Not without some level of resistance from the Commission of Inquiry (COI), the government has been granted full participation in COI. This means the government is permitted to have a representative present during all COI hearings. This was possible through […]
Category: Commission of Inquiry
It’s the AG who’s requested private hearings for COI — Sir Gary
Head of the Commission of Inquiry (COI), Sir Gary Hickinbottom has suggested that the thing preventing live, public hearings from happening to date is the government. Sir Gary gave that indication on Friday while responding to Premier Andrew Fahie’s latest […]
Gov’t legal fees for COI capped at $5M
The amount of money the government will spend for legal services in the Commission of Inquiry (COI) has been capped at $5 million. “That’s not to say we’re anywhere close to that. [It’s] because there are two sets of legal […]
No Thanks! Legislators decline AG’s legal services in COI
In a perplexing twist, legislators have chosen to decline the services of Attorney General (AG) Dawn Smith as their Counsel in the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (COI). The lawmakers have opted instead to be represented by BVI law firm, Silk […]
Government’s ‘internal review’ not a conflict, COI finds
The Commission of Inquiry (COI) has indicated it is satisfied there is no conflict of interest involving the government-sanctioned internal review that was believed to be something being done in parallel to the COI. The government announced the review on […]
Patsy Lake fails in bid to avoid COI!
Businesswoman and prominent Virgin Islander, Patsy Lake has failed in an apparent bid to have herself excluded from providing evidence and producing documents after being summoned to appear before the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (COI). Lake, who serves as the […]
Live stream hearings coming after gov’t fixes ‘disclosure deficiencies’
Head of the Commission of Inquiry (COI), Sir Gary Hickinbottom intends to have the next stage of the Inquiry’s hearings live streamed. This was the indication given in a COI statement issued on Monday afternoon, May 17. This next stage […]
COI expresses concern about gov’ts ‘parallel’ internal review
The transcript for the first hearing of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) has been released and the document reveals that Attorney General (AG) Dawn Smith was asked to respond to a number of issues raised by counsel to the COI, […]
COI requests AG’s submissions on transcript of hearing
Sir Gary Hickinbottom, the sole Commissioner of the Commission of Inquiry (COI), has invited the Attorney General Dawn Smith to make submissions as to why he should not publish the full transcript of the Commission’s first hearing held on May […]
Details of COI hearings should not be publicised, Sir Gary warns
Oral hearings of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) commence today (May 4) and Sir Gary Hickinbottom has issued a warning that participants are not allowed to share or publicise any details of proceedings. Sir Gary — the inquiry’s sole Commissioner […]
