Principal Registry - 2023 November

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7 judgments
November 2023
Security for costs ordered where non-resident, impecunious claimant pursued uncertain and potentially vexatious claims.
  • Civil procedure — security for costs — claimant resident outside jurisdiction and impecunious — uncertain, inconsistent and potentially vexatious pleadings — lack of documentary proof of fund transfers — order for security for costs.
29 November 2023
An agreed consent order is binding; a party cannot later assess interest contrary to that order.
  • Civil procedure — Agreed/consent order — Binding effect of Agreed Order endorsed by court — Assessment of interest — Res judicata — Variation of consent order requires fresh action — Late payment interest claims.
29 November 2023
Court dismissed application to set aside stay of execution, distinguishing appellate ‘inchoate’ doctrine from enforcement procedure.
  • Civil procedure — Summary judgment on liquidated sum — Inchoate judgments and finality — Apex Court jurisprudence on appeals vs enforcement — Order 23 r 6(1) effect of judgment — Order 28 r 11 enforcement order and costs — Stay of execution pending assessment of interest and appeal.
23 November 2023
20 November 2023
Interlocutory injunction vacated due to suppression of material facts and absence of arguable tenancy right.
  • Interlocutory injunction — ex parte applications — duty of full and frank disclosure — suppression/misrepresentation of material facts — requirement of a serious question to be tried — tenancy evidence and allocation of statutory corporation housing — costs.
17 November 2023
Application for summary disposal dismissed because disputed factual issues (including document authenticity and grounds for dismissal) require a full trial.
  • Industrial relations — Summary disposal on point of law — Procedure permissible only where no disputed facts — Disciplinary proceedings and alleged unfair dismissal — Authenticity of documents and compliance with Employment Act s57 — Matter ordered to substantive hearing.
14 November 2023
Applicant failed to show a real risk of injustice required to stay civil proceedings pending related criminal proceedings.
  • Civil procedure — Stay of civil proceedings pending criminal proceedings — Applicant must demonstrate a real risk of injustice, not merely allege prejudice — Burden of persuasion remains with the applicant — Alleged inability to cross-examine a witness insufficient without showing real risk of injustice.
3 November 2023