Patrons of the Sea Shed Beach Club in Mullins, St Peter, will no longer be able to occupy the beach strip between the restaurant and the sea, following a May 28 High Court ruling against the establishment.

Leisure Properties (BVI), representing Royal Westmoreland, claimed it was the lawful owner of the land at Mullins and alleged that defendants representing the Sea Shed encroached and trespassed on the property from around 2018.

The suit charged that in doing so, the defendants partly destroyed the boundary fence and erected structures and items on the claimant’s land – specifically, a dining deck, stairs, a deejay booth attached to a tree and beach chairs for hire.