2021

Civil Procedure - Part 37 of the CPR – Setting aside a notice of discontinuance - Whether the filing of the notice of discontinuance amounts to an abuse of process.

Negligence - Motor vehicle collison - Personal injuries - Liability - Road Traffic
Act - Fatal Accidents Act – Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act

Sentencing after trial - Offence of Knowingly Possessing Identity Information - Section 10(1) of the Law Reform (Fraudulent Transactions) (Special Provisions) Act, 2013

Practice and procedure - Application for Summary Judgment - Principles - Part 15. 2 (b) of the Civil Procedure Rules
Mediation clauses – Application for stay of claim in favour of mediation - Principles to be applied - Whether similar to stay in favour of arbitration – Effect if any of steps taken in the proceedings.
Promissory note - Validity - Defences - requirement of stamping - Whether claim based on promissory note or whether promissory note is being used as supporting evidence only

Summary judgment – Principles to be applied
Striking out – Principles to be applied - Whether available on the basis of statutory limitation – Whether reasonable grounds for bringing claim - Civil Procedure Rule 26.3 (1) (c)
Limitation of actions – Principles to be applied

Negligence – Contributory negligence – Duty of care – Personal injury – Whether the Road Traffic Act covers collisions in a truck park – Special damages – General damages – Loss of earnings – Unauthorised entry

Motor Vehicle accident – negligence – duty of care – res ipsa loquitur – contributory negligence – entering a major road from a minor road

Judicial review – Application for leave to apply for judicial review – The threshold test – Whether the applicant has an arguable ground with a realistic prospect of success – Applicant charged with offences under repealed statute – Whether the charges laid against the applicant are null and void and of no effect – Whether the Full Court is the proper forum having regard to all the circumstances of the case – Whether there is an alternative remedy available to the applicant – The Money Laundering Act, section 3(1)(c), The Interpretation Act, section 25(2), The Proceeds of Crime Act, section

Civil Procedure - Application for extension of time to file claim under Section 4(2) of the Fatal Accidents Act - Application for permission for claim form and particulars of claim filed out of time to stand - Application to strike out claim  - Alternatively, application to file defence out of time - CPR 26.4 and 26.8 and 10.3(9).