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5 judgments
June 2014
Court stayed tort claims pending perjury trial to avoid prejudice to the accused and protect fair criminal proceedings.
  • Civil Procedure
    • — Stay of Proceedings — Concurrent Criminal Proceedings (Perjury) — Inherent Jurisdiction to Regulate Procedure
    • — Circumstances Warranting Stay — Burden on Applicant to Show Real Risk of Serious Prejudice
  • Tort — False Imprisonment and Malicious Prosecution — Overlap with Perjury Allegations — Risk of Prejudice to Fair Criminal Trial
15 June 2014
A regular default judgment may be set aside if the defendant shows a real-defence, but delay and abuse justify conditional relief (payment into court).
  • Civil procedure — Default judgment — Setting aside regular default judgment — Discretionary relief under Order 13 r9/Order 19 r9 — Defendant must show defence on merits with real prospects of success — Delay, explanation and abuse of process relevant — Conditional setting aside (payment into court and service of defence).
11 June 2014
Stay of execution granted where the respondent failed to show ability to repay damages; awarded sums ordered paid into court pending appeal.
  • Civil procedure — Stay of execution — Order 59 r 13 — Appeal against award of damages — Risk of nugatory appeal — Requirement to show inability to repay — Payment into court pending appeal.
10 June 2014
An administrator not formally substituted has no capacity to apply to set aside a default judgment; application dismissed.
  • Default judgment — set aside — Order 13 r 9 & Order 19 r 9; capacity to apply/substitution of parties; service of process; defective affidavit; discretionary relief.
10 June 2014
Following a default judgment on liability, the court awarded K1,700,000 for general damages plus special damages and costs.
  • Damages assessment — default judgment establishing liability — general damages for pain, suffering, loss of amenities and disfigurement — consideration of comparable authorities and currency devaluation — award of special damages and costs.
2 June 2014