Premier says government will not pay Willock’s fees
Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has confirmed that government will not foot the legal bill incurred by former Speaker of the House, Julian Willock, in his failed injunction against three Commission of Inquiry lawyers.
Responding to a question posed about the matter at a press conference today, the Premier gave a resounding one-sentence confirmation stating: “No, we (the government) won’t pay it”.
In August of 2021, Willock filed an injunction in the High Court against COI lawyers Bilal Rawat, Andrew King and Rhea Harrikissoon, claiming they were not properly admitted to practice law in the territory.
The following month, the High Court rejected the injunction and ordered Willock to pay the legal fees of everyone involved in the process.
Former Premier, Andrew Fahie, moved to appoint a Special Parliamentary Committee to determine what permission Willock received when he filed the injunction and whether this legal action was warranted.
However, the Special Parliamentary Committee determined that no expressed permission was given to Willock to file the injunction. However, the committee was satisfied that Willock acted in his official capacity as Speaker and in good faith on the “assumption” that permission would have been given.
It then decided to uphold the High Court’s decision.
The total legal fees amounted to approximately $98,000.
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There goes the sacrifice lamb
Nat and the gang just dam wrong with how they treat Fahie willock, vincent and carvin
And hon smith, should he not be forking up half of that 98000.00, be was on board with willock, that must not be forgotten
This f*t man going to be crying and shouting racism on his yellow site. He won’t pay anyway. Black man takes, never gives or pays.
Stop with the racism and generalisations of white vs black. Not helpful or productive. Whites can be just as greedy and deceitful – so, let’s elevate the conversation.
@Wilock – pay your debts. 🙂
Sorry wig boy, the head coach can’t protect you anymore now pay your bill
That`s why he talks all the silly ((()))#@% about letting AF ZOOM in. He was looking for help again.
“We the Government”, meaning he and his crew. So for all we know, it might really fall on us tax payers once they spend more money fighting him trying to fight them into paying for it. All of this done on “behalf of the people”, mind you.
The yellow site will now turn on the Premier and slaughter him, say I say so
Will now pay for his @$$ishne$$
Good.
Did he not go to school with B H?
is the next step. He simply failed to pay the court ordered legal fees for over 9 months so jail time is coming unless he pays forthwith. Why do some persons get these free passes while normal BVI litigants do not.
There goes the sacrificial lamb
no longer esteemed
Willock you have options
1. get a loan or
2. go to jail
I would say this pick your poison, the ball is in your hand now, stop trying to fight a loosing battle Andrew Fahie is not here to help you right now.
He doesnt need a loan. Been in the government for years, minted.
That`s why he talks all the silly ((()))#@% about letting AF ZOOM in. He was looking for help again.
sell his house,
if thing is not measuring up.
Good.
BARRY SAY U WILL HEAR !
*** don’t like to pay bills period! Even for his own staff to SSB.
They all agreed with willow and Shaap why should he alone have to pay the bill. He was only true to his party and our country
Mostly true to Party
For the record
If Andrew was here, he was NOT going to pay the bill for the Governor for sure AND if he was ridiculed to do it; then he was going to pay BOTH of them, so the esteemed would not have had to do it. Lest we forget, we need to remember that CHARITY begins at HOME.
Just because the Government isn’t paying them doesn’t mean Willock is. Seeing as Andrew and the VIP cronies put him up to it they will be paid for by them. The VIP Congress has very rich people backing it.
IF HE KNOW SI MUCH ABOUT THE LAW , THEN HE KNEW THAT HIS DUTY IS TO STAY WITHIN THE LAW , NOT TO DO HIS OWN THING OUTSIDE OF THE LAW ( IGNORANCE AND ARROGANCE IS BAD COMBINATION ) IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT HE DIDN’T GET THE MESSAGE AFTER THAT FIASCO WITH MARK , WHICH THE POWER HAD WENT TO HIS HEAD AND HE STARTED FLEXING OFF HESELF
They need to appoint Julian Willock the new premier point blank. He is the only one standing up for we the people
WE ONLY HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE FRONT MAN WHO DID THE HONORS FOR SAINT ANDREW’S BAIL /\\_ WE GOT THE MESSAGE
IS SAYING , AH GOT PLAYED
Karma, gotta love it.
That’s how this X speaker can be described. All who use the little power they had to disrespect the Governor and Britain is on a hit list. They will pay..It’s vengeance time.
Uk needs to run this archspelago.
F**king stupid
Hope Willock running for office he is our hero he will get elected easily
I hope the lesson was learnt about acting on certain instructions issued verbally.
The guy cannot come to grips that he was used because he likes to be in things. You were used sir, that’s all it was! They didn’t stop you because they realized you were about to hang yourself so they let you go ahead. If you had any common sense you would’ve told the Government put their instructions in writing or let the AG do their job. Nowhere in the world the Speaker of the House gets directly involved with matters like this. A COI is a legal matter and it should have been dealt with by Lawyers and/or AG Chambers, not the Speaker.
Willock remains our hero he in the end will be vedicated yet again