up again.

The fight between Swiss heiress Marion MacMillan and Canadian trucking tycoon Michael DeGroote resumed in Supreme Court after a break of more than a month.

Mrs. MacMillan agreed to sell Perot's Island, in Riddell's Bay, to Mr.

DeGroote for $8.5 million in 1990.

But she backed out of the deal and now wants to create a counselling retreat on the luxurious island.

Mr. DeGroote says a deal is a deal, but Mrs. MacMillan says to leave her home will cause her suffering.

She has also raised questions over the behaviour of realtors Cooper Associates and the Bank of Butterfield Executor and Trustee Company (Betco).

Yesterday Mr. DeGroote's lawyer, Mr. John Riihiluoma, ended his case by calling Bermuda's accountant general Mr. James Hannam to give evidence.

Mr. Hannam told the court Mr. DeGroote's $1.6 million licence fee, paid to Government in 1991 in the expectation of getting Perot's Island, would not have interest added if it were paid back.

There was a brief courtroom clash after Mr. Robin McMillan, lawyer for Mrs.

MacMillan, criticised the attorneys for Betco and Coopers.

Mr. Mark Diel, for Betco, and Mr. Andrew Martin, for Coopers, announced they were calling no evidence.

Mr. McMillan said the other lawyers did not have the "courtesy'' to tell him they were taking this step. "I am disappointed,'' he added.

But Mr. Diel objected to this, saying Mr. Julian Hall, Mr. McMillan's colleague, had used the "same tactic'' earlier in the trial.

He said he had asked Mr. Hall several times how many witnesses he would be calling.

"Mr. Hall specifically decided to decline to tell us, on the basis that it would make it `more interesting'.''