Topic: Bilika Simamba

The Grand Court has issued a stalking protection order against retired attorney Bilika Simamba over offensive and abusive emails he repeatedly sent the former chair of his strata.

In effect, government is saying: “We will reluctantly let you in through the front door while Uncle Europe is looking from across the pond. But once you are inside, we will find an excuse to unceremoniously ease you out through the back door.”

Even if this recommendation is not ultimately adopted now, it may return in future. Even if it does not, there will be other unacceptable prescriptions over time.

In nearly 12 years of working in the Cayman government, I never met a single instructing official who understood what their role was in the preparation of legislation and could play it effectively.

Government has settled out of court with the family at the center of the legal battle over the controversial “section 12” clause that protected negligent doctors from lawsuits.

The Health Services Authority could be facing another legal challenge to a controversial immunity clause used to protect doctors from medical negligence claims. Bilika Simamba claims he suffered health issues due to medical negligence at the hospital.