Rozel Di Leon Investment Ltd (“the Company”) wishes to address recent public statements and claims made by individuals regarding the enforcement of a High Court Order at Parcels 3413 and 3414, Friendship, East Bank Demerara (“the Property”) on March 17, 2026.
The Company is the sole and rightful owner of the Property, holding title by virtue of Certificates of Title No. 2022/129 and 2022/130. The Company lawfully purchased the Property from Elaine Adam’s, who owned it under Certificate of Title No. 09/966 dated March 23, 2009. At the time of the sale, the Company was given vacant possession, and all persons occupying the land were given notice prior to and following the transaction.
Despite this, in 2023, the New Friendship Farmers Cooperative Land Society (“the Society”), purporting to act on behalf of occupants, filed legal proceedings against Rozel Di Leon Investment Ltd, Elaine Adam’s, and Company Principal Leon Rutherford via High Court Action 2023-HC-DEM-CIV-SOC-331. In that action, the Society sought to have the Company’s titles declared void based on allegations of fraud.
The Company strongly refuted these claims and counterclaimed for vacant possession of its property. Following a full ventilation of the issues, on September 25, 2024, His Honour Justice Peter Hugh dismissed the Society’s application in its entirety. The Court found no merit in the allegations of fraud and granted the Company’s application for an Order for Vacant Possession.
At that hearing, representatives of the Society and their Attorney were present in court when the Judge made the Order. The Society subsequently gave an undertaking to vacate the Property by January 31, 2025. A copy of the Order was formally served on the Society. It is therefore undeniable that the members of the Society have been aware of the legal requirement to vacate since September 2024.
When the Society failed to honor its undertaking, the Company was left with no choice but to seek enforcement of the Court’s ruling. On August 29, 2025, the High Court issued a further Order commanding the Marshals of the Supreme Court to enter upon the Property, remove all persons in occupation, and deliver vacant possession to Rozel Di Leon Investment Ltd. The action carried out by the Marshal on March 17, 2026, was a lawful execution of that binding Court Order.
In light of these facts, the Company categorically denies the claims now being circulated by the occupants as blatantly untrue. Specifically, we refute the assertions that:
- The occupants were given only seven days’ notice to vacate. The legal process has spanned over 18 months, with the Order to vacate being granted in September 2024. 2. Mr. Leon Rutherford was retained by the occupants to conduct a survey of the Property. This is entirely false and appears to be a deliberate attempt to misrepresent his role as the principal of the rightful owner.
- The Company has engaged in “bullyism.” The enforcement of a Supreme Court Order is the lawful execution of a judicial ruling. It cannot be characterized as bullying when due process has been followed, and the occupants were given substantial time— nearly 18 months—to comply.
The allegation of fraud was fully examined and dismissed by a Judge of the High Court. The matter has been adjudicated, Orders have been made, and those Orders have now been executed. Rozel Di Leon Investment Ltd is a law-abiding entity that has followed the proper legal channels to assert its ownership rights.
We regret that the execution of the law has been mischaracterized in the public domain, but we trust that the public will recognize this matter for what it is: the conclusion of a lengthy legal process to restore the rights of a property owner.
