We met him outside the courtroom of Justice Courtney Abel. He's currently presiding over the very strange fight between Elrington and his former business partners, who are the directors of Progresso Heights Limited. For several months now, we've been following the saga of this very bitter commercial dispute between Elrington, who is a shareholder of the real estate company, and the American directors, Lawrence Schneider and his son, Adam.

The Schneider's and their company are suing Elrington because of cautions he lodged, which stopped them from selling over a dozen parcels of land. Basically, Progresso Heights Limited is a real estate company that currently cannot conduct any business in Belize due to these cautions.

So, the judge listened to arguments from both Elrington, who is representing himself as a defense attorney and Eamon Courtenay, the attorney representing Progresso Heights. The press got a chance to speak with the two sides, but we start first with the comments Elrington made at midday about his position on this lawsuit against him. Here's what he had to say:

This evening, when arguments finished at around 5 p.m., we got a chance to speak with Eamon Courtenay, about his client's case that these cautions were improperly placed and held against the company. Courtenay harshly criticized Elrington for these cautions:

And while Progresso Heights is suing Elrington, it also has a pending claim against the Government for instituting the cautions and maintaining them for years. Their case is that the cautions were improper and that the Government ought not to have instituted them. Here are the differing views from the litigants on this second lawsuit: