NHDC lose $260m in suit against Danwil Construction

The National Housing Development Corporation Limited has lost the 260 million dollar civil suit case which it had brought against Danwil Construction Limited.



The company is owned by the East Kingston businessman and two former employees of the NHDC.



The Supreme Court today handed down judgment in favour of the defendants.



The suit was struck out because the NHDC failed to comply with court orders to provide certain documents.



One of the orders was for the Corporation to furnish expert reports from an accounting firm.



An application for judgment to be entered in favour of the defendants was made by attorneys-at-law Jacqueline Samuels Brown and Garth McBean.



The NHDC had sued Danwill Construction and Warren Sibbles and Donovan Hill in 2004.



They were accused in the suit of unlawfully conspiring with others to injure and induce the NHDC to pay substantial sums of money for work that was not done on an Operation Pride Project housing scheme.



The defendants had denied the claim.



Several persons including Danhai Williams were charged in October 2003 in connection with the allegations.



They were accused of defrauding the NHDC of $451 million.



The charges were dropped in April this year because the two main witnesses for the Crown are abroad.



The Prosecutors had said if the witnesses were found the criminal case could proceed.