A Jolly Harbour property owner has failed in a court bid to stop the community’s management company from calling him a non-payer while their dispute over fees continues.

Cyprian Kowalczyk, owner of Parcel 573, had asked the High Court for urgent orders to prevent Caribbean Developments (Antigua) Limited (CDAL) from labelling him a debtor, using that claim in legal proceedings, or threatening to cut utilities.

But in a ruling on April 2, the judge dismissed the application, finding it did not meet the threshold for emergency relief.

The court said Kowalczyk refused to provide an undertaking in damages — a key requirement — and that granting the order would unfairly restrict CDAL from presenting its case.

The judge also found no evidence that utilities were about to be disconnected, noting services had continued during the dispute.

CDAL argued Kowalczyk had paid the charges up to February 2025 before stopping.

The ruling does not determine whether the fees are legally owed. That question — including whether the obligation binds him as a subsequent buyer — will be decided at trial.

Kowalczyk was ordered to pay $2,000 in costs, as the court urged both sides to ease tensions going forward.