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Branch Developments Limited Trading as Iberostar Rose Hall Beach Hotel v The Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited

Civil procedure - Application to strike out - Breach of contract - Refusal to strike out - Alternate sanction imposed - Order for payment of costs - Interest awarded on costs - Whether award of interest on costs excessive or unfair - Appropriate period for award of interest - Consideration applied - Judicature (Supreme Court) Act SS 51(1), Rules 64.6(5)(H); 65.15 & 65.19.

Green, Cordell v Stewart, Kingsley

 Civil procedure - Mandatory mediation – Mediation agreement entered into by the parties - One party in breach of agreement – No notice of discontinuance filed – No stay of proceedings - Validity of agreement being questioned by one party - Whether original claim can proceed despite agreement  –Whether mediation agreement can only be enforced in fresh proceedings where no order made in terms - Application for directions - Rules 1.1; 26.1, 37, 42, and 74, of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) 2002.

Branch Developments Limited Trading as Iberostar Rose Hall Beach Hotel v The Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited

Civil Procedure - Applicatin to strike out - Order for specific disclosure - Non compliance with order - Unless order for filing of witness statements - Witness statements filed after date specified - Discrepancies between witness statements and witness summaries - Whether unless order complied with - Previous breaches of court orders - Whether striking out most appropriate sanction - Relevant considerations - Prejudice - Delay - Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) 2002, Rules 26.3 (1) (a); 28.1(4); 28.2; 28.4(1); 28.6; 28.7; 29.6(2); 29.7(2) and 29.7(3)

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