Shand-Cummings, Phyllis v Cummings, Tago
Application for DNA testing - The Status of Children Act (SCA)- Section 7(1)(b) – Succession - Errors on the birth certificate - Whether the presumption of paternity is displaced – Standard of proof – Whether there exists a higher standard of proof.
The Administrator General for Jamaica (Administrator of Estate Weston Wilson, deceased) v Airlift Handlers Limited and Michael Angelo Daley Consolidated with The Administrator General for Jamaica v Myrie, Merrick and Nicole Dwyer
Negligence - Whether res ipsa loquitur applies – Prima facie case – Defendants in rebuttal -- Fatal Accidents Act - Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
Peterkin, Arlene v Natural Resources Conservation Authority, Town and Country Planning Authority and National Housing Trust
Judicial Review – Statutory interpretation – Illegality – Whether the authority acted illegally –Irrationality – Whether the authority acted irrationally – Whether illegality and irrationality are equated in law – Effluent(s) – Absence of meaning in the Act – Use of a dictionary meaning – Secondary dictionary meaning – Environmental permit – Environmental licences – Object and purpose of the statute – Relationship between primary and subsidiary legislation – Presumption of correctness in statute – Whether provisions are mandatory or discretionary – Whether regulations are ultra vires t
EVDC Invest S. A. and Fish & Co. S.A.S. v B & D Trawling Limited and Muxton Limited
Application to challenge the jurisdiction of the court – Acknowledgement of service filed – Whether there exists a binding agreement between the parties albeit unsigned – Whether Jamaica is forum conveniens – Whether the court should exercise its discretion to allow the hearing of the matter to continue in Jamaica
Hay, Manfas and Mansene Myrie-Hay v Thompson, Clover and Johnathan Prendergast
Recovery of possession of property - Whether the claimants as title holders are the legal owners of the disputed land - Whether the defendants acquired the disputed property by adverse possession - Whether claimant's registered title is extinguished by the operation of the Statute of Limitations - Section 3 and 30 of the Limitation of Actions Act
R v Henry, Mark
Sentence - Triple murder – Stabbing deaths – Sections 2 and 3 of the Offences Against the Persons Act
McLean, Jermaine v Lawrence, Rosa
Division of property - Unmarried couple - Joint tenancy - Constructive trust - Common intention - Whether beneficial interest parallel to the the legal interest - Who has first option to purchase family home - Entitlement to rental income - Intention as to parties interest in truck - Whether defendant entitled to recover items left in family home.
Chisholm and Company Development Ltd. v Henry, Norval, Cleveroy Dale, Kevin Chin, I Will Survive - Owner, Person unknown et al
Tort – Whether unnamed defendant can be sued – Whether unnamed defendant can be served with claim – Whether alternative service established – Groyne constructed under licence – Whether land amassed by groyne belongs to claimant – Whether beneficial interest in groyne – Trespass - The Beach Control Act - The Main Roads Act – Civil Procedure Rules, Rules 5.13, 5.14