Administrative orders – Whether a Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade can promote officers without the approval of the Fire Brigade Board – What is the effect of General Orders – Whether the claimants reasonably held an expectation that they had been promoted by the publication of General Orders, when there was no evidence that the requirements for promotion had been complied with – Whether the failure of the Fire Brigade Board to promote the claimants in the circumstances amounted to an abuse of power, or whether there was an overriding public interest in not honouring the communicati
Negligence – Breach of contract – Employer’s liability – Occupier’s liability – Res ipsa loquitor – Slip and fall on floor during post-hurricane clean up – Whether inference of negligence can be drawn – Whether the defendants breached a duty owed to the claimant under the Occupier’s Liability Act – Whether the defendants had provided a safe place and system of work.
Application to set aside default judgment – Whether there is a good explanation for the failure to file an acknowledgment of service within time – Alleged default of applicant’s insurers – Whether the application was made as soon as was reasonably practicable after finding out about the default judgment – Application made almost a year after finding out about the default judgment – Whether the proposed defence has a realistic prospect of success – Reliance on hearsay evidence
Civil practice - Application to set aside judgment - Whether application made as soon as resonably practicable - Explanation for delay - Prejudice to claimant if judgment set aside.
Civil practice and procedure - Application for specific disclosure - Civil Procedure Rules 2002, as amended; Rule 28.7 - Whether documents requested are directly relevant to the claim or whether claimant is on a fishing expedition
Civil practice and procedure - Breach of contract - Breach of expressed term -
Purchaser unable to complete - Rescission of contract - Specific performance
Judicial review - Revocation of firearm user's licence by Firearm Licensing Authority - Revocation upheld by Minister - At what stage under the Firearm Act does a party have a right to be heard - Procedural impropriety - Illegality - Whether ther Minister is bound to accept the recommendation of the Tribunal.
Medical practitioner - Breach of duty of confidentiality - Public interest – Doctor's duty to patient and to public - Breach of constitutional right to privacy - Damages for breach of duty of confidence - False imprisonment - Defamation.