King, Noel, et al v Commissioner of Customs, The Attorney General of Jamaica

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF' JUDICATURE OF'

IN COMMON LAW

CLAIM NO. 2005 HCV 00120

BETWEEN NOEL KING lSTC LAIMANT

AND DAVID CHIN 2ND CLAIMANT

AND WAYNE CHIN 3RD CLAIMANT

AND COMMISSIONER

OF' CUSTOMS lSTD EFENDANT

AND THE ATTORNEY

GENERAL

OF' JAMAICA 2ND DEFENDANT

IN CHAMBERS

Lord Anthony Gifford, Q.C. instructed by

Gifford, Thompson and Bright for the Claimants

Miss Tasha Manley instructed by

Director of State Proceedings for the Defendants

HEARD MAY 11, & JUNE 19,2006

INTRODUCTION

This case focuses attention on some critical issues pertinent to the application of

Part 34 of the Civil Procedure Rules, 2002 (CPR) that governs requests for

information. At the same time, it has raised an interesting point of pleadings

within the context of the CPR that I consider to be of some jurisprudential