The Hon. Mr. Justice Patrick Brooks

Divorce - Application to set aside Decree Absolute for irregularity - Notice of

application for Decree Absolute not served on Respondent - rant of Decree

Absolute affecting Respondent's rights to apply under the Married Women's

Property Act - Whether Decree Absolute void for irregularity - Rule 49 of the

Matrimonial Causes Rules 1989

Practice and Procedure - Application to set aside default judgment - Delay in filing

Defence - Wbether Defence has any real prospect of success - Rule 13.3 of the CPR

- Limitation period in Tort

Contract - Whether monies delivered to the Defendant by the Claimant was

by way of an investmelit in a business enterprise or by way of loan

Practice and Procedure - Fixed Date Claim Form not served - Order made thereon

- Respondent said to be unable to manage his affairs - Application to set aside order - Whether notice of the Fixed Date Claim form should have been given - Whether

any other order would have been made had notice been given - CPR, rules 5.10,

11.16 and 11.18

Mental Health - Application for order appointing Committee - Whether notice of

Sentencing - Murder - Applicant a juvenile at time of commission of offence - Detention at the courts's pleasure - Application for review of sentence - Application for release - Whether applicant should be released - Factore to be taken into account - The Civil Procedure Rules (2002) (CPR) Part 75 - The Juveniles Act S. 29(1) repealed - The Parole Aact S. 7(7).

Defamation - Words published concerning competence of a public officer in

carrying out his duties - Whether defamatory - Whether defences of justification,

qualified privilege and/or fair comment made out - Whether publisher actuated by

malice -Whether newspaper acted reasonably and prudently in reporting the issue

(Reynolds defence)

Civil Procedure -Application for stay of execution pending appeal -

Whether the court has jurisdiction to erant a stay - principles governing the want

Practice and Procedure - Application to set aside default judgment -Whether Writ

1 of Summons served - Delay in filing Application - Whether Defence has any real

prospect of success -Rules 13.2 and 13.3 of the CPR

Bills of Exchange - Cheque - Fraudulent Indorsement - Drawer issuing incomplete

crossed cheque - qheque completed by a person other than the named payee and

indorsed to thirq party - Whether payee "fictitious" - Bills of Exchange Act,

sections 7 and 8.

Banking - Effect of qrossing on cheque - Rights and responsibilities of paying bank -

Rights and responsil)ilities of collecting bank - Bills of Exchange Act, sections 60,80,

82 and 90.