2020

Civil Procedure - Application to set aside judgment in default of acknowledgment of service – Effect of failure to file form of defence (form 5) and form of application to pay by instalments (form 6) – Whether defendant’s conduct of filing an acknowledgment of service after being served with default judgment amounts to a waiver of irregularity of service of the claim – Whether default judgment was irregularly obtained.

Land law - Objection to Survey - Adverse Possession - Proprietary Estoppel

Matrimonial Property - Property Rights of Spouses Act - Home acquired by one spouse before marriage - One spouse resident overseas but stays at home from time to time - Whether home the family home - Whether there is an application under section 7 (1) to vary the equal share rule - Section 12(2) - Date on which share is to be determined - Subsisting mortgage

Assessment of damages – General damages – Special damages – Mitigation of losses – Claim for loss of earning capacity – Claim for future medical expenses

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Judicial Review – Application for Leave to apply for Judicial Review – Review of a decision made by the Director of Public Prosecutions – Whether there is a reasonable prospect of success – Sections 1(9) and 94 of the Constitution of Jamaica.

Application to set aside order for sale of land - Rule 11.18 – Whether Judge of Co-ordinate jurisdiction can set aside order of other Judge

Sentence - Gun related murder - Secondary participant.

Sentence: Gun related murder

Defamation - Meaning of words - Ordinary and natural meaning – Defences –
Justification -Truth - Reynolds Privilege - Public interest- Apology - Mitigation of
Damages - Quantum of Damages- Interest on Damages - Costs - Defamation Act
2013, SS. 12 14, 15, 20, 23, 24, 30 - Evidence (Special Measures) Act, 2012 - Cross-
Examination of Journalist by video link

Wills – Construction – The appropriate construction to be applied to particular clause in a will – Whether fee simple absolute was bequeathed – Whether will created a settlement – Perpetuities – The rule against perpetuities – Whether particular clause in the will offends the rule against perpetuities – Whether particular clause in the will is void for uncertainty – Repugnancy – The doctrine of repugnancy – Whether particular clause in the will infringes the doctrine of repugnancy – Recovery of funds expended in accordance with the will – The Wills Act, section 23, The Settled Land Act, sec