Kingston, Jamaica – JAJ Improvement and Holdings, owned by Member of Parliament Juliet Holness, has secured a authorized victory in its dispute with St. Andrew landowner Charlene Ashley over a property title for a improvement in Leas Flat.
On Friday, April 11, 2025, Justice David Batts dominated in favor of JAJ Improvement, ordering Ashley to ship the splintered title for Lot Two inside 90 days. This lot, bought by JAJ in 2012 for $22 million, is the positioning of an $800 million residence complicated at present below development. The courtroom’s resolution follows a 2020 lawsuit filed by JAJ searching for to compel Ashley to offer the title, which was a part of an settlement the place Ashley would obtain an residence as partial fee for the land.
Nonetheless, Ashley additionally achieved a partial victory in her counter-suit in opposition to JAJ for trespass. The courtroom awarded her $1 million in damages, acknowledging her claims that JAJ had trespassed and destroyed constructions on her adjoining property, Lot One. Ashley contended that she was unable to ship the title because of subdivision points, together with the necessity to alter her gateway to accommodate an entry highway to the residence complicated.
In the course of the trial, which commenced in Could 2023, each events introduced severe allegations in opposition to one another. JAJ denied the trespass claims and rejected a title offered by Ashley in December 2022, deeming it non-compliant with the gross sales settlement.
The courtroom famous that each events reached an settlement in chambers on April 10, stipulating {that a} stamped settlement on the market have to be produced earlier than the choice turns into enforceable. Justice Batts’ written causes for the judgment are pending and can present additional particulars on the case.
