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Kingston Wharves Limited Et al v Coast to Coast Traders Limited

Civil Procedure - Application for the court to decline to exercise its jurisdiction to try a claim - Whether the failure to comply with CPR 8.16 amounts to ineffective service - Whether application to strike out the claim on the basis of no reasonable grounds to bring it amounts to submitting to the court’s jurisdiction - Whether permission required for filing an amended Fixed Date Claim Form in light of the application to strike out the claim.

Bromfield, Charles v Dansinghani, Gobind

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Consolidated Claims- Fixed Date Claim Form and Affidavit and Claim Form and Particulars of Claim - Notice of Application for Summary Judgment and Notice of Application for First Hearing to be treated as a Trial of the Matter filed before consolidation - Effect of consolidation of applications - Joint Venture - beneficial interest - proprietary Estoppel - Constructive Trust

Austin, Dale v The Public Service Commission, The Attorney General of Jamaica and Marlene Aldred

Constitutional Law – Judicial Review – Legality of an Accountability Agreement – Constitutionality of Regulation 14(2) of the Public Service Regulations – Whether the actions of the 1st and 3rd defendants were tainted with illegality, irrationality or procedural impropriety – Right to Make Representations and Review Documentation – Obligation to Give Reasons – Legitimate Expectation – Bias – Breach of Constitutional Right to Equality Before the Law – Constitutional Damages – Costs – The Constitution of Jamaica sections 125 and 127 – The Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedom section 13(3

McCollin, Meldon v Branch Development Limited (Trading as Iberostar Rosehall Beach Limited) and Employ Limited

Application to set aside default judgment – Civil Procedure Rules Rule 13.3 – Whether default judgment should be set aside – Civil Procedure Rules Rule 12.5, Rule 12.7, Rule 12.10(1)(b), Rule 16.2, Rule 18.2(4)(b), Rule 18.9 and Rule 18.11(4) – Whether there is an anomaly in Rule 12.5 and Rule 18.2(4)(b) of the Civil Procedure Rules in providing that default judgment on a counterclaim may be entered administratively, and in not providing that the permission of the court is required where the counterclaim is intrinsically connected to the claim.

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