CIVIL PROCEDURE - Whether, by operation of the Limitations of Actions Act (LAA), the claimant’s alleged adverse possession of a portion of the disputed land, extinguished the registered title of the said property, held by the estate of the deceased proprietor - Whether an implied licence can defeat an adverse possession claim - Whether the 1st defendant could have given an implied licence to the claimant to occupy the disputed property - Whether the court should order that the Registrar of Titles cancel the existing certificate of title registered at volume 1158 folio 668 of the Regist
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Claimant’s failure to file and serve witness statement and list of documents within the relevant time - Rules 29.11 and 28.14 of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) - Application for relief from sanctions - Whether the relevant witness statement and list of documents were filed and served within time as prescribed or whether any sanction applies, and if so, what sanction applies - Whether the application for relief was filed promptly - Whether the application for relief, filed, is supported by evidence on affidavit - Whether the failure was unintentional - Whether there was a g
CIVIL PROCEDURE - Application by the claimant for summary judgment against the defendant and/or to strike out the defendant’s defence - Whether summary judgment should be granted in favour of the claimant against the defendant in light of the orders sought in the claimant’s claim form and particulars of claim, which were filed on September 1, 2022 - Whether the defendant’s defence, which was filed on October 27, 2022, should be struck out - Application by the defendant to strike out the claimant’s statement of case or, alternatively, for summary judgment in favour of the defendant - Wh
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Claimant’s failure to file and serve witness statement and list of documents within the relevant time - Rules 29.11 and 28.14 of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) - Application for relief from sanctions - Whether the relevant witness statement and list of documents were filed and served within time as prescribed or whether any sanction applies, and if so, what sanction applies - Whether the application for relief was filed promptly - Whether the application for relief, filed, is supported by evidence on affidavit - Whether the failure was unintentional - Wh
CIVIL PROCEDURE: 2nd Ancillary Defendant’s failure to file and serve witness statement within the relevant time - Rule 29.11 of the Civil Procedure - Application for relief from sanctions under Rule 26.8 of the CPR - Whether the relevant witness statement was filed and served within time as prescribed or whether any sanction applies, and if so, what sanction applies - Whether the application for relief was filed promptly - Whether the application for relief, filed, is supported by evidence on affidavit - Whether the affidavit in support of the application for relief is admissible - Whether
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Applications by the claimant and 2nd defendant for relief from sanctions, arising from the respective parties having failed to file and serve witness statements within the time ordered by the court - Whether the 2nd defendant’s application for relief, filed, is supported by evidence on affidavit - Whether the 2nd defendant’s application for relief was filed promptly - Whether the party in default, the 2nd defendant, generally complied with all other relevant rules, Practice Directions, orders and directions - Whether the failure to comply was unintentional - Wheth
CIVIL PROCEDURE - Application for extension of time to file a defence per rule 26.1(2)(c) of the Civil Procedure Rules - Whether the court should wholly discharge the interim injunctions granted on May 19, 2023 by Mr.
Failure to serve witness statement within the relevant time - Rule 29.11 of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) - Application for relief from sanction under Rule 26.8 of the CPR - Application made after trial had begun - Legal effect of irregular order granting extension of time - Whether the relevant witness statement was served within time as prescribed and whether any sanction applies, particularly if the relevant witness statement was filed within time - Whether a sanction applies and, if so, what is that sanction?
Breach of Rules 9.3(1) and 10.3(1) of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) - Whether a default judgment has been entered against the defendant, and if so, whether the court should set it aside and/or stay its execution - Application for extension of time to file defence - Whether the length of the defendant’s delay is inordinate - Whether the defendant had a good reason for not filing and serving its defence and acknowledgment of service within the time prescribed - Whether the pre-litigation communication dated May 12, 2021 from the defendant to the claimant was ‘without prej