The Hon. Mrs. Sonia Bertram-Linton

Business Ventures & Solultions Inc. v Anthony Tharpe

Interim injunction - Factors to consider in granting an interim injunction - Whether there is a serious issue to be tried - Whether damages are adequate - Balance of concenience - Civil Procedure Rules - S. 49(h) of the Judicature (Supreme Court) Act.

Wint, Hope; Gayle, Samantha et al v Kingston & St. Andrew Municipal Corporation and the Natural Resources Conservation Authority et al

Judicial Review – Whether the relevant authorities acted ultra vires - Statutory Interpretation – Legitimate Expectation – Town and Country Planning Act – Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act – 1966 Town and Country Planning (Kingston) Development Order – Town and Country Planning (Kingston and Saint Andrew and Pedro Cays) Provisional Development Order, 2017

Business Ventures & Solutions Inc. v Tharpe, Anthony

Interim injunction - Factors to consider in granting an interim injunction - Whether there is a serious issue to be tried - Whether damages are adequate -Balance of convenience - Civil Procedure Rules - Section 49 (h) of the Judicature (Supreme Court) Act

Murray, Carlton W. S. v Proprietors's Strata Corporation Plan No. 272

Bill of costs- Disputed Attorney’s fees - Whether Attorney’s bill of costs was excessive and inequitable - Whether the Court has jurisdiction to refer the Bill of Costs to the Registrar of the Supreme Court for Taxation - Whether Defendant can charge Claimant maintenance for property in their possession by Order of the Court.

Virgo, Dale and ZV v Board of Management of Kensington Primary School, Minister of Education, Attorney General of Jamaica and Office of the Childrens Advocate

Constitutional law –– Freedom of expression – Freedom of religion – Equality
before the law – Right of every child to such measures of protection as are required
by virtue of the status of being a minor as part of the family – Right of a child to
publicly funded tuition in a public educational institution at the pre-primary and
primary levels – Equitable and humane treatment – Respect for and protection of
private and family life and privacy of the Home – Freedom from discrimination –

James, Dalkeith v Grown, Margaret and Scott, Errol

Personal Injury - Negligence - Accident between cyclist and motorist - Claimant hit from behind - Assessment of damages - Quantum of damages - Pain and suffering - Permanent partial disability - Medical expenses - Future medical care - Consequential loss - Loss of earnings

McBean, Arleen v Gordon, Sheldon; Rowe, Patrae et al

Application for Interim Injunction – Factors to be considered in granting Interim Injunction- Constabulary Force Act – Jamaica Police Federation – Whether a final hearing of a dispute is unlikely to occur because the grant or refusal of an injunction would virtually bring the dispute to an end – Whether damages are an adequate remedy – American Cyanamid plus test – The effect of the absence of an undertaking in damages – Where would the greater risk of injustice lie.

Samuels, Raymond v Chevron Caribbean SRL

Contract -  Breach of Contract – Section 2 (1)(a) and (b) Employment (Termination and Redundancy Payments) Regulations 1974 – Calculation of Redundancy Payment – What is considered Normal Wages – Implied contractual terms

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