Wrongful death action - Allegation of medical negligence - Credibility of witnesses including expert - Standard of care - Duty of care of medical practitioners/specialist - Bolan v Friern Hospital Management Committee - Damages under the Fatal Accident Act and Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisinos) Act

Cost - Defendant found not liable - Ancillary defendant therefore not subject to any liability - Whether costs of ancillary defendant should be payable by claimant directly to ncilary defendant - or be paid by 1st. defendant/ancillary claimant and be recoverable from the claimant - Relevance of Bullock of Sanderson orders.

Personal injury - Damage by over-passing electrical wires - Claimant working on un-approved building extension - Whether owner of vacant house ' occupier' - Principle of causation examined - proximate cause of injury - Whether Volenti decence available to defendant - Whether opinion evidence of non-expert of relevance - Non-delegable duty of care of independent contractor for inherently dangerous work - Proof of negligence when standards set by JBS nont contravened.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF JAMAICA 

IN COMMON LAW

SUIT NO. C.L. A-087 OF 1999

BETWEEN ADECON SHIP MANAGEMENT INC.

A,ND EMPRESA DE NAVEGACION CARIBE

PLAINTIFF

DEFENDANT

-Heard on October 23. November 8. 2002; February 28. March 14 and March 21.2003;

 Wendell Wilkins instructed by Robertson, Smith, Ledgister & Co. for the Plaintiff

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF

IN COMMON LAW

CLAIM NO C.L. W 186 of 1995

BETWEEN WILBERT WALKER CLAIMANT

AND THE JAMAICA PUBLIC SERVICE 1 DEFENDANT

COMPANY LIMITED

AND MR DIXON 2ND DEFENDANT

AND RO. WALTERS AND ASSOCIATES LIMITED 316DEFENDANT

Mr. C. Samuda, instructed by Piper & Samuda for 1"' DefendantIApplicant

Mr. Norman Samuels for Claimant/Respondent

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF JAMAICA

CLAIM NO: HCV 1840 OF 2003

BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH

THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND PLANNING

AND THE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES TRIBUNAL)

THE SUMOR DOCTORS' ASSOCIATION)

DR COLLIN GRAHAM 1

DR AYE TRWYN 1

DR PATRICK TOPPIN 1

APPLICANT

APPLICANT

RESPONDENT

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF JAMAICA

CLAIM NO: P. 939 OF 2001

IN PROBATE AND ADMLNSTRATION

IN THE ESTATE OF DAVID CHRISTOPHER STANLEY

ALSO KNOWN AS CHRISTOPHER DAVlD STANLEY

BETWEEN

AND

MlCHELE KNIGHT STANLEY

CHRISHENE STANLEY

CLAIMANT

1" DEFENDANT

AND CHRISTOPHER STANLEY JNR ~""EFENDANT

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF JAMAICA

IN COMMON LAW

SUIT NO: C.L. R -037 OF 2000

BETWEEN CURTIS REID CLAIMANT

AND CABLE & WIRELESS JAMAICA LIMITED lSTD EFENDANT

AND JENTECH CONSULTANTS LIMITED 

AND WAYNE REID 3rd DEFENDANT

Mr. P. Beswick and Mr.

the Claimant; Mr. R.

Alexander & Levy for

instructed by Vaccianna

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF JAMAICA

IN COMMON LAW

BETWEEN CARIBBEAN OUTLETS LIMITED iST PLAINTIFF

AND BEVERLEY BARAKAT 2ND PLAINTIFF

AND JENNIFER MESSADO 3RD PLAINTIFF

AND DAVID RICKMAN qTH PLAINTIFF

AND GARTHBARAKAT 5TH PLAINTIFF

AND MAS INVESTMENTS LIMITED

f-'

DEFENDANT

CONSOLIDATED WTTH

SUIT NO. C.L. 2oo2/M 181

BETWEEN MAS INVESTMENTS LIMITED PLAINTIFF