Thomas v. St. Croix Marine

MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER

Introduction

This Court is called upon to decide whether corporations may be represented by counsel in the Small Claims Division of the Territorial Court. Defendant St. Croix Marine (SCM) asserts that, pursuant to 4 V.I.C. 112(d) and Deliver It, Inc. v. Mitchell, 28 V.I. 25, 29 (Terr. Ct. STT. & STJ 1992), corporations may be represented by counsel in the Small Claims Division. For the reasons mentioned below, this Court concludes that corporations may not be represented by counsel in the Small Claims Division and may be represented there only by a non lawyer…