The coun­try’s high­est ap­pel­late court will have the fi­nal say in an ap­peal over a de­ci­sion by the En­vi­ron­men­tal Com­mis­sion to is­sue de­c­la­ra­tions against a prop­er­ty de­vel­op­er and or­der it to pay com­pen­sa­tion for de­vel­op­ing a prop­er­ty in Las Cuevas with­out first ob­tain­ing a cer­tifi­cate of en­vi­ron­men­tal clear­ance (CEC).

In March, Ap­pel­late Judges Mark Mo­hammed, Pe­ter Ra­jku­mar and Maria Wil­son up­held the find­ings made by the com­mis­sion in re­la­tion to George Aboud and Sons Ltd and Las Cuevas Prop­er­ties Ltd.

A no­tice pub­lished on the Privy Coun­cil’s web­site last week in­di­cat­ed that both com­pa­nies have filed a fi­nal ap­peal over the out­come.