Civil Procedure - Whether to strike out the claimant’s statement of case as an abuse of process of the court - Distinction between test for interim injunction and test for summary judgment - Whether a statement of case is an abuse of process given judicial determination that there is no serious issue to be tried - Whether to grant summary judgment in favour of the defendant - Banker / Customer relationship - The contract / tort overlap in commercial contracts - CPR 26. 1(3) (c) and CPR 15.

Civil Procedure and Practice – Defamation – Whether the publication contained defamatory material against the Claimant – Defence of justification – Defence of fair comment – Defence of qualified privilege – Assessment of damages – General damages – Aggravated damages – Exemplary damages – The Defamation Act 2013.

Civil Procedure - CPR rule 11.16 - Considerations on application to extend time - Whether time should be extended to make application to set aside orders made without notice - Application to set aside order for substituted service on insurance company - Whether reasonable efforts made by insurer to contact insured to bring contents of claim form and particular of claim to his attention.

Civil Practice and Procedure - Establishment and effect of conditional order - Rule 26.1(7) - Rule 27.11 - Whether application to vary date for compliance in conditional order is to be made pursuant to rule 26.8 or rule 27.11 - Considerations on application to vary under rule 26.1(7) - Whether time for compliance with conditional order should be varied - Rules 26.3(1) (a) and (b) - Considerations for striking out - Whether statements of case should be struck out for noncompliance with court orders or as an abuse of process - Rule 9.6 - Whether procedure to dispute court’s jurisdiction to tr

Civil Practice and Procedure – Civil Procedure Rules – Rule 26.8 – Applications for Relief From Sanction – Whether Claimant’s Application for Relief Was Made Promptly – Whether or Not Claimant Would Be Entitled to Relief Otherwise.
Civil Practice and Procedure – Consequence if Application For Relief from Sanction Fails and Witness Statement is Not Allowed – Whether or Not the Claimant’s Claim Should Be Struck Out Due to Lack of Evidence to Support Same at Trial.

Family Law - Return of child - The Hague Convention On The Civil Aspects Of International Child Abduction 1980 - Article 3, 11, 12 - Habitual residence – Agreement – Consent – Grave risk - The Children (Guardianship And Custody) Act, S. 7c And 7n.

Civil Litigation: Tort - Malicious Prosecution and False Imprisonment - Default Judgment - Rule 12.9 (2) (b) - Multiple Defendants – Default Judgment against one Defendant before the conclusion of the trial.

 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)

Tort – Negligence – Breach of Occupiers Liability Act – Whether Defendant is Liable for the Claimant Slipping and Falling on their premises. Tort – Negligence – Employer’s Liability – Whether Defendant Breached their Duty of Care to the Claimant as her Employer.

Revenue Procedure - Revenue Court Rules 1972 - jurisdiction of the court - Rule 12 - amendment to statement of case - Considerations on applications to amend statements of case - Rule 32 - Considerations on applications to extend time - Application to extend time to file documents giving rise to appeal and submissions - Rule 40 - applicability of CPR 26.7(1) and CPR sanctioning regime