Property Law - Land – Attorney transfers land out of the name of defendants while claim is sub judice – No disclosure of transfer to court or opposing counsel – No joinder of third parties to claim – No orders made against land in absence of owners of freehold - Supreme Court Act, S. 2 & 48.
Defamation ─ Journalism ─ Allegation of corruption ─ Reynolds Privilege - Fair comment – Integrity commission misstates facts – Article published with same errors - Apology to claimant by Integrity commission after article published – No apology from Defendant – No comment sought from claimant before publication – Verification not sought - Report serious in tone and content - Damages
Negligence - Motor vehicle collision - One vehicle on wrong side of the road - Damages - Third and fourth defendant absent trial proceeds - Defendants adopting claimant's statement of case for evidence in chief
Judicial Review ─ Termination of employment contract ─Whether employee - Waived rights to challenge his termination ─ Two routes to determining issue of waiver ─ Delegatus non potest delegare - Labour Relations and Industrial Disputes Act 1975, S.11A (1)(a)(i) - The Interpretation Act, S. 34(2), Civil Procedure Rules.
Judicial Review – Application for leave – Television station holder of exclusive
broadcasting rights to English Premier League matches – Customer complaints to
Regulator that applicant advertised matches not broadcast online - Regulator
decided applicant engaged in misleading advertising as matches not broadcast as
advertised – Suitability of alternate remedies – Grounds and evidence relied on by
applicant must disclose arguable case – Failing test of arguability is a bar to grant
of discretionary relief
Judicial Review – Employment – Unjustifiable dismissal not challenged – Compensatory Award challenged for being Wednesbury unreasonable – Failure of IDT to consider all relevant factors – Parity with previous awards absent from findings and not considered – Award irrational.
Land – Whether beneficial co-owner can dispossess registered proprietor who is co-owner – Co-owner executrix of unadministered estate – Whether wife of deceased co-owner is licensee of paper owner – Wife derives possession from husband – Joint occupation and possession entitles wife to possessory title against registered co-owner – Whether paper owner has standi to bring claim against wife for recovery of possession after husband dies.