EOCO vs. WIS COMPANY LIMITED

RULING I do not agree with the respondent that they were not able to secure the Order made on the 16th day of December 2013 till the 15th or 16th day of May 2014. It is not true the work or schedule of the Registrar is to chase parties for their Orders. The application for the grant of the confiscation was made by the respondent. So it behooves on them to apply for and take copies form the Registry. In-fact, the respondent does not pay for filing fees and so I do not find their problem in going for the Order from the Registry. On the argument that the applicant did not respond and so they have to come by ex-party because there was a publication on 12th July 2013, this I say was a notice of invitation and not publication of an application for confiscation. That notice even stated that “failure to respond to this invitation will culminate in the initiation of forfeiture proceedings”. I do not think any forfeiture proceedings were at all initiated because the confiscation ...