Sascha Wil­son

As ex­ecu­tor of his late broth­er's will, Fi­nance Min­is­ter Win­ston Dook­er­an has agreed to give own­er­ship of his broth­er's $2.8 mil­lion Bel Air, La Ro­maine, house to his (broth­er's) wife. This was agreed to in a con­sent or­der en­tered be­tween both par­ties, be­fore Jus­tice Vashiest Kokaram in the San Fer­nan­do Civ­il Court yes­ter­day.

This brought an end to a two-year le­gal bat­tle in which Shob­ha Nar­ine-Dook­er­an was chal­leng­ing the ten per cent of her hus­band's $8.5 mil­lion es­tate which was left to her in his will. Dook­er­an was named as the de­fen­dant. Nar­ine-Dook­er­an, who was mar­ried to Clyde Dook­er­an, for 28 years, was seek­ing the mat­ri­mo­ni­al house at La Ro­maine and $1.8 mil­lion. Ac­cord­ing to the will, she was to re­ceive ten per cent, while the re­main­der of the es­tate was to be shared among their three chil­dren and Clyde's three oth­er chil­dren from a pre­vi­ous mar­riage.

Yes­ter­day, it was agreed that the prop­er­ty, com­pris­ing 10,590 su­per­fi­cial feet, be trans­ferred to Nar­ine-Dook­er­an free of all tax­es and rates and the deed of con­veyance be ex­e­cut­ed by Jan­u­ary 31, 2011. Among oth­er things, it was al­so agreed that Nar­ine-Dook­er­an was en­ti­tled to the rents and prof­its de­rived from the prop­er­ty from Jan­u­ary 1, 2011, un­til the ten­ant va­cates the prop­er­ty. In ad­di­tion, the de­fen­dant had to pay le­gal costs out of the bal­ance of the net es­tate. Rep­re­sent­ing the in­ter­est of Dook­er­an were at­tor­neys Fed­er­ick Gilkes and Gi­ta Ma­haraj, while at­tor­ney Gar­net Mungals­ingh, in­struct­ed by Shakun­ta­la Mungals­ingh, rep­re­sent­ed Nar­ine-Dook­er­an.