Northrock Ltd v Jardine and Another

JurisdictionCaribbean States
Judgment Date1992
Date1992
Year1992
CourtCourt of Appeal (Eastern Caribbean States)
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22 cases
  • River Doree Holdings Ltd Appellant v Attorney General of St. Lucia Respondent [ECSC]
    • St Lucia
    • Court of Appeal (Saint Lucia)
    • 25 November 2013
    ...the Eastern Caribbean jurisdiction in that its laws are a mixture of codified and common laws. InNorthrock Ltd v Jardine and Another (1992) 44 WIR 16012 Floissac CJ dealt with the relationship between the Civil Code of Saint Lucia and the common law and commented: "To the extent to which ou......
  • Glenda Williams v Francis Wilson Auguste Etienne Juliana Etienne
    • St Lucia
    • High Court (Saint Lucia)
    • 4 September 2020
    ...Article 986, which the defendant suggests is applicable to this case, is according to the dicta of Sir Vincent Floissac CJ in the case Northrock v Jardine 2 inapplicable. In that case, Floissac CJ explained the distinction between liability for damage caused by a defendant's own acts, negle......
  • Phillip Eric Paston Bacon v Stephen King Rumelia King
    • St Lucia
    • High Court (Saint Lucia)
    • 15 November 2020
    ...this Code or of any other statute, the provisions of this Code or of such statute shall prevail. (Added by Act 34 of 1956).” 33 In Northrock Ltd v Jardine 18 Floissac CJ explained the distinction between liability for damage caused by a defendant's act, imprudence, neglect or want of skill,......
  • Michael Christopher Claimant v (1) PC 240 John Flavien (2) The Honourable Attorney General of Saint Lucia Defendants [ECSC]
    • St Lucia
    • High Court (Saint Lucia)
    • 25 July 2007
    ...thus arising." 15 The discharge of the firearm by PC Flavien was a human act which is therefore caught by Article 985. In Northbrock Ltd v Jardine (1992) 44 W.I.R. 160 at 165, Sir Vincent Floissac explained: "There has never been any doubt that our Article 985 … place [s] on the Plaintiff t......
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