Deprive someone of property without due process and without compensation?

That is the kind of jackbooted thuggery we are trying to avoid.

Don’t accept my word for it, read it for yourself here: https://www.gov.bm/sites/default/files/The-Attorney-General-v-Roderick-Ferguson.pdf

The minister must have known ahead of time about what was going on and what Gencom did or didn’t need. To pay redundancy from our taxpayer money about a week before it was due, meant the minister knew that people were not going to get paid.

What we are seeing here is perception of standing up for the downtrodden. It was a handout to garner popularity. We will see very little of that money returned, and the little we do see will be much less than the court, lawyer and other costs involved. So to get back say 3million will cost a further 5 million. I wonder which lawyers are going to benefit from that?

It was a stupid move by the minister. He should have agreed to loan the money to Gencom and advance it to the employees, so there was recourse with Gencom.

This is the stupidest move ever and should make the Guinness Book of World Records! A compensates employee has NO RIGHT to submit a case for payment to the Supreme Court as the damage is not to them but to BDA Government only. The Government has damages so they will need to claim for payment but without a loan agreement this will be viewed as a handout which is exactly what it is!

However as it is OUR money we the people can file a case against BDA Government!!!

Yes, but why would they? The employees are not out of pocket, only the Bermuda taxpayer is. I understand the PLP Government wanting to get those ex pats out of Bermuda, but it could have stopped to think a minute and enter into a loan agreement with Gencom. Then the PLP Government could apply to the Court to wind-up Gencom instead of suggesting that an ex pat former employee who is now in some other country might do so