And while that transaction seems only to solidify Ashcroft's standing in the BTL matter, the instrument that put him unassailably in charge of BTL's Board of Directors is coming under attack in the Supreme Court.
Hubert Elrington, acting together with Young's Law Firm on behalf of ICC yesterday filed an application in the Supreme Court. It asks the court to declare the PUC Amendment Act as unconstitutional and therefore unlawful and null and void. Specifically, the application objects to the change in the PUC Act which removed the Special Share.
The attorneys are also asking for a declaration that the court ordered appointment of an Inspector of BTL, was countermanded by the Statutory Instrument signed by the Utilities Minister Ralph Fonseca on August 26th, which took on the authority to name the inspector and declare the period under review. According to Prosser's lawyers that's impinging on the separation of powers, because the Chief Justice had already declared a term of inspection, which was 2001 to 2005.
Though he's the one that asked for the inspection, Michael Ashcroft's lawyers objected when the inspection was backdated to cover his company, Carlisle's tenure at BTL.
