The Honourable Miss Justice Maxine Jackson (Ag.)

Civil Procedure – Rule 13.3 of the CPR as amended [2006] – Application to set aside default judgment – Failure to file defence in time – Realistic prospect of success – Delay in making the application.

Application for DNA testing - The Status of Children Act (SCA)- Section 7(1)(b) – Succession - Errors on the birth certificate - Whether the presumption of paternity is displaced – Standard of proof – Whether there exists a higher standard of proof.

Registration (Births and Deaths) Act,  S.32 and 35 – Cause of death unknown – Deceased inadvertently embalmed – Absence of post-mortem examination report – Issuing a burial order – Issue of a certificate of death.

Security for costs – Part 24 of the Civil Procedure Rules – Company incorporated outside the jurisdiction – Counterclaim- Crabtree Tree Principle.

Security for costs – Claimant ordinarily resident outside the jurisdiction – Factors to be considered – Part 24 of the Civil Procedure Rules.