LIVE STREAM: Phillip Paulwell V Attorney General of Jamaica


Vision 

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

Mission

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

2019

Cable and Wireless Jamaica Limited v Sretlaw Media Company Limited

Application for summary judgment - Contract - Flow Super Cup - Claim and counterclaim - Defence that amounts collected were spent for the claimant's benefit - Whether real prospect of success - Counterclaim reliant on an oral agreement - Whether real prospect of success. 

Mayne, Gregory v Atherton, Julie Riettie

Default Judgment - Application to set aside – Whether default judgment should
be set aside as of right – Whether defendant has a real prospect of successfully
defending the claim - Rules 13.2 and 13.3 CPR.

Salada Foods Jamaica Limited v Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority

Judicial review – Application for leave to apply for judicial review – Threshold test – Whether the applicant has an arguable ground with a realistic prospect of success – Doctrine of ultra vires – Whether statutory authority acted ultra vires – Principle of illegality and irrationality – Whether statutory authority acted illegally and irrationally – Principle of equitable treatment – Whether statutory authority acted unfairly and inequitably – Whether the waivers granted by the statutory authority gave rise in law to a legitimate expectation on the part of the applicant – Whether the appli

Tewani Limited v Kes Development Co. Ltd. and ARC Systems Limited

Practice and procedure - Application for injunction - Application to oblige access to land - Claimant holding an instrument of transfer for the title to the land - Presumption that damages never an adequate remedy when the subject matter of the claim is land - Preservation of the status quo.

Vaughan, Horneil v Green, Almond; Bellett, Ivy and Bromfield, Kerry et al

Civil Procedure – Application to extend the validity of the Claim Form and for service by substituted method – Insufficiency of evidence of the Process Server – Whether the Claim Form can be extended from the date of the hearing of the application – Civil Procedure Rules 2002 (CPR), rules 8.14(1)8.15; 8.15(4)(a)(i) and (ii)(b)

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