The Hon. Miss Justice Anne-Marie A. Nembhard

Brodber, Robert v E.W. Abrahams and Sons Limited and Ormsby, Maxell

Civil procedure – Summary judgment – Whether contract arrived at by the parties – Breach of employment contract – Trespass - Detinue – Conversion – Factual disputes – Whether summary judgment appropriate in the circumstances – Part 15, Civil Procedure Rules, 2002

Milex Security Services Limited v The Industrial Disputes Tribunal and Gordon, Wesley

Judicial review – Statutory interpretation – Whether the industrial disputes tribunal has the statutory authority to replace more than one member of a three-member division after the hearing of a dispute in relation to which it was constituted has begun and before an award is made – Whether the matter should be remitted to the industrial disputes tribunal for the hearing of the dispute to commence de novo – Labour Relations and Industrial Disputes Act, sections 7, 8(4), 10, 11, 12 and 20, Civil Procedure Rules, 2002, rule 56.16 (2)

Boswell, Horace v Johnson, Jennifer

Equity – Constructive and resulting trusts – Tenants in common – Whether the claimant is entitled to a greater interest in land than that endorsed on registered title

Quallo, Valrie June v Quallo, Alford Hanson

Matrimonial Property – Claimant’s entitlement to an interest in the family home – Whether claimant’s interest in family home has been extinguished – Property (Rights of Spouses) Act, 2004, section 6, Limitation of Actions Act, 1881, sections 3, 4, 14 and 30

Davis, Dawn v Gray, Delrose

Land - Joint Tenancy – Extinction of title of registered owner – Limitation of Actions Act, 1881, sections 3, 4, 14 and 30

Scotia Jamaica Building Society v Henry, Andrea

Civil Procedure – Setting aside default judgment – Whether the defendant has a real prospect of successfully defending claim - Rule 13.3 of the Civil Procedure Rules, 2002, (as amended 18 September 2006)

Cranston, Caren v Samuels , Tamazine et al

Equity – Whether claimant has an equitable interest in property - Proprietary Estoppel – Whether claimant’s evidence is hearsay evidence – Part 30 of the Civil Procedure Rules 2002

Eaton, Noel v Michelle Fenton et al

Civil Procedure – Striking out statement of case – Whether claim is statute barred - Rule 26.3 (1) of the Civil Procedure Rules; Limitation of Actions Act

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