Negligence – Motor Vehicle Accident – Motor Car and Pedal Cyclist – Credibility of Parties – Contributory Negligence – Whether the then minor Claimant was contributory negligent – Assessment of Damages – General Damages – Future Medical Care – Special Damages – Counterclaim – Agency – Relationship between Principal Actor and Third-Parties – Road Traffic Act s. 51
Negligence – Shooting by Police Officers – Breach of Duty of Care – Whether there was an armed felon fleeing – Whether the police was acting in lawful self-defence and/or execution of their statutory duties – Innocent Bystander – Assessment of Damages – General Damages – Special Damages – Constabulary Force Act s. 13
Constitutional Law - Constitution of Jamaica - Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms - Sections 13 (3) (a), (c), (d), (e) and 16 (2).
The Legal Profession Act - Sections 3, 11 and 12 (7) - Legal Profession (Canons of Professional Ethics) Rules - Advertising regulations comprised in canons II (d) (ii), II(e), II (h), II (i), II (j), II(k) and II(l).
Constitutional law – Constitutionality and validity of good faith certificates – Whether good faith certificates infringe the doctrine of separation of powers – Whether good faith certificates supersede the prosecutorial powers of the Director of Public Prosecutions – Whether good faith certificates which were issued outside of the period of emergency are ultra vires, null and void – The Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council, 1962, Emergency Powers Act, section 3, Emergency Powers Regulations, 2010, regulations 45 and 46