Justice B.S. Roy on Friday denied an application by GT&T for a stay pending appeal of a historic ruling awarding damages to a former customer and declaring its monopoly illegal however the court granted a two-week interim reprieve for GT&T to challenge the decision not to grant a stay before the Court of Appeal.
On July 19, 2012, Justice Rishi Persaud had directed GT&T to pay entrepreneur James Samuels $1,000,000 in damages after his internet service was terminated over his use of Voice Over Internet Protocol.