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2024

Brown, Kirk v Williams, Phillip

Damages - Motor vehicle accident - Entering a major road from a minor road - Whether the defendant liable in negligence for injuries suffered by the claimant - Muscle spasm, pains to neck and wrists - Assessment of damages - Whether award should be made for diminution of earning capacity - Whether claimant failed to mitigate his losses.

Bailey, Alphanso v Clarke, Vinroy

Negligence - Motor vehicle accident - Whether the defendant liable in negligence for injuries suffered by the claimant - Whether the claimant has established that the defendant breached his duty of care.

Lee, Wendy (Administratrix of the Estate of the Late Thomas Chambers, deceased) v Fletcher, Patrick

Limitation of Actions – Land – Registered land – Trespass – Right to possession of land – Injury to possessory rights – What is deemed to be possession of land – Actual possession – Intention to possess land and the exercise of control over it to the exclusion of other persons – Nature and character of land – Unlawful and unjustifiable presence on land in the possession of another – Whether the 
claimant has proven that the defendant’s actions amount to the tort of trespass – Burden of proof – Standard of proof – Balance of Probabilities
Defence – Defence to trespass

Re: A Patient VRS

Family Law – Mental Health Act - Managing the Affairs of a Patient under the Mental Health Act – Nearest Relative – Examining Medical Evidence Presented – Mental Health Act sections 2, 3 and 29

CVM Television Limited v The Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica

Judicial Review – Application for leave – Television station holder of exclusive
broadcasting rights to English Premier League matches – Customer complaints to
Regulator that applicant advertised matches not broadcast online - Regulator
decided applicant engaged in misleading advertising as matches not broadcast as
advertised – Suitability of alternate remedies – Grounds and evidence relied on by
applicant must disclose arguable case – Failing test of arguability is a bar to grant
of discretionary relief

Lewis, Priscilla v Wallace, Patrick and Rejiv Babooram

Civil Procedure Rules – Rule 13.3 – Setting aside default judgment – Whether affidavit sworn to by a party’s attorney-at-law amounts to an affidavit of merit – Rule 21.7 – Application to appoint representative of estate of deceased defendant – Whether sufficient proof of death in the absence of a death certificate – Whether Administrator General fit and proper person to be appointed as administrator ad litem.

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