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By TYLER MCKENZIE

OVER the past week, the story of what happened at Baha Mar in the dispute between developer Sarkis Izmirlian and contractor China Construction America (CCA) have hogged the headlines.

In broad terms, Mr Izmirlian won across the board, with Justice Andrew Borrok, sitting in the New York Supreme Court, ruling on Friday, October 19, that Mr Izmirlian had proven his fraud claim against CCA “beyond doubt”.

Judge Borrok awarded Mr Izmirlian more than $bn in damages as a result - the $m of Mr Izmirlian’s equity contribution to the development, plus interest.

There are two strands to the outcome here - one directly dealing with the court case itself, and the other with the political fallout from the saga.

We’ll get to the political later, but first what happened to get us here.

A revised opening date for Bahamas Mar had been set for March 27, , but Judge Borrok ruling that the contractor had “knowingly and falsely” promised it would meet the date - while concealing fr