Knight, Alrick v V & M Import and Export Company Limited
<p>Negligence - Personal Injury - Liability for dogs based on a breach of duty of care - Whether the defendant owed the claimant a duty of care in relation to dog(s) on its premises – Whether the claimant was a trespasser - quantum of damages Whether Reply contains new causes of action not pleaded in the particulars of claim-application to amend claim form and particulars of claim after close of claimant’s case - CPR 8.9(1), 10.9</p>
Lugg, Recardo Oneil v ATL Automotive Limited
Breach of contract – Whether a contract has been established between the parties – Whether the court can consider causes of action that have not been specifically pleaded.
Lee, Letecia (Administratrix of the Estate of Jerome LEe, deceased; intestate) v The Attorney General of Jamaica
Negligence - Police fatal shooting - Circumstantial evidence - Cumulative assessment - Gunshot residue - Medical trajectory evidence - Position of wound - Credibility - Inconsistencies and Discrepancies - Self defence - Execution of duty.
Jennings, Crafton v Welsh, Russell and Rupert Welsh
Jurisdiction of the Court – Validity of claim form – Effect of application – Twelve month extension in single application – Claim form declared nullity.
Joiles, Barbara and Vallin Joiles v The Attorney General of Jamaica
Emergency Powers Act and Emergency Powers Regulations May and June 2010 – Civil Practice and Procedure – Nullity – Whether Suit as originally filed is a nullity for failure to allege that the Security forces did not act in good faith.
Emergency Powers Act and Emergency Powers Regulations May and June 2010 – Whether or not the Supreme Court has jurisdiction in Claims in Tort where the injuries are covered by the compensation scheme in the Emergency Powers Regulations.
Williams, Joseph Paul v Commissioner of Police
JUDICIAL REVIEW - Refusal of Commissioner of Police to re-enlist Constable - Whether the Commissioner erred by considering Orderly Room convictions -
Whether there was a failure to disclose adverse reports - Whether procedural fairness was denied by issuing a notice of refusal to re-enlist before the in-person hearing - Whether the Commissioner exceeded his jurisdiction by dismissing the
claimant without an enquiry under Regulation 47 into alleged absence from duty
Constabulary Force Act, section 3, Police Service Regulations 1961, Regulation 27,
46, 47
Givans, Eval v Simpson, Shevar, Steve Lindo and Melissa Lindo
Negligence - Motor vehicle collision - No proper lookout - Burden
Moss, Amani Dean (By His Friend and Moter, Tennisha O Sullivan) v Norman Manley High School, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and the Attorney General of Jamaica
NEGLIGENCE - High School student injured by another in the presence of a
teacher in class - Teacher failed to intervene - Breach of Duty – Occupiers’ Liability
Act pleaded in the alternative
Cameron, Wayne (Chairman of Jamaica Police Officers' Association) v Commissioner of Police
Judicial review – Application for leave to apply for judicial review – Threshold test – Whether the applicant has an arguable ground with a realistic prospect of success – Whether the threshold for leave to apply for judicial review is a low one Incorporated and unincorporated associations – Whether the police officers’ association is an incorporated or an unincorporated association – Whether the police officers’ association is an entity which is known to law Illegality – Whether the decision of the commissioner of police to direct that the position of the chairman of the police officers’ a
Harrision, La Sonja v Jamaica Teachers' Association
Company Law - Trial in Chambers – Articles of Association – Special Resolution
– Effect of not filing special resolution at the Companies Office – Companies
Act, Sections 10, 11, 12, 130, 133A(1), 139, 212 and 352.