Registration of Titles Act sections 68, 70 and 71 – Whether the Claimants are bona fide purchasers for value without notice of fraud – Whether the Claimants acted in bad faith in failing to investigate prior transfers and adverse acquisition noted on registered title – Restrictive covenant requiring Claimants to apply for building approval through the 1st Defendants – Whether the 1st Defendant can refuse to process the Claimants’ application because of the 2nd Defendant’s allegation that its title was cancelled on a fraudulent application for adverse possession – Adverse possessor sold the
Assessment of Damages – Extradition order made pursuant to the Extradition Act
1870 – Claimant’s Writ of Habeas corpus application dismissed by the Full Court –
Claimant filed notice of intention to appeal to the Privy Council – No such right of
Application for claims to be heard on same occasion or before same Judge – Civil Procedure Rules, 2002 (“CPR”) Rule 26.1 (h) – Whether claims could conveniently be tried together – Similar issues of fact and law between claims.
Personal Injury – damages for assault and battery – Claimant inured while in custody – Traumatic brain trauma – Neurological damage resulting in weakness to right side and slurred speech – Claiming special damages, loss of income, general damages for pain and suffering and loss of amenities, disability on the labour market, psychiatric injury – Exemplary damages
Evidence – Witness summons and witness summary issued by a party for an opposing party – Validity of witness summons – Application to strike out witness summary – Application to strike out portions of the claimants’ statement of case on the basis that it is a collateral attack on a previous decision of the privy council – Civil Procedure Rules, rules 29.6 (3), 33.2, 33.3(4) and 33.3(5)
Application to set aside default judgments – Claim not served on the Defendant –
“slip rule” – Correction of an order not reflecting the intention of the Court – CPR
13.2, 13.3, 42.10
Disclosure – Unless order – Whether there has been compliance – Application for security for costs – Rules 28 and 24 of the Civil Procedure Rules 2002.
Assault and Battery – Vicarious liability – Driver of bus repeatedly assaulting
passenger – Whether tort so closely connected to the employment as to hold
employer liable – Whether driver on a “frolic of her own”.
Fatal Accident – Whether Defendants liable for death of minor – Whether Claimants are dependents under the Fatal Accidents Act – Whether near relations entitled to recover reasonable actual loss – Whether Claimants can recover for loss of future earnings and loss of expectation of life under the Fatal Accidents Act.
