A few weeks after he filed his lawsuit, the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association broke up and some of the members formed 2 separate associations. What was left of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association along with these 2 new associations all signed the disputed agreements with the factory owners and the cane season was declared open. That basically rendered Lucilo Teck's lawsuit inconsequential because he was basically asking the court to decide on an issue which was already resolved. He and his attorney, Audrey Matura-Shepherd, moved forward with the case and pressed the SICB to offer a defense, the reason they said, was so that a precedent could be set. The intention, Teck's attorney explained, was to ensure that there is no doubt as to what must happen if there is ever a stand off between the cane farmers and the factory owners in the future, which could potentially wreck the industry.

Well, they did press the case to completion, and the attorney for SICB, Rodwell Williams, managed to win against Teck and Matura-Shepherd. The Guardian Newspaper's article says that both sides could not reach an agreement on cost, and so it went to the court to decide. According to the Guardian, after the court consulted with both sides, the final figure for the claimant, meaning Lucilo Teck, probably owes is $60,000. The court will have to make a ruling, but it usually adopts a position of one side, which more than likely means that this $60,000 figure will become a final order from the Supreme Court.