A long standing feud between brothers Rami Weisfisch and Amir Weissfisch has highlighted just about everything that is wrong with the Bahamian legal system.<\/p>\n
Their last names are spelled differently because one brother legally changed the spelling of his last name.<\/p>\n
The two brothers own Metals Resources Group (MRG), one of the world’s leading metal tradng firms in London. They are embroiled in a legal wrangle involving millions of dollars in assets.<\/p>\n
Although attorneys for both men appeared in court, only Amir was actually present.<\/p>\n
Amir is seeking an injunction restraining proceedings in a foreign arbitration. He is represented by Mr Alan Steinfeld, QC.<\/p>\n
Mr Anthony Julius, a high profile London lawyer, had been selected as an arbitrator of the brother’s well publicized dispute.<\/p>\n
Mr Nicholas Lavender, QC, who represents Rami Weisfisch, is expected to continue his arguments against the injunction when the hearing resumes at date yet to be determined.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the brothers have another case in the Supreme Court which is expected to start on November 1.<\/p>\n
That case is to determine whether or not to approve a report by accountant Daniel Ferguson, who had been appointed by Senior Justice John Lyons to provide a report in the money dispute between brothers Rami and Amir.<\/p>\n
Criminals, known for skewing and perverting court cases in The Bahamas, allegedly “set up” the judge in that case by hiring a woman to feign interest in the judge, who fell prey to the advances and began a relationship with the woman.<\/p>\n
It turned out that the woman was Ferguson’s sister.<\/p>\n
Justice Lyons was forced to resign after it was revealed by another judge, Anita Allen<\/a>, that he had been dating the accountants’s sister.<\/p>\n The affair shows the extent to which the “legal mafia” in The Bahamas will go to pervert justice and accomplish their means.<\/p>\n