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Judgment date
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| August 2024 |
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29 August 2024 |
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26 August 2024 |
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25 August 2024 |
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A non‑customer signatory cannot claim a bank’s Quincecare duty; alleged loss was too remote and strike‑out was proper.
Banking law – negligence – duty of care – Quincecare duty – third‑party signatory – remoteness and foreseeability – strike out for failure to disclose reasonable cause of action.
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22 August 2024 |
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Identification by victim’s daughter, uninvestigated alibi, and circumstantial/common-purpose evidence upheld conviction.
Criminal law – identification evidence – witness related to victim – opportunity to observe and bias; Criminal procedure – alibi – police duty to investigate and dereliction of duty; Criminal law – circumstantial evidence – inference of guilt; Criminal law – common purpose liability (Sections 21 & 22 Penal Code); Corroboration by odd coincidence and independent witness evidence.
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22 August 2024 |
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22 August 2024 |
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22 August 2024 |
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22 August 2024 |
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22 August 2024 |
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22 August 2024 |
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22 August 2024 |
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22 August 2024 |
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22 August 2024 |
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22 August 2024 |
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22 August 2024 |
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22 August 2024 |
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22 August 2024 |
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22 August 2024 |
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22 August 2024 |
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21 August 2024 |
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21 August 2024 |
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21 August 2024 |
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21 August 2024 |
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21 August 2024 |
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20 August 2024 |
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20 August 2024 |
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20 August 2024 |
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20 August 2024 |
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20 August 2024 |
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Murder conviction substituted with manslaughter where fatal injuries occurred during a fight; sentence set at five years.
Criminal law – Circumstantial evidence – Inference of guilt; Criminal law – Homicide: death in course of a fight – Manslaughter v. murder; Causation – necessity of evidential foundation for alternative causes of death.
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19 August 2024 |
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19 August 2024 |
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19 August 2024 |
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19 August 2024 |
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19 August 2024 |
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19 August 2024 |
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19 August 2024 |
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16 August 2024 |
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16 August 2024 |
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Court refused to dismiss the appellant's appeal for defective grounds but awarded costs to the respondent.
Appeal procedure – grounds of appeal – Order X r.9(2) CAR – non-compliance with rules (narrative/argumentative grounds) – jurisdiction – discretion to hear appeal despite defects – costs.
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15 August 2024 |
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14 August 2024 |
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A party seeking variation of a single judge’s decision must proceed by renewal, not by an appeal styled motion.
Civil procedure — Full court review of single judge decisions — Section 9(b) CAA and Order 10 r.2(8) CAR — Renewal of application to full court, not an appeal; procedural competence; registry clerical errors; consolidation and jurisdictional objections.
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6 August 2024 |
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6 August 2024 |
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6 August 2024 |
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2 August 2024 |
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A disciplinary striking-off upheld for the appellant’s failure to account for client funds; Section 68 accountant’s report not mandatory.
Legal practitioners — disciplinary proceedings — failure to render account of client funds — Sections 52, 53 and 22 Legal Practitioners Act — Section 68 (accountant’s report) not determinative — procedural fairness — suspension pending disciplinary determination — standard of proof for dishonesty — striking off as sanction.
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1 August 2024 |
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1 August 2024 |
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1 August 2024 |
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1 August 2024 |
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1 August 2024 |
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1 August 2024 |