2023

Negligence - Motor vehicle accident - Res ipsa Loquitur - Contributory negligence – Apportionment of liability – Assessment of Damages – Whether claim for lost wages which was not pleaded should be allowed.

Civil Practice & Procedure - Striking out statement of case – No reasonable ground for bringing the claim – Claim is frivolous, vexatious or otherwise an abuse of the process of the Court – Civil Procedure Rules 26.3 (1) – Statement of case (Certificate of Truth) – Civil Procedure Rule 3.13 – Defendants not a proper party to the claim – Crown Proceedings Act section 3(5) – Extension of time to file defence – Civil Procedure Rules 10.3 (9) and 26.1 (2) (c) & (v) – Application for default judgment 

Constitutional Law – Charter of Rights - Savings Law Clause - Offences Against the Person Act - Whether the savings law clause precludes enquiry by court - Meaning of “sexual offence” - Whether court bound by the parties’ statement of meaning - Whether buggery is a sexual offence.

Contract - Duress  Whether Threat of Criminal Proceedings Illegitimate Pressure - Lawful Act Duress 

Insolvency– Sections 137, 138, 144 and 145 of the Insolvency Act, 2014 – Regulation 49 (2) of the Insolvency Regulations, 2015 – Whether the automatic discharge of a first time bankrupt should be refused – Facts relevant to discharges

Notice of Application for court orders vacating previous order – Rule 26.1(7) of the Civil Procedure Rules 2002, as amended – Applicable principles – Whether Court should exercise its discretion to revoke an earlier judgment and orders.

ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES – Motor vehicle collision – Negligence – Special damages – General damages

Civil Procedure - Rule 15.2 - application for summary judgment - Whether the claimant has a real prospect of succeeding in the claim – Conflicts of fact – Whether case appropriate for grant of summary judgment

Civil Procedure - Rule 13.3 - application to set aside default judgment; application for extension of time to file defence – prospects of success

Costs - Whether parties acted unreasonably in their conduct of the claim – Amended fixed date claim filed without permission of court is unreasonable – Breach of duty of candour is unreasonable – Breach of duty not to be selective is unreasonable