Grant,Trevor v Caledonia Enterprises Limited

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF JAMAICA
IN COMMON LAW
SUIT NO. C.L. G-105 OF 1998
BETWEEN 'TREVOR GRANT PLAINTIFF
A N D CALEDONIA ENTERPRISES LIMITED DEFENDANT
Mr. Ainsworth Campbell, Attorney-at-Law for the Plaintiff.
Mr. David Batts, Attorney-at-Law, for the Defendant instructed by Alfred
McPherson and Company.
HEARD: September 23,1999; May 15,26, 2000,
July 14,2000 and November 24.2000
RECKORD, J.
An interlocutory judgment having been entered against the defendant, this
action came before me for assessment of daniages on the 23rd of September,
1999, one week after the opening of the term. After the first days hearing, it was
adjourned for the plaintiff to support his claim by medical evidence. The parties
never returned to court until the 15'~ of May, 2000. On the 26'h of May legal
submissions began and ended on the 14'~o f July, 2000, just two weeks before
,the end of term when judgment was reserved.
The evidence in this action had taken almost one full year to be presented.
Thanks to the plaintiff's attorney