Criminal
The judge does this for the jury at end of trial
What is a summing up?
Walsh v Lonsdale
What is ... ?
The difference between general and special damages
What is unknown & known?
General words following a specific list of items where the general words are restricted to include only things of the same kind.
What is Ejusdem Generis?
Mr. Krabs was guilty of this when he let Spongebob go & Spongebob had to work for Plankton
What is unfair dismissal?
A legal writ used to bring a prisoner or detainee before a court of law to determine if their imprisonment or detention is lawful
What is Habeas Corpus?
These two characteristics are necessary for a lease
What are exclusive possession and certainty of term?
This is written defamation
What is libel?
This is a written voluntary statement of facts, sworn to or affirmed under oath to be used in legal proceedings as evidence.
What is Affidavit?
This is the ground for divorce captured by the popular Bahamian song Ghost Move
What is adultery?
This case provided a two-limb test for the courts to consider when hearing a no case to answer.
What is R v Galbraith?
In the facts, there was damage to the roof of the rented premises. The tenant repeatedly served the landlord with notice of the defect. However, the landlord failed to repair contrary to the expressed covenant to repair. As a result, the tenant executed such repairs and set-off the amount from the rent, to which the landlord brought an action to collect the arrears of rent.
What is Milo Butler & Sons Investment Company Ltd v Monarch Investments Ltd
The limitation period for a bringing a personal injury claim in The Bahamas
What is 3 years?
The testator gives away his furniture, silverware, tables, but his bank notes are excluded
What is ejusdem generis?
If the accused's attorney asks him for more money in Guyana, he/she may respond like this
What is STW?
True or False:
In jury selection, the prosecution nor the defence is allowed to make no more than two peremptory challenges.
False
Murder and Treason trials allows for four (4) peremptory challenges - Section 19 of Juries Act.
There are two main test, as devised in Berkley v Poulett (1976) the court must consider for an object to be deemed a fixture.
What is purpose of annexation?
True or False:
Under the FAA, beneficiaries can initiate claim and succeed.
False- Dependents initiates claim under the FAA.
The court applies this canon of interpretation where the ordinary or literal meaning of the words produces an absurdity in which case the court may modify the ordinary meaning to avoid absurdity.
What is the Golden Rule?
The meaning of Ubi jus ibi remedium
What is, where there is a right, there is a remedy?
What are the facts of DPP v Stonehouse (1978)?
The defendant had been charged with attempting to obtain property by deception by fabricating his death by drowning in the sea off Miami in Florida.
Which of the following is false:
A) Seizure/distress can only be effected on things that are not in use at the time.
B) A notice to quit applies to fixed term tenancies.
C) Equity allows for part-performance where a party has acted on an oral contract.
B
The principle that came out of this case is that the if the cost repair exceeds the replacement cost, then the plaintiff is only entitled to the replacement cost. An exception to this is where there is a rare good that would be difficult to replace, hence, the most economical option would be to repair.
What is Darbishire v Warran (1963)
This can be admitted for proof of it happening, but not its truth
What is hearsay?
The minimum notice period required to terminate the employment contract of a manager
What is
1 month’s notice or 1 month’s basic pay in lieu of notice and
1 month’s basic pay (or a part thereof on a pro data basis) for each year up to 48 weeks?