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Civil procedure [2014] JRC 155A

Nott -v- Strzelecki

Nott -v- Strzelecki [2014] JRC 155A (11 August 2014)

The court allowed expert road-traffic evidence in a damages claim, but only to analyse contemporaneous photographs and technical signs, not witness statements or legal conclusions.

  • Admissibility of expert evidence
  • Road traffic accident
  • Liability
  • Scope of expert testimony
  • Expert-evidence
  • Road-traffic-accidents
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Civil procedure [2014] JRC 042

Viera -v- Kordas

Viera -v- Kordas [2014] JRC 042 (19 February 2014)

The Royal Court dismissed an appeal against striking out a personal injury claim for inordinate and inexcusable delay causing prejudice and preventing a fair trial.

  • Strike out applications
  • Delay in proceedings
  • Abuse of process
  • Road traffic accident
  • Limitation period
  • Case management
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Civil procedure [2013] JRC 251

Viera -v- Kordas and The Motor Insurers' Bureau

Viera -v- Kordas and The Motor Insurers' Bureau [2013] JRC 251 (11 December 2013)

The Royal Court struck out a road traffic claim for inordinate, inexcusable delay, holding the action was an abuse of process and that a fair trial was no longer possible.

  • Strike out for want of prosecution
  • Abuse of process
  • Road traffic accident
  • Limitation period
  • Delay in litigation
  • Abuse-of-process
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Civil procedure [1998] UR 190

1998/190 - Allen v Stead

1998/190 - Allen v Stead [1998] UR 190 (17 September 1998)

Jersey court refused to dismiss a road traffic claim for want of prosecution, finding about two years of inordinate delay but no serious prejudice justifying strike-out.

  • Dismissal for want of prosecution
  • Inordinate and inexcusable delay
  • Prejudice to defendant
  • Quantum of damages
  • Road traffic accident
  • Civil-procedure
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Tort [1968] JJ 899

d'Aguiar v de Goes

d'Aguiar v de Goes [1968] JJ 899 (31 May 1968)

A Jersey road traffic negligence case applying res ipsa loquitur where a car left the road at a dangerous bend and the defendant offered no explanation.

  • Negligence
  • Res ipsa loquitur
  • Road traffic accident
  • Res-ipsa-loquitur
  • Road-traffic-accident
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