Results.
5 judgments found.
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| May 2014 |
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Applicant lacked sufficient interest and failed to prove illegality or irrationality in the council’s cemetery development.
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Administrative law — Judicial review — Illegality and Wednesbury irrationality — Local Government Act powers to establish cemeteries — locus standi — Commissioner of Lands’ letter not creating proprietary interest — discretionary reliefs
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29 May 2014 |
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A deaf-mute accused was found to have committed murder; court orders detention during the President’s pleasure.
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Criminal law — capacity to make a defence (deaf-mute defendant) — admissibility of deceased’s contemporaneous statement as res gestae — proof of murder by stab wound — malice aforethought — detention during President’s pleasure under s.161(2)(b) Criminal Procedure Code
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20 May 2014 |
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Court granted vesting order after plaintiff proved purchase and authorized Deputy Registrar to execute conveyance if vendor failed.
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Conveyancing — vesting order — proof on balance of probabilities — effect of defendant's non‑appearance — exercise of s.14 High Court Act empowering Deputy Registrar to execute conveyance
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14 May 2014 |
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Court upheld child maintenance, dismissed cross‑appeal, and ordered half of rental proceeds paid to petitioner pending house valuation and eventual sale.
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Family law — maintenance and property settlement — appellate review of factual findings — valuation of matrimonial home — entitlement to rental proceeds pending compliance with valuation order — interim distribution of rental income — refusal to entertain injunctive relief on cross‑appeal without formal application
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4 May 2014 |
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Court awarded 120 days to repay outstanding mortgage debt with contractual interest, failing which lender may foreclose and sell the property.
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Mortgage enforcement — default on loan and overdraft secured by third‑party mortgage — proof of indebtedness — refusal to permit proposed monthly instalments in mortgage action — granted moratorium of 120 days — contractual interest then bank lending rate — foreclosure relief if unpaid
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4 May 2014 |