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Attorney Fred Smith, QC

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Ministry officials ‘should be held accountable’

GRAND Bahama Human Rights Association President Fred Smith said Environment Minister Kenred Dorsett and Environmental Health Director Melanie McKenzie should be held accountable for “negligence” after failing to protect the public’s interest following an underground fuel leak that left some residents potentially exposed to a cancer-causing agent.

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Lawyer criticises PM for threat to sue FNM chairman

LAWYER Fred Smith criticised Prime Minister Perry Christie for using “aggressive tactics” against his client Michael Pintard on a claim that “does not behoove his office”.

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Smith says education regulations punish innocent children

ATTORNEY Fred Smith accused the government of “punishing innocent immigrant children” for what their parents “may or may not have done”.

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Mitchell files complaint over radio show

THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has received a letter from the government requesting an investigation of comments made on a radio talk show last week by lawyer Fred Smith.

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Smith: Suspend Abaco plan and clear backlog

GRAND Bahama Human Rights Association (GBHRA) president Fred Smith yesterday urged immigration officials to temporarily suspend large-scale operations planned for Abaco until the backlog of applicants seeking to be regularised can be reduced.

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Injunction granted over Canadian’s deportation

ATTORNEY Fred Smith, QC, has obtained a Supreme Court injunction restraining the deportation of Canadian resident Bruno Rufa, who was taken into custody and deported by immigration officials yesterday following an adjourned hearing in Freeport.

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‘Petty’ minister criticised for failing to attend meeting

ATTORNEY Fred Smith yesterday criticised Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell for displaying “pettiness and immaturity” for declining to attend a scheduled meeting with the Grand Bahama Human Rights Association and a Haitian-American delegation to discuss the government’s new immigration policy.

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