Results.
12 judgments found.
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31 March 2020 |
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27 March 2020 |
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26 March 2020 |
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Court upheld manslaughter convictions for reckless driving, rejecting challenges to juvenile witness evidence, identification and sentence.
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Criminal law — Manslaughter by negligent/reckless driving — Degree of negligence required; Juvenile witnesses — admissibility and need (or not) for voir dire/corroboration under Juveniles Act; Identification and proof of deceased — sufficiency of post‑mortems and police exhibits; Sentence — appellate interference only if shockingly excessive.
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26 March 2020 |
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26 March 2020 |
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26 March 2020 |
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20 March 2020 |
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Single judge lacked jurisdiction to dismiss an appeal filed before S.I. No.26/2012; the statutory instrument is not retrospective.
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Civil procedure — Appeal procedure — Dismissal for want of prosecution — Jurisdiction of single judge vs full court under s.4 Supreme Court Act — Statutory Instrument No.26 of 2012 non‑retrospective — Filing of heads of argument.
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18 March 2020 |
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Accumulation of procedural breaches and negligence can justify dismissal despite internal disciplinary code not specifying dismissal.
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Employment law — dismissal for misconduct — accumulation of procedural breaches and negligence — disciplinary code as part of conditions of service but not necessarily preclusive of dismissal — duty of court to assess whether disciplinary power was properly exercised.
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18 March 2020 |
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18 March 2020 |
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Whether understatement of purchase price to evade transfer tax voids a sale contract and bars specific performance.
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Property transfer tax — understatement of purchase price — illegality — effect on enforceability of contract — restitution of monies paid — specific performance — Statute of Frauds evidence.
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11 March 2020 |
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3 March 2020 |