T&TEC sues Scotland

The T&T Elec­tric­i­ty Com­mis­sion (T&TEC) has made good on its threat to sue Port-of-Spain South MP Kei­th Scot­land, SC, and a mem­ber of his law cham­bers, over the rep­re­sen­ta­tion they pro­vid­ed in its failed bid to re­cov­er ap­prox­i­mate­ly $2.4 mil­lion in un­paid elec­tric­i­ty charges from now-de­funct ice cream man­u­fac­tur­er Fla­vorite Foods Lim­it­ed.

On Thurs­day, the com­mis­sion, through its lawyers led by Anand Ram­lo­gan, SC, of Free­dom Law Cham­bers, filed a breach of con­tract and pro­fes­sion­al neg­li­gence case against Scot­land and at­tor­ney Keisha Ky­dd-Han­ni­bal, both of Vir­tus Cham­bers.

The law­suit re­lates to the duo’s han­dling of lit­i­ga­tion seek­ing to re­cov­er the ar­rears owed to T&TEC by Fla­vorite Foods. Ques­tions over their pro­fes­sion­al con­duct were first raised by Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar while ad­dress­ing Par­lia­ment in June.