After reading and receiving information from the Beamon Law firm on their intentions for redress through the courts, I approached a Canadian lawyer who deals in international law. His approach would be for the lawyers to seek compensation from the Bank of Nova Scotia since they had convenants in their loan agreement to oversee Manek's company and its timeshare operation. He finds it quite odd that they allowed this individual (Manek) such leeway in not paying his loans and he questions on whether they did a forensic auditing of the company's financial statements. If they really did sell 2,000 weeks of timeshare and amounts that people paid outright for condo units, there is a fair amount of money missing especially with such a huge loan still outstanding for the buildings. It may be right to sue through the courts but it should be the Bank of Nova Scotia who gets sued as they failed the timeshare owners by letting Manek stay in control of the finances of the resort for so long. It depends on the laws of St. Maarten on how the lawsuit should proceed and whether a class action suit would be allowed to proceed against a bank on the island <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />