REDjet legal bind

Anthony Audain, legal counsel for REDjet.

By Dawne Parris | Mon, June 11, 2012 - 12:08 AM

THE LAWYER REPRESENTING insolvent airline REDjet was up to last night fighting a court injunction granted to one of its creditors, Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) Inc., which blocks the company from flying its last plane out of Barbados.

Attorney at law Anthony Audain told the DAILY NATION last night that the order gained by GAIA late Saturday was not only “invalid” but put a spoke in the wheel of the airline’s efforts to repay passengers and other creditors, including the airport which sources said is owed “significant sums”.

One of the two planes which REDjet had parked at the airport was flown out on Saturday afternoon, causing the GAIA’s attorney Larry Smith to seek the injunction to prevent the second aircraft from taking off.

However, Audain, acting on behalf of the trustee appointed after the airline filed for bankruptcy protection under the Bankruptcy & Insolvency Act, explained REDjet was trying to get the planes to the United States where the frames could be sold. That, he said, had to be done by Monday when REDjet’s pilots would be “invalidated from flying”.

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Posted by Kenneth King 11 months, 1 week ago: None of those those Planes should have been allowed to leave the country knowing how much debt owed to clients and ticket holders. As long as monies owed and the Insolvency is in process that Plane had no right leaving the Airport unless the courts made such decision and I cannot foresee that happening. Of course Lawyers have to be paid so they must say something on behalf of the client but in this case a firm that have not lived up to it's obligations in paying their bills and then declare Bankruptcy have no rights of claim other than pay; and this they cannot at this time, so to find the money to pay a Lawyer but not those who payed their hard earn money and finding it hard to recover their losses. They should not be even having access to their Bank accounts, all of this should be in the hands of the Firm put in charge to manage the Business until all matters solved.

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Posted by Pan Wallie 11 months, 1 week ago: The age old adage states 'whatever is done in the dark will eventually come to light and the war seems to be starting. Remember there's always more in the mortar. It is incomprehensible why bright people would proceed with business of this calibre in the absence of fully signed documentation? It is also beneath me to comprehend that after the Arch Cot Tragedy, and the controversy surrounding the gentleman's handshake, that bright people would repeat this same bad decision. It seems awkward that such an interesting proposal was mooted all over the place, but never officially put to Cabinet. All people are not stupid. Either way, these ridiculously cheap fares would not, could not have been sustainable and were totally insulting to vulnerable people from the start. We have suffered alot of loss recently and need to be thankful that this calamity was not added to it. They'd better let the planes leave cause sooner or later, sparks are likely to fly.