The Hon. Miss Justice Jennifer Straw

Abuse of process application - Whether defendant's right to trial within a reasonable time has been breached - Section 14(3) of the Jamaican Constitution (Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedom) - Whether stay of proceedings should be granted. 

Application for costs - Judicial review - Whether cost should be awarded against applicant - Cost granted in exceptional circumstances - Whether exceptional circumstances exist in present case.

Administrative Law – Constitutional relief – Judicial review – Principles on which costs should be awarded.

Application to strike out claim against the 1st Defendant – CPR 26.3(1) – Registration of Titles Act

Civil Procedure Rules - Rule 56.3(1) - Application for leave to apply for judicial review - Threshold for granting leave - Arguable ground with a realistic prospect of success.

Legal guardianship - Vulnerable adult  - Mental incapacitation  Applicability of the Mental Health Act - The Judicature (Supreme Court) Act – Inherent  jurisdiction

Legal Guardianship - Vulnerable Adult - Mental Incapacitation - Applicability of the Mental Health Act - The Judicature (Supreme Court) Act – Inherent Jurisdiction

Judicial Review - Certiorari - Error of Law - Unreasonableness - Breach of Natural Justice - Failure to provide reasons - Procedural Impropriety - Appropriateness of Penalty - Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council 1962 - Constabulary Force Act - Police Service Regulations