Jamaican Shanique Myrie has asked the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) for almost BDS$1 million in damages from?Barbados for the treatment she received on her first trip to Bridgetown three years ago.
Myrie’s attorney at law Michelle Brown revealed yesterday that the more than US$400 000 they were asking for should be paid as moral and punitive damages for what Myrie went through after she arrived at Grantley Adams International Airport on March 14, 2011.
In addition, lawyers representing the 22-year-old Myrie want the seven-judge panel to award costs and special damages that could take the overall judgment to near BDS$1 million.
Brown also urged the court to set guidelines to prevent a recurrence of what her client alleged she went through since it could have implications for freedom of movement in CARICOM.
