AUDLEY SHAW, the JLP spokesman on finance, and his wife went to the Court of Appeal yesterday and got a 14-day stay of the Supreme Court order for them to give up control of their gas station.
The Shaws had been ordered to vacate the property by February 29.
Businessman Joseph 'Joey' Issa and his company CoolOasis Ltd. have stated in court documents that they were in partnership with the Shaws in relation to the gas station.
Shaw's wife Maureen had the responsibility for the running of the gas station and periodic reviews showed that cheques were being returned for insufficient funds and there were overdue payments for petroleum products and telephone calling cards.
They got leave yesterday from President of the Court of Appeal the Honourable Ian Forte, to appeal against the Supreme Court ruling of February 18.
So far the Shaws have filed nine grounds of appeal, one of which claims that the judge erred as a matter of fact and law in failing to consider and accept the affidavit evidence of the defendants that all returned cheques have subsequently been honoured, and that the sales of petrol were sufficient to pay for the costs of the petrol and the mortgage repayments to George and Branday Ltd.
JUDGE'S ORDERS
Last week Wednesday, Mr. Justice Donald McIntosh had ordered the Shaws to give up management of the gas station in Christiana, Manchester, over which they have taken their business partners, businessman Joseph 'Joey' Issa and his company CoolOasis Ltd. to the Supreme Court.
The Shaws appealed through their lawyers, Patrick Bailey and company.
Attorney-at-law Alando Terrelonge, one of the lawyers representing the Shaws, told The Gleaner yesterday that the court order meant that "the Shaws are one step closer to preserving their family assets."
