Results.
7 judgments found.
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| October 1990 |
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31 October 1990 |
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False imprisonment claim dismissed: defendants conveyed suspicions; police acted on their own judgment; accountant acted in course of employment.
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False imprisonment — restraint by employer — distinction between directing or procuring an arrest and merely conveying suspicion to police — employer/employee acts in course of employment — assessment of credibility and contemporaneous police correspondence.
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26 October 1990 |
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Acknowledgment of service constitutes appearance and, if lodged within twelve months, makes writ renewal unnecessary; renewal application dismissed.
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Civil procedure — Writ renewal — Acknowledgment of service — Order 12 Rules 3(1), 3(2), 4, 6(2), and 10 — Effect of acknowledgment as appearance — Belated acknowledgment permitted — Renewal unnecessary if writ served within 12 months — Procedure under Order 3, Rule 6.
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18 October 1990 |
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Civil false-imprisonment claim stayed pending related criminal trial to avoid inconsistent findings.
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Civil procedure — Stay of proceedings — Concurrent criminal proceedings — False imprisonment — Risk of inconsistent findings — Balance of justice.
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15 October 1990 |
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Whether the respondent could assume control of the applicant company; injunction continued, undertaking as to damages ordered.
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15 October 1990 |
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Persistent drunkenness and violence by the respondent amounted to legal cruelty, warranting a decree nisi and custody to the petitioner.
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Family law — Divorce — Cruelty — Persistent drunkenness and violent conduct constituting legal cruelty; decree nisi granted; custody to petitioner; costs awarded.
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3 October 1990 |
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Statutory power to appoint guardians under s.11(a)(i) must be exercised by the High Court in open court, not by a Registrar.
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Guardianship jurisdiction — s.11(a)(i) Courts Act — "High Court" means court in banc — Registrar/Master lacks statutory jurisdiction absent Rule of Court — Judge in chambers cannot exercise statutory open-court power — Order 32 (rules 11, 12) and Order 2 cannot circumvent statute.
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3 October 1990 |