High Court rules against Mae’s extension

The incomplete building

High Court Judge Damone Younge last Thursday granted a default judgement against the administration of the privately-run Mae’s School to halt construction of an annex to extend its operations.

In her ruling, Justice Younge declared the Lot E ½ 42 Fourth Avenue Subryanville property owned by the Administrators of the school to be residential in accordance with its Transport and building By-laws/servitude and as a result declared the school’s move to erect extensions at that property to be illegal.

Against this background, Justice Younge declared that any approval or permission granted by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), the City Engineer and the Central Housing and planning Authority (CH&PA) to build or alter the existing building is unlawful.