Joint Bank account - Parent child relationship - Whether there is evidence of
intention of the parent to be entitled to the beneficial interest in assets in joint
account.
Equity - Whether the presumption of advancement applies to adult child on a parent
to child transfer to displace presumption of resulting trust - Standard of proof to
rebut presumption of advancement - Whether presumption of advancement
rebutted by evidence of contrary intention.
Civil Procedure - Whether debt claim can be dealt with summarily at first hearing of fixed date claim form pursuant to rule 27.2(8) of the CPR ˗ Whether land valuation required in accordance with CPR rule 55.2(2)(c) where contract provides for the sale of land to discharge contractual debt.
Easement - Right of Way - Methods for acquiring - Easement by express grant – Easement by implication - Easement by prescription - Whether claimant has an interest in land to enable acquisition of easement over lands adjoining registered strata.
Civil Procedure - Application for security for costs - Relationship between the discretion given to the court to require a corporate claimant to provide security for costs under Section 388 of the Companies Act and Part 24 of the Civil Procedure Rules - Whether there is a probability of the claim being stifled or it would be otherwise unjust to require the corporate claimant to give sufficient security for costs in exercise of the discretion given to the court at section 388 of the Companies Act.
Rule 53.10 - Whether contempt alleged to be committed after the grant of summary judgment is contempt committed within proceedings in the court and therefore properly commenced by application under Part 11 of the CPR.
Whether persons who are not parties to a claim may be joined as respondents in contempt proceedings commenced by application under Part 11 of the CPR.
Civil Procedure - CPR 64.6 - Renewed application for leave to apply for order of certiorari to quash criminal proceedings refused - Previous decisions of the court indicating similar applications inappropriate - Whether renewed application an abuse of process - Whether wasted costs order to be made against counsel.
In Admiralty- CPR 17.6(1)(d), 28.1(4), 28.6, 28.7, 34.2 - Interim Payment - Request for Further Information - Specific Disclosure - Litigation Privilege.
Land Valuation - Sections 20 and 22 Land Valuation Act - Whether grounds of appeal prescribed by statue exist
Land Valuation Act - Section 2 - Unimproved Value - Whether appropriate comparables used in determining unimproved value of property - Onus of proof
Revenue Appeals Division Act - Section 4 (3) - Power of RAD to consult and obtain assistance
Revenue Appeals Division Rules - Rules 7, 10, and 14 - Power of Revenue Appeal Division - To collect necessary information - Obtain and consider relevant evidence
Trade - Sections 2, 8, 11 and 12 of the Trade Act - Whether import licence issued by the Trade Administrator which remains unrevoked, has not been ordered invalid and is not challenged in current proceedings a valid import licence.
Customs - Sections 2 and 210 (1) of the Customs Act - Whether stolen motor vehicle imported into the island for which no import licence was granted is uncustomed goods.
Constitutional Redress - Sections 14 (3), 16 and 19(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms - Existence of parallel legal remedy - Whether claim for constitutional redress constitutes and abuse of court process
Child Care and Protection Act - Sections 65, 71, 72, 76 and 82 - Whether the making of a Correctional Order by a Judge of the Family Court is intra vires the Act