Ruling] Civil Procedure and Practice – striking out of suit – suit alleging a fraud perpetrated on the plaintiff by the defendants – application to strike out a suit on the ground that it was frivolous, vexatious and abuse of the court process – defendants claiming that they agents or nominees of a disclosed principal and therefore the claims against them could not be sustained as no personal liability could attach to them - whether the suit against the defendants could be sustained.

Contract – agency – relationship of principal and agent – whether there are circumstances when the agent of a disclosed principal can be held personally liable for acts done in the name of the principal

Company law – lifting the corporate veil – liability of company directors – whether the directors of a company which was a party to an allegedly fraudulent transaction would be liable for the fraud along with the company itself – whether in case of fraud, the directors stand on the same footing as the company itself – whether an action based on the alleged fraud could be sustained against the directors of the company

[Ruling] - CRIMINAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - bail – application for bail pending appeal – accused was convicted and sentenced on a charge of robbery – factors the court considers when granting bail on an appeal – validity of order - Penal Code section 296(1)

Contract law-agreement for sale-plaintiff granted injunctive orders restraining the defendant from interfering in any way with the suit property pending hearing and determination of the suit-grounds that defendant was in breach of agreement for sale-whether the defendant repudiated the contract by breaching the said agreement-whether the plaintiff discharged from the agreement due to the defendant’s breach-whether defendant entitled to specific performance of the agreement-where the defendant had sought orders for specific performance compelling the plaintiff to transfer the suit property and general damages for breach of contract by the plaintiff-whether the defendant entitled to any damages-whether there should be an inquiry as to damages occasioned by the grant of injunctive orders to the plaintiff in the event the defendant is successful in the suit

[RULING] Appeals-striking out-whether there is a provision for striking out appeals under Order VI, rule 13 of the Civil Procedure Rules-validity of the application

Contract Law - Sale agreement - Specific performance - Where there is inordinate delay in bringing the suit - Where on of the party to the contract brings a suit after the other party to the contract has passed away - Privity of contract.

Injunctions - principles of injunctions.

Contract-consideration-where the defendant company paid only some of the invoices for services rendered-remedies available to the plaintiff

Family law - adoption of infants - husband and wife seekign to adopt an abandoned child - examination of the qualification and capacity of the applicants to adopt the child - Children Act part XII; sections 154, 158

Family Law-divorce-adultery-where the petitioner left the matrimonial home fourteen years after the alleged adultery-whether the petitioner condoned the alleged adultery by such conduct

Family Law-divorce-adultery-where the petitioning husband failed to cite the person the respondent wife is alleged to have committed adultery with, as a co-respondent-whether such omission is fatal to the petition-Matrimonial Causes Act, Section 9(1)

Family Law-divorce-desertion-whether the mere act of a spouse moving out of the matrimonial home constitutes desertion

[RULING] Succession Law-letters of administration-revocation-where the grant was given in testate and there are allegations of fraud and that some dependants of the deceased were left out-validity of the grant

[RULING] Affidavits-service-where a replying affidavit is filed in less than three days to the date of hearing-whether the delay results in the respondents having no locus standi-Civil Procedure Rules, Order L, rule 16

Probate and Administration-grant-dismissal of application for revocation/annulment of grant issued to the Public Trustee for want of prosecution-where there appear to be irregularities in the manner in which the deceased acquired the land-validity of the application