Constitutional law - Assessment of Damages for unlawful detention of 2,504 days - Failure of machinery for timely appellate review - No record of appeal produced - Claimant served six years eight months in excess of sentence as a result - Due process rights breached - Privy Council remits for rehearing on sentence - Tapered rate - Vindicatory damages awardes. 

Negligence - Collision between pedestrian and motor vehicle - Contributory negligence - Duty of care - Liability - Quantum of damages. 

Real Property - Severance of joint tenancy - Beneficial interest. 

Bail - Appeal from decision of Parish Court.

Negligence - Motor car collides with bus making turn.

Negligence - Motor vehicle collision - Liability - Burdon of proof - Conflict between pleadings and witness statement. 

 Constitutional law — Challenge to the environmental permit granted by the Minister
of Economic Growth and Job Creation — NRCA refuses environmental permit —
Forestry Department objects — Right to enjoy a healthy and productive
environment likely to be breached — Right to property — Oakes Test —
Comparative Law — International instruments — Decision of Minister and
Environmental Permit struck down as unconstitutional - Declarations — Injunction
The Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms (Constitutional Amendment)

CIVIL PROCEDURE  Application for extension of time  Application does not include affidavit of merit with draft defence exhibited - Delay of nine years without good reason  Defendant filed no evidence of merit from which the court could evaluate the merits of the proposed amended defence - No material before court by which to determine whether proposed amended defence raised triable issues – Good reason not found on evidence - No special circumstances affecting file – Proposed amended defence filed separately – No material before the court upon which to evaluate merit Purported defence is

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES FOR UNLAWFUL DETENTION OF 2,504 DAYS – FAILURE OF MACHINERY FOR TIMELY APPELLATE REVIEW – NO RECORD OF APPEAL PRODUCED - CLAIMANT SERVED SIX YEARS EIGHT MONTHS IN EXCESS OF SENTENCE AS A RESULT – DUE PROCESS RIGHTS BREACHED – PRIVY COUNCIL REMITS FOR REHEARING ON SENTENCE – TAPERED RATE – VINDICATORY DAMAGES AWARDED

JUDICIAL REVIEW  Role of the Governor General in removal of public officers under section 125 of the Constitution  Abolition of Post  Re-Organisation and Restructuring of Ministry to create new Ministry  Public Officer to be separated if not redeployed  Whether the Public Service Commission should afford a hearing before recommending separation to the Governor General