2016

 Registration of Titles Act, section 63 CPR 21.7 - Whether claimant can bring claim as transferee - Wjether court should appoint claimant as representative locus standi.

Matrimonial Property – Division of matrimonial properties – Parties registered as joint tenants of properties – Properties acquired during the marriage – Whether one property is the family home – Variation of the equal share rule – Whether parties entitled to equal share of the beneficial interest in the other property – Property (Rights of Spouses) Act sections 6, 7, 13, 14 and 15

 Negligence - Occupier’s liability - Employer’s liability - Independent contractor - Res ipsa loquitor -Inadequacy of pleadings

Legal Guardianship - Vulnerable Adult - Mental Incapacitation - Applicability of the Mental Health Act - The Judicature (Supreme Court) Act – Inherent Jurisdiction

Negligence - Assault - Battery - False imprisonment - Aggravated Damages - General Damages - Special damages - Exemplary damages - Vindicatory damages/damages for breaches of constitutional rights - Proof of damages claimed for - Self defence - Burdenof proof as regards self defence.

Property (Rights of Spouses) Act – Whether applicant and now deceased partner were unmarried and cohabited as man and wife for 5 years or more – Child born to a third party during the relationship - Documentary evidence .

Negligence - Employer’s liability - Occupiers Liability - Duty of care - Whether Employer provided a Safe system of work - Whether defendant liable for claimant’s medical diagnosis - Occupier’s liability - Whether premises were reasonably safe for the purpose for which the claimant was permitted to be there - Breach of contract - Whether the defendant provided adequate plant and equipment necessary for the safety of the claimant.

Real Property - Application for entitlement to property - Property Rights of Spouses Act - Whether property is the family home for the purposes of the act - What is the proper trigger for an application under the Act - Whether preconditions for application have been satisfied - Limitation of Actions Act sections 3, 14 and 30 - Whether co-owner has been dispossessed.

Family Law - Applications for Joint Custody and for Sole Custody - Application for Unsupervised Access - Removal of Child from the Jurisdiction - Sections 7 & 8 of the Children (Guardianship and Custody ) Act - Welfare of the Child - Section 14 of the Property (Rights of Spouses) Act - Transfer of Heritage Education Plan

Assessment of Damages - Personal Injury- Firefighter injured on the job - Handicap on the labour market - Method of quantification of damages - Permanent partial disability - Issue as to quantum of damages