2013

Unfair Dismissal – Wrongful Dismissal – Payment of notice pay in liew of notice – Failure to afford a fair hearing – Dismissal from employment  for alleged sufficient cause.

Insurance – Misstatement of occupation in Proposal

Form – Whether Policy Term effective without notice to

insured – Whether insurer entitled to repudiate policy –

duty of Insurance Broker.

Negligence – Motor Vehicle Collision – Whether Defendant entered major road
from minor road – physical evidence – Whether appropriate to plead absence of
Insurance in a claim for negligence.

Libel - Justification - Whether statements made in reports were said in court - Adsolute privilege - Reports including things not said in court - Qualified privilege - Reliable source - Fair comment - Defamation Act section 7 and 8 - Libel Act section 15 - Damages - Compensatory - Aggravated.

Contract – Sale of Land – Specific Performance – Whether contract enforceable – whether occupation prior to completion unlawful – whether contract valid

Judicial review - Renewal of application - Test for leave to apply for judicial review  -  Delay in applying for judicial review  - Whether remedy would be granted even if application for leave to apply judicial review granted - Whether criminal process provides adequate means of redress - Whether applicant should be granted if criminal process provides adequate remedy - Contractor General Act - Sections 4, 15, 18, 29 of the Act - Parts 26, 56 and 73 of Civil Procedure Rules - Whether application in time - Whether court has power to extend time to renew application.

Application to strike out pursuant to Civil Procedure Rules – Distinction between "new proceedings" and "old proceedings" – Rule 73.3(1) of New CPR Rules – Old proceedings not within Hilary Term within Non-Hilary Term – Case Management Conference – Whether default judgment automatically struck out for failure to comply with Rule – Whether judgment enforceable

Claimant and 1st Defendant had a relationship resulting in a child – House built on family land – Claimant seeks declaration as to claimant’s interest

Notice of Application for Court Orders – Summary Judgment

Judicial Review – Error of law – Whether error of law need be ‘on face of record’ – Inferior tribunal and presumption of regularity – Failure of majority members of inferior tribunal to provide fulsome reasons for award made – Interpretation of contractual agreement – Parties’ discussions during contractual negotiations – Parties’ expressions of understanding of draft agreement as expressed during contractual negotiations – Parties’ expressions of respective interpretations of contractual agreement after agreement reached – Implied terms – Reference to custom and practice in interpretation