East Coast Berbice Village District Council v Shambool Hussain

JurisdictionGuyana
Judgment Date1982
Year1982
Date1982
CourtCourt of Appeal (Guyana)
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4 cases
  • Maurice Whittingham and Winston Everton Reid v Cecil Brooks
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 6 April 2001
    ...negligence the judge had no jurisdiction to make a finding of such negligence on the part of the plaintiff." 10 In East Coast Berbice Village District Council vs Shambool Hussian (1982) 31 WIR 250, Crane, C, relying, by analogy, on Snook v London and West Riding Investments Ltd [1967] 1 A......
  • Neil Lewis v Astley Baker
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 17 January 2014
    ...been applicable. This is though a general rule and thus, will not be applicable in all cases. On that point, see: East Coast Berbice Village District Council v Hussain— [1982] 31 W.I.R 250. The rule is inapplicable in the particular circumstances of this particular case. 31 In the circumst......
  • Forde v Grenada Steel Works Ltd
    • Grenada
    • High Court (Grenada)
    • 7 April 2004
    ...circumstances of this case. The reason for my agreement can be found in the case of East Coast Berbice Village v. Shambool Hussain (1982) 31 W.I.R., 250.This was a decision of the Court of Appeal of Guyana and it must be to some extent persuasive upon this court In that case the learned jus......
  • Mohammed v The Attorney General
    • Trinidad & Tobago
    • High Court (Trinidad and Tobago)
    • 13 April 2017
    ...the Defendant conceded that it did not set out a plea for contributory negligence, it relied on the authority of East Coast Berbice Village District Council v Shambool Hussain15, where the court distinguished the requirement of the need to specifically plead contributory negligence as state......

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