The Honourable Mrs. Justice T Hutchinson Shelly

Foster, Delroy v Jamaica Redevelopment Foundation Inc.

Application for injunction –  Serious issue to be tried – Adequacy of damages -
Balance of convenience - Adverse possession – What is required to show exclusive undisturbed possession - Effect of a possessory title on foreclosure – Striking out

Guyah, Omar and Cordelia Brown v Rowe, Devon, Financial Secretary and the Attorney General et al consolidated with Guyah, Omar et l v Drummond, Jack and Winston Lawrence et al

Interdiction – Whether there should be a hearing before a public officer is interdicted – Whether there should be a hearing before salary is withheld upon interdiction - Whether salary constitutes property
Tort – Malicious prosecution – Whether the customs officers acted with malice in prosecuting the claimants – Whether the customs officers acted with reasonable and probable cause in prosecuting the claimants –

Wilks-Stewart, Ann-Marie v Stewart, Andrew Lloyd

Application for division of property – Property other than the family home –
Property purchased by one party to marriage – Effect of power of attorney –
Relevant factors for the acquisition of an interest in property other than family
home.

Riley, Sheree v KVG Hireage Ltd and Roberts, Paul Anthony

Application to for 3rd further amended particulars of claimant – Application for further supplemental witness statement – Limitation period – Primary considerations – Is the amendment a new cause of action or arising from same facts – What is a disability – Injuries should be sufficiently pleaded – Prolix pleadings – Expert report – Factors for compliance.

Adjudah, Silvera v Attorney General of Jamaica

Application for leave to appeal – Real chance of success – Limitations of Actions Act – Fraudulent concealment – Jurisdiction of the Master – Striking out of claim – Date on which judgment takes effect – Considerations on application for leave to appeal.

Tomlinson, Maurice v Attorney General of Jamaica, The Churches, Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society, Lawyer Christian Fellowship Limited and Hear the Children Cry

Application for separate trial of preliminary issue – Court’s Case Management Power – Power of Court to dispose of other applications at first hearing –
Distinction between summary judgment and trial of preliminary issue – Factors to be considered upon application for separate trial of preliminary issues – Can
application be determined without consideration of evidence.

Nish, Derron v The Commissioner of Police

Motion Hearing – Application for Contempt of Court – Application for re-enlistment in the JCF– Absence of Penal Notice in Formal Order – Powers of Court on Application

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