Cost awarded to Abe Dabdoub (above) after successful challenge of Daryl Vaz's eligibility as member of parliament for West Portland. - File

LESS THAN a month after Abe Dabdoub went to court to have government minister Michael Stern declared bankrupt, another Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) member, Daryl Vaz, has been served with a $49.1 million cost claim.

The claim arises out of the fees which were said to have been incurred in his successful challenge to get Vaz disqualified as member of parliament for West Portland.

The Petitioner's Bill of Cost was filed last Thursday, May 21, in the Supreme Court by Gayle Nelson, lead attorney for Dabdoub in the Dabdoub vs Vaz case.

Vaz, who is minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, told The Gleaner yesterday that the claim appears unreasonable.

SOURCE: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090528/lead/lead1.html