Barbara Gayle, Staff ReporterTHE PARTIES to the dispute involving the quashed environ-mental permit for the Bahia Principe Hotel under construction at Pear Tree Bottom in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, are working on a solution to resolve the issue.
The possibility exists that the matter could be settled by next week.
OUTSTANDING ISSUE
Yesterday, lawyers represen-ting the parties informed Mr. Justice Bryan Sykes that only one issue was left to be resolved by the state agencies and the claimants, who are led by the Northern Conservation Environ-ment Trust
Mr. Justice Sykes said that if the matter was not settled by next week Tuesday, then he was going to hear the application filed by the owners of the hotel who are represented by attorney-at-law Sandra Minott Phillips.
On May 16, Mr. Justice Sykes ruled in favour of the environmentalist group when he quashed the permit. The judge has granted a stay of execution of his order until June 27.
Last week Friday, owners of the hotel and their lawyers appeared in the Supreme Court 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 last week on behalf of Hojapi Ltd. which is affiliated with the Piñero Group.
Enviromental Solutions Limited has also filed an application contending that its reputation was affected based on the claimants allegations and the judge's finding that there were flaws in the environmental impact assessment which it prepared.
FAILED IN DUTY
Attorney-at-law Carol Davis who is representing the company said yesterday that the company was pursuing its claim.
The judge, in quashing the permit said that the defendants the Natural Resources Conservation Authority and its successor, the National Environment and Planning Agency had failed in their statutory duty to consult according to law.
