2019

Contract – Interpretation of contract – The proper interpretation to be applied to specific clause of the contract - Whether the words used in the contract create an ambiguity – Whether the contract is a fixed term contract – Whether the provision to terminate the contract before the expiration of the fixed term creates an absurdity.

Civil Procedure Rule Part 20 – Application for amendment to particulars of claim – Amendment after limitation period - Constitutional relief – Aggravated damages – Exemplary damages –Vindicatory damages - CPR 8.7 (2).

Judicial review - Royal charter establishing University of the West Indies - Jurisdiction of the Visitor - Termination of employment - The  Labour Relations and Industrial Disputes Act S. 11A(a)(i).

Civil Procedure – Claimant’s action for recovery of possession of land pursuant to 8.1(4)(b) - Defendant’s application for court order to consolidate claims pursuant to Rule 26.2 of Civil Procedure Rule – Whether there are common issues of fact and law – Registrar of Title to produce documents pursuant to Section 42 ROTA – Whether title of claimant was obtained by the fraud - Injunction against trespass – –– Whether dispute may continue on the Fixed Date Claim Form.

Family law – Application for legal guardianship of a minor – Declaration of paternity - Parens partriae - Removal of child outside of the jurisdiction – Ward of court - Welfare of the child Section 14 of the Children (Guardianship and Custody) Act.

Application for declaration to voide insurance

Negligence - Duty of care - Bus driver to passenger - Res Ipsa Loquitur - Causation.

Assault and Battery – Vicarious liability – Driver of bus repeatedly assaulting
passenger – Whether tort so closely connected to the employment as to hold
employer liable – Whether driver on a “frolic of her own”.