Litigation
Our attorneys often provide local companies, international law Firms, banks and other financial institutions, trust companies, and private individuals with expert advice on Belizean Law.
We offer a full range of services in contentious disputes in the courts in Belize in arbitrations and in other tribunals and inquiries. We have particular expertise in the handling of complex commercial litigation including cases involving multiple parties, many witnesses or the evidence is of a technical nature.
We appear both in the Supreme Court as well as the Court of Appeal on behalf of our clients.
As a common law jurisdiction, many of the remedies which are used in England such as Freezing injunctions and Norwich Pharmaceutical orders are utilized in Belize.
Mr. Courtenay has advised in matters relating to international law as he was a member of the team of attorneys-at-law that presented the case for the Government of Belize in the Facilitation Process between Belize and Guatemala when both governments sought a peaceful resolution of the claim by Guatemala to Belizean Territory.
Mr. Courtenay also served [2007] as honorary legal adviser to the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies based in Geneva, Switzerland.