MR. JUSTICE Bryan Sykes yesterday granted an additional 21-day stay of his order, to shut down operations, when the owners of the Bahia Principe Hotel under construction at Pear Tree Bottom in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, appeared in the Supreme Court.
The stay will expire on June 27.
The hotel is seeking to have the judge's order of May 16 set aside or varied because, when the suit was filed, they were not notified or served with the claim form, so they could be a party to the proceedings. The application was filed this week on behalf of Hojapi Ltd. which is affiliated with the Pinero Group.
Mr. Justice Sykes had issued an order quashing the environmental permit to the hotel. The order halted the construction of the hotel, but the judge then granted a 21-day stay of his order which would have expired on June 2.
It is expected that lawyers representing the parties will try to arrive at a solution in relation to the dispute.
The hotel's application is set for hearing on June 2.
