORIGINAL OPERATORS
Foreign-affiliated group, Bike Mountain Waterfall Tours Ltd., which operates the River Walk attraction in the area, sued the tour's original operators, Mayfield Falls and Mineral Springs Ltd. several years ago, seeking an injunction, plus $250,000 and costs, for damages and trespass, against Mayfield Falls and its operator, Sarah Willis.
Bike Mountain, through a director, Gregg Knoldrett, claims that since June 1999 its property has been damaged, due to constant trespass "by representatives, servants or agents" of Mayfield Falls and Mineral Springs Ltd.
The court battle between the two operators has been going on for several years. Earlier this year, Mr. Spaulding told the court that he would be seeking to have the matter removed from the jurisdiction of the Savanna-la-Mar Resident Magistrate's court, arguing that the case had 'certain elements' that exceeded the territory of the local court.
Mayfield Falls and Mineral Springs features such attractions as a breathtaking panorama of mountain trails, two waterfalls, 16 certified mineral springs and underground caverns.
