News­gath­er­ing Ed­i­tor

CEPEP Com­pa­ny Lim­it­ed has ac­cused Stephen Samuel’s Con­trac­tors Ltd of abus­ing the courts to wage a po­lit­i­cal at­tack on the Gov­ern­ment, but then abrupt­ly with­drew its case with­out warn­ing af­ter trig­ger­ing a cost­ly le­gal re­sponse.

The con­trac­tor filed an ur­gent High Court claim on the night of Ju­ly 3, hours af­ter serv­ing CEPEP with a nine-page pre-ac­tion pro­to­col let­ter and giv­ing them un­til 3 pm to re­spond. The doc­u­ments in­clud­ed a claim form, five af­fi­davits, a state­ment of case, and a cer­tifi­cate of ur­gency.