“World Famous Valley Boys”: “We Had No Other Choice But To Seek Orders From the Court”

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Setting the record straight, just 10 days before the Boxing Day parade, the World Famous Valley Boys are responding to ongoing questions and confusion surrounding their legal status and their name.

The World Famous Valley Boys saga continues, with the group now moving to clarify what they say has been misrepresented.

Last week, the group led by Brian Adderley welcomed an interim supreme court order they say was necessary to protect their legal identity and operations.

The ruling directed the Registrar General to restore the group’s non profit status, the Department of Inland Revenue to reinstate its business licence and tax identification number, and that the group be referred to as the World Famous Valley Boys established 1958, in all public and private correspondence.

Justice Leif Farquharson also directed the National Junkanoo Committee chairman describe and refer to the group as the World Famous Valley Boys Junkanoo group in all communications.

So, why the emergency application?

Attorney for the group Christina Galanos says the move to court came only after attempts to resolve the matter failed.

“And so we felt as if we had no other choice, but to move forward and seek orders from the court in order to preserve and protect our clients rights to their name, particularly and light of the recent appeal ruling that indicated that our client, our clients have excellent prospects of success on the appeal” – Christina Galanos

Meanwhile, the National Junkanoo Committee has maintained the group was permitted to participate on a strictly conditional basis, and that there was a clear understanding it would be recognized as World Famous 1958.

But Galanos disputes that claim.

“Nothing can be further from the truth. It is my practice never to go to court without trying to resolve it otherwise. litigation is expensive. It’s time consuming. You don’t wanna be troubling the courts if you can sit down with the other side and say hey, you know how are we gonna resolve this? What do we do about that? And that’s exactly what we tried to do.” – Christina Galanos

With Junkanoo just days 10 days away, the interim order remains in place, as questions around identity, authority and public accountability continue.