Maxwell, Keon v Chambers, Karin and Anthony Chambers
Assessment of damages - Personal injury –– Motor vehicle Collision –– Negligence –– Pain and suffering and loss of amenities –– Special damages.
Messiah, Paul v The Attorney General of Jamaica and Jreome Gordon
Negligence - Damages.
Island (Jamaica) Limited v The Industrial Disputes Tribunal
Civil Procedure ─ Application by the defendant to vary court orders for remittance to the IDT.
Morgan, Ray v Clerk of Court, Kingston & St. Andrew, Parish Court, Judge of the Parish Court, Kingston & St. Andrew and Tower Street Adult Correctional et al
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.
Robinson-Brown, Rose v Simpson, Jason and Michael Marlon Malcolm
Negligence - Collision between pedestrian and motor vehicle - Contributory negligence - Duty of care - Liability - Quantum of damages.
Waul, Maureen Rose v Waul, Courtney Osborne
Real Property - Severance of joint tenancy - Beneficial interest.
Rowe, Marlando v The Director of Public Prosecutions
Bail - Appeal from decision of Parish Court.
Gayle, Mark v Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited and Bathanel Leebert Walker
Negligence - Motor car collides with bus making turn.
Mattison, Paul v Richards, Garfield and Gaston Brown
Negligence - Motor vehicle collision - Liability - Burdon of proof - Conflict between pleadings and witness statement.
Lee, Wendy, Martin Hopwood and Anne Hopwood et al v Attorney General et al
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)