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Mitchell, Willie v The Attorney General of Jamaica

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 –

Bisasor, Ryan v Attorney General of Jamaica

Tort – Malicious Prosecution – Whether or not Officer had Reasonable and/or Probable Cause to Charge the Claimant – Whether or not Officer Took the Time to get the True Facts Before Charging the Claimant.
Tort – False Imprisonment – Whether or not the Police Were Guilty of Unreasonable Delay in Considering Bail for the Claimant after Arrest.
Civil Practice and Procedure – Pleadings – Rule 8.9 of the CPR – Failure to Set out Factual Allegations and the Consequences.

Samuels, Peggy v Black, Paul

Property Rights – Constructive Trust – Common Intention. Title to investment homes bears the names of both parties in a void marriage – Whether there was a common intention that the wife is entitled to the entire beneficial interest. Whether the husband is entitled to compensation for mortgage payments and improvement of the property.

New Horizon Christian Outreach Ministries Shavout International Holdings Company Limited

Civil procedure – Breach of contract - Whether the oral arrangement entered into between the Claimant and Defendant amounts to a lease or a licence - Elements of a lease and a licence - Exclusive possession- Certainty of rent - Certainty of duration- unjust enrichment - Damages for breach of contract and loss of business opportunity.

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