Patrick Valentine v Nicole Lumsden (an Infant) and Lascelles Lumsden (next friend)

JurisdictionJamaica
Year1993
Date1993
CourtUnspecified Court (Jamaica)
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  • Richards Lorenzo v United Car Rentals Ltd & Osmond Bernard
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 12 July 2002
    ...is one of inordinate delay. The reason for this kind of vulnerability is not hard to see. 18 Downer J.A. in Valentine v Lumsden (An Infant) & Lumsden (Next Friend) (1993) 30 J.L.R. 525 has so eloquently said at page 527: As for inordinate delay, the courts have taken a stem attitude towards......
  • Alcan Jamaica Company v Herbert Johnson et Al
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 30 July 2004
    ...Committee of the Privy Council (1990) 27 JLR 189 and the Birkett principles were approved. 11 In Patrick Valentine v Nicole Lumsden (an infant) and Lascelles Lumsden (next friend) (1993) 30 J.L.R. 525 the infant plaintiff suffered severe injuries in a motor vehicle accident on March 13, 198......
  • Reid (Spurgeon) v Corporal Lobban and Attorney General for Jamaica
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 12 June 2001
    ...have and not substantially on documentary evidence. 35 Miss Harrison referred to the dicta of Downer J A in the case of Patrick Valentine v. Nicole Lumsden (supra) where it was stated that in actions which depend solely on the personal recollection of witnesses such as in running down cases......
  • Douglas, Amos v Calvert Falloon & Roy Christie
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 6 December 2002
    ...may exceed the limits of coverage accorded by the defendant's insurance policy. 12This statement of the law was adopted in Patrick Valentine v Nicole Lumsden (1993) 30 J.l.R. 524. She accordingly submitted that the defendant had made out his case for the dismissal of this action for want of......
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