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Vision 

A world-class judiciary utilizing innovation and technology for efficient service delivery.

Mission

To provide sound, timely judgements and efficient court services in an environment where all stakeholders are valued.

Master Miss Carla Thomas

Khemlani, Karishma v Eyeland Eyewear

Civil Procedure Rules - Rule 15.2 - Application for summary judgment - Whether the defendant has real prospect of defending the claim - Real property – Defences of frustration, surrender of lease, set off, misrepresentation - Whether there is a good prospect of succeeding in these defences.

Ritchie, Albert v McLeod, Rosemary

Civil Procedure - Rule 15.2 - application for summary judgment - Whether the claimant has a real prospect of succeeding in the claim – Conflicts of fact – Whether case appropriate for grant of summary judgment

Millard Development Company Limited v Mars, Roxann

Civil Procedure – Rule 15.2 – Application for summary judgment – Whether there is a real prospect of successfully bringing or defending the claim – Real property law – Unpaid purchase price – Whether vendor’s lien created – Whether vendor’s lien abandoned – Whether there was a variation of the agreement for sale – Limitation of Actions Act – Whether the claim for unpaid balance of purchase price is statute- barred – Company law – Whether settlement agreement signed by one director is binding on the company

Grant, Peter Ray v Brown, Shelly-Ann

Civil Procedure – Rule 15.2 – application for summary judgment – whether the defendant has a real prospect of successfully defending the claim – Real property – fraud – whether the defence has established a prima facie case of fraud to defeat title of registered proprietor

Douglas, Mark v Karnack Hardware Limited

Civil Procedure – Part 20 of the Civil Procedure Rules – Application for amendment of claim – Expiry of limitation period – Whether amendment should be granted – Application to add special damages – Whether affixing documents to the particulars of claim amount to pleading items of special damages

Edwards, Young, Iona v Edwards, Lorraine and Gilda Joyce Gordon

Civil Procedure Rules – Setting aside judgment given in party’s absence –
whether the applicable rule is rule 39.6 or rule 13.2 – Rule 39.6 - Whether good
reason given for absence of defendant – Whether some other order would have
been made if the defendant had been present.

Brown, Simone v Ottley, Oldrian

Civil Procedure - Rule 15.2 - application for summary judgment - whether the
defendant has no real prospect of succeeding in the claim – rule 15.4(4) whether
summary judgment may be entered on the issues - whether a failure to satisfy rule
15.5(4) of the CPR is fatal to obtaining judgment on the issues – whether judgment
on the counterclaim in favour of the claimant should be entered

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