2023

Civil Procedure – Application to set aside Default Judgment – Whether Defendant has a real prospect of successfully defending the claim – Rules 13.2, 13.3 and 13.4 of the CPR – Prompt application – Good explanation.

ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES –– Personal Injury –– Motor vehicle collision –– Negligence –– Damages –– Pain and suffering and loss of amenities –– Special Damages –– Whiplash injury of the neck –– Whole person disability of 6%.

Application to set aside default judgment – Rule 13 of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) – Requirements to set aside default judgment – Real prospect of success in defending claim is foremost consideration – Applicant must have acted promptly and have a good explanation for failure to comply – Court still has discretion to set aside judgment where application not prompt and there is no good explanation.

Civil procedure - Application to set aside default judgment – Service by publication –
considerations of whether service can be deemed good service - Whether there is a
reasonable prospect of successfully defending the claim - Delay - Good explanation -
Overriding objectives - Prejudice

ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES - Fracture of tibia and fibula – wound caused by protruding bone – Effect of injury on peripheral vascular disease – No impairment rating – Likely award for general damages.

Personal Injury - Assessment of Damages – Pain and Suffering - Handicap on the Labour Market – Future medical expenses – Claimant amputee from motor truck vehicle accident – Whole Person Impairment.

Civil Procedure - Application to set aside Default Judgment – Whether Defendant has a real prospect of successfully defending the claim- Good explanation - Risk of Prejudice- Rules 13.2 and 13.3 of the CPR.

Family law - Application for legal guardianship of a minor - The Children (Guardianship and Custody) Act ss. 4, 8, 14(1), 20 - Mother of child was a minor - Father convicted of sexual abuse of mother - Whether parens patriae jurisdiction is to be exercised where both parents are alive - Whether the court has authority to disregard a parent’s objection in granting the application – Child in need of care and protection.

Probate and administration -  Intestacy - Application for directions - Entitlement to apply for a grant of administration – Rule 68.28 – Notice to beneficiaries under rule 68.21 - Executor de son tort – Whether acts carried out in the interest of the estate – Intermeddling in the estate by executor de son tort – Whether accounting is necessary.