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Maco Management Inc. v The Proprietors, Strata Plan 440 and Strata Appeals Tribunal

Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review - Rule 56 of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) – Whether Requirements Satisfied – Whether Strata Corporation in Breach of National Water Commission Act and Office of Utilities Regulation Act – Whether Decision of Strata Appeals Tribunal Irrational and/or Unreasonable.

 

Gilroy, Sharlton v Hudson, Fernando

Entry of Default Judgment for Failure by Defendant/applicant to Attend a Hearing - Rule 27.8(5) & (6) of the Civil Procedure Rules – Application to Set Aside Such a Judgment – Rule 39.6 of the CPR - Whether Requirements Satisfied – Application to Set Aside Judgment ex debito justitiae - Inherent Jurisdiction of the Court – Whether Claim One for a Specified Sum of Money – Rule 12.8 of the CPR – Whether Assessment of Damages Necessary.

Administrator General for Jamaica (On behalf of the near relations and dependants as representative claimant for the estate of Mark Henry, deceased v Lewis, Lloyd et al

Application for Interim Payment - Rule 17.6 (1) & (2) of the Civil Procedure Rules – Principles Governing Such a Grant – Defence of “Agony of the Moment” or “Inevitable Accident” - Affidavit of Information and Belief - Whether  Requirements for Such an Affidavit Met- Rule 30.3 (1) & (2), CPR.

Henry, Ava v The Commissioner General Tax Administration Jamaica (Filed against Commissioiner of Taxpayer Appeals)

Income Tax Act – Section 5 (1) (c) (ix) - Whether Agreements between Taxpayer/Appellant and Workers Contracts for Services or of Service – Whether Persons Working with Taxpayer Employees or Independent Contractors – Education Tax – Purposive Construction.

Stewart, Adam and Desnoes, Andrew et al v The Gleaner Company Limited

“Independent” Claim for Disclosure – Connected Defamation Action – Application for Disclosure of Name of Alleged Joint Tort-feasor – Defence in Connected Claim of Qualified Privilege and Fair Comment on a Matter of Public Interest – The “Newspaper Rule”- Whether Applicable – Rule 69.7 of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) - The Defamation Act, 2013 – Whether Retrospective.

Alexander House Incorporated v The Salvation Army

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF JAMAICA
CIVIL DIVISION
CLAIM NO. HCV 04076 OF 2014
BETWEEN ALEXANDER HOUSE INCORPORATED CLAIMANT
AND THE SALVATION ARMY DEFENDANT
Mr. Abraham Dabdoub & Ms. Karen Dabdoub, instructed by Dabdoub, Dabdoub & Co.
for the claimant.
Mr. Emile Leiba & Mr. Courtney Williams, instructed by DunnCox for the defendant.
Inter-partes Application for Interlocutory lnjunction - Alleged Breach of
Agreement - Whether Terms of Agreement Are As Alleged by Claimant or

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