Results.
6 judgments found.
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| July 1992 |
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Unreasonable delay in paying the balance barred specific performance of a land sale; contract existed but was repudiated.
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Contract law — formation and acceptance — waiver of time limit; Statute of Frauds — written memorandum for sale of land; breach and unreasonable delay in payment of purchase price; time made of the essence by notice; equitable relief — specific performance refused where claimant did not come to equity with clean hands; restitution of monies paid under abortive contract.
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22 July 1992 |
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An admission of negligence alone cannot support interlocutory judgment absent an admission of injury; amendment to defence allowed.
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Civil procedure — Amendment of defence — Admission of negligence — Admission of injury required to establish liability for interlocutory judgment — Prior application dismissed for want of prosecution.
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15 July 1992 |
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The High Court upheld the accused's theft-by-servant conviction, deferring to the magistrate's credibility findings and confirming the sentence.
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Criminal law — Theft by servant; factual findings and credibility assessments — appellate deference to magistrate's advantage of seeing and hearing witnesses — confirmation of conviction and sentence.
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10 July 1992 |
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1 July 1992 |
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Employer liable for three days' false imprisonment; dismissal justified but not retrospective, awarding salary and damages.
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Employment law — wrongful dismissal — retrospective dismissal not permitted; False imprisonment — employer’s agent laying charge and delivering employees to police creates employer liability for unlawful deprivation of liberty; Remedies — damages for loss of liberty and for salary/benefits for period of wrongful dismissal.
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1 July 1992 |
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Legal Aid Department held liable for professional negligence and breach of contract after failing to pursue a timely personal injury claim.
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Legal Aid Act s.7(2) — solicitor–client relationship; professional negligence by public legal aid provider; breach of contract; limitation/statute-barred claims; damages where special losses not strictly proved.
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1 July 1992 |