2023

Security For Costs – Claimant ordinarily resident out of the jurisdiction – Defendant seeking order for security for costs against the Claimant – Discretion to order security for costs – Factors to be taken into account in exercising discretion – Rule 24 of the Civil Procedure Rules

JUDICIAL REVIEW - Illegality - Powers of the Minister under the National Solid Waste Management Act - Circumstances that Mandamus may be granted -Legitimate expectation.

Negligence - Breach of contract - Breach of Employers Liability Act – Breach of Occupiers Liability Act - Assessment of damages.

JUDICIAL REVIEW - Reasonable prospect of success - Illegality - Irrationality, Procedural Impropriety.

Negligence – Fatal Accident – Assessment of Damages – Constitutional Breach – Aggravated Damages – Exemplary Damages – Damages under the Fatal Accident Act – Damages under the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 

Section 96 (1) of the Constitution - Extension of time - Sections 31(1) and 16 of the Interpretation Act.

Civil Practice and Procedure - Administrative Law – Part 56 of the Civil Procedure Rules – Application for leave to apply for judicial review – Threshold in Sharma v Brown-Antoine and Others – Illegality – Section 125 of The Constitution – Establishing reasonable cause to remove or otherwise discipline – Public Service Regulations, 1961 – Breach of Natural Justice – Unreasonableness/Irrationality – Improper Purposes – Injunction – Part 17 of the Civil Procedure Rules – American Cyanamid Principles – Whether there is a serious issue to be tried – Whether damages would be an adequate remedy f

Civil Practice & Procedure - Breach of Contract – Wrongful Termination of Contract – Repudiatory Breach of Contract – Interpreting Terms of a Contract – Implied Terms – Counterclaim for Breach of Contract –Damages – Interest – Costs

Civil Procedure - Rule 15.2 - application for summary judgment - whether the
defendant has no real prospect of succeeding in the claim – rule 15.4(4) whether
summary judgment may be entered on the issues - whether a failure to satisfy rule
15.5(4) of the CPR is fatal to obtaining judgment on the issues – whether judgment
on the counterclaim in favour of the claimant should be entered

Application for permission to file defence and acknowledgement of service out of time  - Application filed with defence - Application not filed at the same time as affidavit of merit - Factors to be considered by Court in deciding whether to grant an extension of time for filing defence - Rule 10.3(9), 26. (1)(2)(c), 1.1(1) (2)
and 1.2 of the Civil Procedure Rules.