a $225,000 legal battle to live in the home she shared with her late husband.

Roberta Trott is now to be given an official lease for the cottage in the grounds of the West End resort after Puisne Judge Norma Wade Miller ruled against plaintiffs Frascati Hotel Company and Cambridge Beaches.

The plaintiffs could now have to pay costs and will have to agree a tenancy, which could be up to five years, with Mrs. Trott, the widow of Thaddeus Trott, who died of cancer in 1997.

Her lawyer, Georgia Marshall, and the plaintiff's lawyer, Christian Luthi, of Conyers, Dill and Pearman, will have to appear before Mrs. Justice Wade Miller to agree exactly what parts of the property she will have possession of.

In addition, lawyers will argue over unpaid rent at $2,100 a month and the length of any tenancy for Mrs. Trott.

Afterward, Mrs. Marshall said she could not have asked for a better result.

"We are very pleased that justice was served in this case,'' she said.

She added that they hoped that Mrs. Trott, who is currently in Banff, Canada, could now enjoy the property as her husband intended her to.

Mr. Luthi was unable to say whether an appeal would be lodged against the decision.

A charge of trespass against the widow, who was arrested at Cambridge Beaches pool side last year, is still pending before Magistrates' Court.

And in May this year, an injunction was obtained by Cambridge Beaches against Mrs. Trott. It is understood the legal action was in connection with incidents of hedges being cut back around the cottage.

And it is understood that further legal action could be mounted by Mrs. Trott over the provision made for her in her husband's will.

The case, which originally began in September last year, surrounds the existence of a lease for the defendant, enabling her to live in the cottage after Mr. Trott's death.

Picture: Page 5 Widow wins $225,000 in legal battle The plaintiffs said that a tenancy was agreed verbally with Mr. Trott, but any agreement with his widow ended with his death.

They also claimed that she wrongfully remained in the cottage and still remained after she was given notice to leave.

A claim for $224,856 was made in respect of lost revenue that could have been made from renting the property to guests.

A draft lease was drawn up, but during the hearings, witnesses for the plaintiffs said that later Mr. Trott said he was not interested in pursuing the agreement.

Mrs. Trott has a home in Baltimore, Maryland and has an apartment at St. James Court on the Island, which is held in trust for her but currently rented out.

After the hearing yesterday, Mrs. Marshall said it was her client's intention to live in All Spice Cottage.

Centre of controversy; The cottage mixed up in a legal fight