2020

Motor vehicle accident- Negligence- Servant and/or agent – Sale of motor vehicle – Vicarious liability

Summary Judgment – Negligence - Vicarious Liability – Agency

Negligence – Damage to property – The duty of care owed by utility company to homeowner – Breach of the duty of care – Doctrine of res ipsa loquitur – Causation – Foreseeability of damage – Remoteness of damage – Basis on which damages are to be assessed – Whether special damages have been specifically pleaded and specifically proven – Quantum of damages – Whether the court should deviate from the breach date rule in the assessment of damages in the interest of justice

Joint Tenancy – Property held on trust – Test to be applied – Common intention of the parties.

Summary Judgment – Striking out Statement of Claim

Leave to apply for Judicial Review – Is there a realistic prospect of success – Mandamus - Is inaction tantamount to a refusal

Civil procedure – Defence – Whether the defence filed amounts to a bare denial – Application to strike out portions of witness statement on the basis that it introduces facts not pleaded – Defence of automatism – Application to strike out defence of automatism – Res judicata – Doctrine of res judicata – Issue estoppel – Doctrine of issue estoppel – Civil Procedure Rules, 2002 – Rules 10.5, 20.1, 20.4, 26.3, 1.1 and 1.2