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Tri-Star Engineering Company Limited v Alu-Plastics Limited and Josephs, Pamela and Josephs, Judith

Civil practice and procedure - Freezing order -  Whether discharge of injunction on grounds of non-disclosure or whether injunction not to be continued until trial - Whether good arguable case of breach of trust or breach of contract - Wheher claimant entitled to produce without prejudice correspondence from dependant at ex parte hearing - Whether risk of dissipation of assets - Hardship to  dependant - Whether order just and convenient in all circumstances.

Tri-Star Engineering Company Limited v Alu-Plastics Limited and Josephs, Pamela et al

Application for stay of proceedings - Section 5 Arbitration Act - Whether fact that claim made against directors of company in addition to company should prevent referral - Affidavit evidence allowed after matter heard and judgment reserved to deal with readiness and willingness to proceed at time of commencement of proceedings - What proof required of readiness and willingness - Stage dispute/breakdown had reached with parties relevant - Whether good reason not to refer to arbitration.

Allied Protection Limited v Barnes, John Consolidated with Barnes, John v Williams, Donald

 Contract law - Restraint of trade covenant - Whether express

Agreement/covenant by former managing director and

Shareholder not to solicit clients - Whether term to be implied -

Constituents of soliciting - Need to prove direct and targeted

Behaviour on part of covenantor - Encashing cheque whether

proof of acceptance of terms of letter.

Roper, Adolphus Sylvester v Kingston Hub Distributors Ltd, David Watson & Ian Goulbourne

JUDGMENT

CIVIL DIVISION

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF JAMAICA

SUIT NO. C.L. 1994 R 166

BETWEEN ADOLPHUS SYLVESTER ROPER CLAIMANT

AND

AND

AND

KINGSTON HLB DISTRIBUTORS

LIMITED lST DEFENDANT

DP.V!9 WATSObJ

IAN GOULBOLRNE

2ND DEFEFrnANT

3RD DEFENDANT

Miss L. Green, instructed by Forsythe & Forsythe, for the Claimant.

Mr. H. Haughton Gayle for the 2nd Defendant.

Rodney, Caswell v Audrey Binnie- Palmer, Norman Spaulding

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF JAMAICA

CIVIL DIVISION

CLAIM NO. HCV 1950 OF 2004

BETWEEN CASWELL RODNEY CLAIMANT

AND AUDREY BMIE-PALMER lST DEFENDANT

AND NORMAN SPAULDING 2ND DEFENDANT

Mr. Charles Campbe!! for the Clairr~antM. iss Debbie-Ann Robinscr, for the 1''

Defendant.

14eard: 25''' February and 3rd March 2005.

Mangatal J:

1. This case concerns an assessment .of damages against the First Defendant. The

Campbell, Rodney v The Jamaica Observer Ltd, Chester Francis-Jackson

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF JAMACIA

IN COMMON LAW

CLAIM NO. C.L. 2002/C-238 1 I

BETWEEN RODNEY CAMPBELL CLAIMANT i

A N D THE JAMAICA OBSERVER

LIMITED 1ST DEFENDANT

A N D CHESTER FRANCIS-JACKSON 2ND DEFENDANT

Miss C. Brown instructed by Vacianna & Whittingham for the Claimant.

Miss M. Brown instructed by Brown-Hamilton & Associates for the

Defendants.

HEARD: 20th April and 9th June 2005

MANGATAL, J.

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