Pinard-Byrne threatens to proceed with enforcement against Lennox Linton for failure to pay court fees

​Chartered Accountant, Kieron Pinard-Byrne is threatening to proceed with enforcement against Lennox Linton, for what he claims to be his failure to pay court costs ordered by the London-based Privy Council, in a long-running libel court case. In that regard, Pinard-Byrne stated on state-owned radio, “May the chips fall where they may, may all his dreams turn to dust”.
 
Pinard-Byrne contends that Linton was to have paid £25, 992.12 by the end of the business day on Tuesday 6th June, and up to 1:00 pm yesterday Wednesday 7th June, his attorneys told him that Linton had not yet paid. He said, “This is an egregious legal default by Mr. Linton, which puts him in default of the January 2016 Privy Council Order”.
 
He added that the “full force of the law” will now be brought against Linton, until all legal financial restitutions are paid. He added that “This default by Mr Linton also dishonors the Office of the Leader of the Opposition”. He said enforcement proceedings will now be taken by his attorneys, in consultation with senior counsel.
 
The case in question centers around the Layou River Economic Citizenship Program and the Layou River Hotel project. It goes back to 2002, when Pinard-Byrne sued Linton because of an article he published on a website, and statements made about the same program on a radio show, on which Linton who was a journalist at that time, was a guest.
 
Pinard-Byrne said he was libeled by Linton. The matter went through the local courts, the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal, and ultimately, the Privy Council, which ruled that Linton did indeed libel Pinard-Byrne. Q95fm Radio is making every effort to get a response from Linton on the matter.