DaCosta, Anthony v Aim Financial Corporation, Nationwide Insurance Agents & Consultants and Advantage General Insurance Company Limited
Damages - Assessment of Damages – Breach of Contract – Loss of Use of Motor
Vehicle – Loss of Earnings – Double Compensation – Remoteness –
Impecuniosity
Davidson, Alton George v Clarke, Michael and The Commissioner of Lands
Contract Law – Agreement of sale for land – Specific performance – Land allotted by the Commissioner of Lands – Was there an intention to sell the land – Is the agreement for sale of land valid and enforceable – Should damages be awarded for loss of bargain – Is there a loss of profits – Recovery of Possession.
Commissioner, The Independent Commissioner of Investigations and Mollie Plummer v Tie, Carolyn, Senior Resident magistrate Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court
Judicial review - Application for leave to apply for judicial review - Whether applicants have arguable grounds with a realistic prospect of successs - Whether delay in bringing application - Whether discretionary bar - Whether alternative remedy - Whether undue delay - Whether decisions of Resident Magistrate lawful - Criminal Justice Reform Act, S. 16.
Pear Tree Bottom Land Owners Association Limited v Grand Bahia Principe Hotel, Hojapi Limited, Tankweld Development Limited, BNS, BOJ, Attorney General and DPP
Summary Judgment – Defendant’s Application to Strike Out Claim – Whether the Bank of Jamaica has a duty to intervene in private banking contracts – Whether commercial banks have a duty to investigate fraud before issuing mortgages – Banking Act s. 39 and s. 41 – Registration of Titles Act s. 71 and s. 263
Guyah, Omar v The Commissioner of Customs and The Attorney General of Jamaica
Judicial Review – Was the vehicle uncustomed goods – Locus Standi – Can the court make orders about the Claimant’s equitable rights in the absence of the legal owner – Was the vehicle unlawfully seized by the agents of the Jamaica Customs department – Abuse of Process – The Customs Act, s. 2, 19, 91, 210, 219 and 259.
Costs – No Orders as to Costs – Civil Procedure Rules, 2002, Part 64
Pharmacy Council of Jamaica v Registration Appeals Tribunal
Judicial Review – Jurisdiction of the Registration Appeals Tribunal – Was there a refusal by the Board to register the applicants as pharmacists – Competence – Does the Registration Appeals Tribunal have the power to make a decision after the expiry of its term in office – Conduct of the Appeal Hearing – The Pharmacy Act, s. 4, 11, 15 and 16, First Schedule s. 9 and Second Schedule s.8
West, Mark v Walden-West, Evelyn
Application for Custody – Governing principle: welfare of the child is the
first and paramount consideration - Application for Maintenance – Parties
means for the purpose of determining capacity to pay maintenance.
Azan, Gassan v Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited, Jamaica Property Company Limited and McKay Security Services and Investigative Services Limited
Negligence - Whether the defendants should be held responsible for the physical injury sustained to the claimant by a person who he had no control over - Whether the defendants could rely on the exclusion clause to exempt themselves from liability - Whether the security guard was negligent in failing to prevent the attack on the claimant - Whether the defendants were liable for the dog bites.
Taylor, Mary Maud v Taylor, Mike Alphanso
Family Home – Whether Claimant entitled to one half share therein principles – Property (Rights of Spouses) Act – Whether one half share rule to be varied – Principles to be applied.
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