City loses tax case against Giftland

The Giftland Group says it has gotten judgment in its favour in a more than five-year-old battle with the Georgetown Mayor & City Council (M&CC) which it had said accused it of owing in excess of $100 million in rates and taxes.

According to a press release from the Giftland Group its long contentious tax issue with the City Council was finally resolved yesterday before acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC who found that the Council had acted illegally and that no taxes are currently owed by the Giftland Mall.

Contacted last evening, attorney Timothy Jonas SC who represented Giftland, confirmed the ruling having been made by the Chief Justice.