(Barbados Nation) – David vs Goliath will have to wait another day.
Barbadian inventor and information systems specialist David Weekes was to have his day in court on Tuesday, but instead, he simply had his day at court.
That’s because the court case in which he is suing Caricom for illegal use of an information tracking system he developed, never got off the ground.
Weekes’ attorney, Douglas Trotman said the case file necessary for any court proceeding to commence, had not been located.
“The case never appeared on the court list to be heard today,” Trotman told the Daily Nation yesterday from the courthouse. “I was informed that searches were made at the registry for the file, and it has not been located.”
The lawyer said he would now have to write the Registrar of the Supreme Court, Marva Clarke, to have a new date set for the matter to be heard.
“We do understand the situation. The department has gone through a slight dislocation since moving to its new headquarters, the Halls of Justice,” Trotman added.
He said he hoped the file was found and the matter solved shortly so he and his client could have their day in court.
Weekes, a 41-year-old inventor, is taking on the entire Caribbean Community by seeking an injunction from the Supreme Court to block the regional body from using his Global Origin and Destination System (GODIS), which was used during the 2007 Cricket World Cup, held in the Caribbean.
Weekes, the chief executive officer of David Weekes Associates Incorporated, as well as Ibis Latin America and GODIS Incorporated, of which he is a board member, are the three plaintiffs seeking compensation.
The suit was filed since 2007, but administrative issues prevented it from starting, before Tuesday’s date had been forwarded to both parties.
GODIS was used by immigration, customs and law enforcement personnel throughout the region, allowing them to monitor advanced passenger information for visitors coming to the Caribbean for the limited overs cricket tournament, a $145 million investment by Caricom member countries.
