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A world-class judiciary utilizing innovation and technology for efficient service delivery.

Mission

To provide sound, timely judgements and efficient court services in an environment where all stakeholders are valued.

Lawrence, Owen v Lawrence, Calvin

Land - Last Will And Testament of Father of Parties - Title Obtained By Fraud - Executor breaching duty of trust by registering trust property in sole name - Co-Executor unaware of fraud - Injunction - Section 24 of the Registration of Titles Act, 1889,
Section 3 and 5 of the Real Property Representative Act, 1903, Section 43 of the Trustees Act, 1987

Smith, Winston v McGowan, Vernon and Miranda, Marva Consolidated wtih Basu, Kinkar v Vernon McGowan

Succession Law – Adverse possession – Lease Agreement – Property part of estate sold before any representative for the Estate appointed – Doctrine of “Relation Back” – Effect on Conveyance – Whether sale of the property was ratified by the Administratrix – Whether the purported sale benefited the Estate – Agency – Whether tenant who remained on property occupied as agent for the estate or adverse possessor – Damages sought for loss occasioned by alleged intimidatory actions said to cause a party to have lost customers and business

Delaphena, Sandra v THe Board of Management of Black River High School, Teachers' Appeal Tribunal, The Minister of Education and the Attorney General of Jamaica

Judicial Review – Dismissal of Teacher – Allegation of failure to submit lesson plans – Fair Hearing – Breach of the Education Regulations – Procedural Impropriety – Bias – Whether right to Cross-Examine – Hearsay Evidence – Defects in the Application of the Rules of Natural Justice by an Inferior Tribunal can be Cured by a Subsequent Proceeding in an Appellate Court or Tribunal with Review Powers - Irrationality and Failure to Consider Breaches of Natural Justice in ruling of Teachers Appeal Tribunal - Statutory Interpretation

Warren, Gavin (By next friend Charmaine Nisbeth v The Minister of National Security and The Commissioner of Corrections et al

Civil Procedure - Application to strike out amended statement of case – Parties to
litigation must have mental capacity - Words “incapable of managing his or her
own affairs” not defined in Mental Health Act or Civil Procedure Rules - Court may
put matters right in keeping with the overriding objective – Order is retrospective
to date of commencement of the claim – Amendment to pleadings overtakes
original pleadings

Rose-Jackson, Keisha (Administratrix ad Litem in the Estate of Gloria Rose and Sharon McFarlane (Administratrix ad Litem in the Estate f Gloria Rose) v Davidson, Noel

Civil Procedure - CPR 13.2, 13.3- Whether default judgment should be set aside because particulars amended after the default judgment was entered - Whether default judgment should be set aside because amended particulars were not served personally on the Defendant - CPR 39.6 Whether judgment on assessment should be set aside as notice of assessment not served on Defendant - Notice of assessment served by registered post-service by registered post.

IBP Outsourcing Limited v Unique Four Limited

Nuisance – Commercial Lease – Noise from Adjoining Nightclub – Landlord liable in Nuisance if Participated Directly – Whether Landlord Liable for Breach of Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment – Whether Doctrine of Frustration applies – Alteration to Premises – Unstamped Lease Agreement Inadmissible for Enforcement of its Terms – Common Law – Privity of Contract – Parties agreed to be bound - The Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms (Constitutional Amendment) Act, 2011, section 16(2) - The Stamp Duty Act, section 36

Codner, Denvan v The Land Surveyor's Disciplinary Committee of Jamaica

Judicial Review − Student Surveyor served by registered post fails to appear at disciplinary hearing – Finding of guilt made in absentia – Sentence – Appeal from sentence – Judicial review of finding of guilt of Committee - Appeal from sentence to Court of Appeal – Challenge to finding of guilt and sentence concurrently in Supreme Court and Court of Appeal – No application for stay of proceedings in Court of Appeal – Court of Appeal reduces sentence before judicial review is complete – Effect on judicial review proceedings.

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