2024

Contempt of court - Whether order ambiguous – Whether order breached - Whether imprisonment appropriate sanction – Considerations for imposing Imprisonment

Rules 5.7, 5.19, 8.16, 12.4, 13.2, 26.9, 42.6, 45.2, 46.4 and 47.2 of the Civil Procedure Rules, 2002 – Section 387 of the Companies Act - Whether Default Judgment was irregularly obtained - Whether the Claimant’s Order for Seizure & Sale can be set aside after execution

Section 13 (3) (l) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms (Constitutional Amendment) Act 2011 – Whether the right has been engaged – Breach of contract – Assessment of damages for breach of contract – Private nuisance – What is the remedy in damages for a claim in private nuisance.

Breach of Contract - Whether the Defendant is liable for failing to complete the modification of the unfinished building - Whether the Claimant breached the contract for failing to pay the Defendant in a timely manner - Whether the Defendant is in breach of the contract for leaving the work site - Whether the Defendant should be compensated for additional works.

Criminology – Detention – Review of Inmate Held at the Governor General’s Pleasure – Mentally Disordered Applicant – Applicant Deemed Detained at the Court’s Pleasure – Jurisdiction of the Court to Review Detention – Whether Applicant should be released unconditionally

Application for interlocutory injunction - Whether there is a serious issue to be tried – Whether damages are adequate – Whether the application is in the nature of a permanent injunction - Whether an injunction can be granted at the interlocutory stage where there is no claim for permanent injunction in the Claim - Whether it is necessary to make a distinction between mandatory and prohibitory injunction - (Rule 17 of the Supreme Court Civil Procedure Rules, 2006.)

Injunction – Application for Interlocutory Injunction – Whether there is a Serious Issue to be Tried – Whether or not the Balance of Convenience Rests with the Claimant.
Money Lenders Act – Whether the Act Applies to this Loan – Whether Defendant’s
Lending is Incidental to his Main Business – Whether Loan Agreement and Security are Enforceable – Whether Court Should Exercise its Discretion Under s. 8(3) of the Act

Application for leave to appeal – Relevant Test – Rule 1.8(9) CAR - Judicial Review – Part 56 CPR - Lapse of Time – Whether there can be a second application for judicial review – Is a second application the same as a renewal

Arbitration Act 2017 - Application to set aside arbitral awards - Whether there are two final awards - Whether there is a partial award and a final award – Whether the cost award is an amendment to the merits award –section 55 (3) of the Arbitration Act 2017 - Whether time to set aside the awards has expired section 49 of the Arbitration Act - Whether time can be extended under section 55(3) of the Arbitration Act 2017- UNCITRAL Model Law - Jamaica International Arbitration Centre (JIAC) Fast Track Rules – Whether a cost award can be set aside in the face of Article 14 (2) of the Jamaica In

Contract – Loan – Promissory Notes – Whether loan repaid – Whether interest rate agreed – Whether documentation created a sham transaction – Whether illegality tainted contract – Whether evidence admissible – Stamp Duty Act – Whether documents improperly stamped – Whether late stamping permissible – Whether equitable mortgage created – Hearsay objections to witness statement – Failure to take objections at case management – Whether trial judge has discretion to refuse to entertain late application – Whether self-serving evidence of communication to a third party admissible – Whether trial j