The Hon. Mr. Justice Kissock Laing

Contract – Pre-Incorporation contract- Whether adopted - Whether subsequent contract executed – Whether breach of contract to pay commission – whether breach of contract by claimant releases defendant from obligation to pay sums due under contract.

Constitutional law – Breach of right to a fair trial within a reasonable time – Delay
in judgment being delivered – Impossibility of judgment being lawfully delivered
the Judge having retired – Whether a retrial ought to be ordered – Burden of
proof as regards whether a retrial ought to be ordered – Remedies – Whether
compensation ought to be awarded to the claimant as damages arising from the
breach – Assessment of sum to be awarded – Whether award can include
damages and costs in original claim – Charter of Fundamental Rights and

Extradition – Proceedings before Parish Court Judge – Whether Parish Court Judge has the power to order disclosure – Whether section 16(2) of the Constitution imports a requirement for disclosure into extradition hearings –Whether failure to provide original source data amounts to unfairness

Recognition and enforcement of arbitration award - Receiver- Appointment in aid of protection of property - Principles to be applied – Property assigned - Whether applicants will be entitled to claim property during subsequent enforcement proceedings - Whether real risk of dissipation of property which is currently the subject of sanctions imposed by a third party state

Contract – Assessment of damages - Loan agreement – Whether quantum of debt claimed is incorrect due to misapplication of funds and/or incorrect interest rate being applied

Injunction – Principles to be applied – Whether special considerations apply when the practical effect of the injunction is to restrain disciplinary proceedings against an employee

Insolvency – Whether the interest rate to be applied to the debt should be limited to 6 percent per annum where the Insolvency Act is silent whereas the repealed Bankruptcy Act contained such a restriction
Statutory Interpretation- Whether there is a lacuna in the statute and if so whether the Court should seek to remedy it.

Civil Procedure- Application to amend statement of case – Principles to be applied – Application made after trial has commenced
 

Contempt of Court – Factors to be considered - Committal order – Standard of proof - Whether mens rea required – Meaning of ‘wilful’ - Whether there needs to be proof that the party had an intention to act in contempt of Court
Civil Procedure – Whether order of a single Judge of the Court of Appeal can be amended or modified by a notice to parties – Whether such notice can be used as a tool to construe the meaning of an order

Civil Procedure - Whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to hear an application to discharge a freezing order made by a Judge of the court after there was a judgment on the claim and before there was an appeal against that judgment and a stay of execution of portions thereof  - Ex-parte freezing orders - whether the Supreme Court retains the jurisdiction to address ex parte orders even if there is an appeal in respect of the judgment in the claim, in aid of which a protective freezing order was granted.