Civil Procedure – Application to enter default judgment; application for court to decline to exercise jurisdiction to hear claim – claim documents sent by registered mail uncollected – Claimant becoming aware that documents were uncollected after request for default judgment but before entry of default judgment – Whether default judgment should be entered – Wasted costs – whether the claimant’s attorney-at-law should pay wasted costs.

Civil Procedure Rules – Rule 26.3(1) (a)(b)(c) – Rule 26.3(1)(a) – Whether the claim should be struck out for failing to comply with a rule of the CPR – Rule 8.9

Civil Procedure Rules – Rule 15.2 – Whether the defendants have a real prospect of successfully defending the claim – Rule 26.3(1) – Whether the defence discloses reasonable grounds for defending the claim – Law of Real Property – Joint tenancy – Whether right of survivorship defeated

Civil Procedure Rules – Part 68 – Application to remove administrator pendente lite and to appoint another administrator pendente lite – Judicature (Rules of Court) (Master in Chambers) Rules 2021 – Whether master in chambers has jurisdiction to consider the application – Whether court has jurisdiction to set remuneration of administrator pendente lite

Civil Procedure Rules – Rule 8.8 – Whether sanction imposed – Whether appropriate relief should be for relief from sanctions or extension of time – Part 32 – Whether the expert will assist the court in resolving any issue in the claim – Whether the existence of a report prepared by the person to be appointed expert is a prerequisite to the appointment of that person as an expert - Motor Vehicle (Third Party Risks) Act – section 18 – grounds on which an insurer can avoid a claim arising from a judgment obtained against its insured

Civil Procedure Rules – Rule 13.3 – Setting aside default judgment – Whether affidavit sworn to by a party’s attorney-at-law amounts to an affidavit of merit – Rule 21.7 – Application to appoint representative of estate of deceased defendant – Whether sufficient proof of death in the absence of a death certificate – Whether Administrator General fit and proper person to be appointed as administrator ad litem.

Civil Procedure – Rule 26.3 of Civil Procedure Rules – Whether claim is an abuse of process; section 73 of the Judicature (Parish Court) Act – Whether section 73 operates to prevent the bringing of this claim in light of previous claim filed in the Parish Court – Whether claim should be struck out as disclosing no reasonable grounds for bringing claim - Whether the 1st defendant should be removed as a party.

Civil Procedure – Rule 26.3 of Civil Procedure Rules – Whether claim is an abuse of process; section 73 of the Judicature (Parish Court) Act – whether section 73 operates to prevent the bringing of this claim in light of previous claim filed in the Parish Court – Whether claim should be struck out as disclosing no reasonable grounds for bringing claim; Whether the 1st defendant should be removed as a party

Civil Procedure Rules – Rule 13.3 – Setting aside default judgment – whether affidavit sworn to by a party’s attorney-at-law amounts to an affidavit of merit – Rule 21.7 – Application to appoint representative of estate of deceased defendant – Whether sufficient proof of death in the absence of a death certificate – Whether Administrator General fit and proper person to be appointed as administrator ad litem