Petition to de-certify Linford Pierson as Cayman MLA to be withdrawn

A petition to de-certify the election in November, 1996, of Linford Pierson as a Member of the Cayman Legislative Assembly was due to be withdrawn this month.Former MLA Berna Thompson-Murphy, who lost her seat to Pierson in the 1996 election, had filed a petition in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands in December, 1996, claiming Pierson’s election should be thrown out and that she should replace her.