30/01/2026
CEPEP CONTRACTOR ORDERED TO PAY LEGAL COSTS
January, 30th 2026 - CEPEP’s contractor, Stephen Samuel Enterprises Limited (“Samuel”), was yesterday ordered to pay CEPEP’s legal costs in the sum of $259,516.25 for a claim he had filed for an injunction to block CEPEP from terminating the CEPEP contract.
On 3rd July 2025, Samuel filed a claim seeking compensation in the sum of $4,777,000.00 together with interest and legal costs as damages for breach of contract. Had he succeeded, CEPEP’s financial risk exposure would have been over $5M but it would have set a precedent for all other contractors and could have potentially cost CEPEP and the country in excess of $4B.