Topic: Blake Ducharme

A civil lawsuit alleging defamation has been called off after Cayman Marl Road administrator Sandra Teresa Hill and attorneys for a US businessman reached an agreement on Friday.

Cayman Marl Road’s Sandra Hill and counsel for Blake Ducharme failed to come to an agreement Wednesday in a civil libel lawsuit.

A case testing the limits of freedom of expression and social media publications in the Cayman Islands appeared in civil court Wednesday.

Blake Ducharme and Black Gold Investments have filed suit against Sandra Hill and her website Cayman Marl Road, calling for a permanent injunction against publication of a libellous article.