Ramsawak v Carnarvon
| Jurisdiction | Caribbean States |
| Year | 1960 |
| Date | 1960 |
| Court | Federal Supreme Court (West Indies) |
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11 cases
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Heeralall v Hack Bros. (Construction) Company Ltd et Al
...in Guyana compared and compared them with similar criteria in England; and with those expressed by the Federal Supreme Court in Ramsawak v. Carnarvon, (1960) 2 W.I.R. 426 at p. 427, which view must now for all intents and purposes be regarded as anachronistic: “We think it more appropriate......
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Cyrus Claxton v Cedric Dawson
...from Wooding C.J. in Aziz Ahamad, Ltd. v Raghubar (1967) 12 WIR 352 that ‘the statement was accepted by the late WI Federal Court in Ramsawak v Carnarvon (1960) 2WIR 426 that “damages in Trinidad are not given on as high a scale as in England”, and this was taken by Hyatali J as good ground......
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Ludell Leonard an Infant by Joshua Leonard his father and next friend Plaintiff/Appellant v Winfield Forbes Dennis Forbes Defendants/Respondents
...a mere vegetable," He awarded $20,000 as general damages. In arriving at this figure Hyatali J. applied a dictum of Hallinan C.J. in Ramsawak v. Carnavon 2 W.I.R.426 at 428 "that damages in Trinidad are not given on as high a scale as in England." Counsel further stated that in Aziz Ahamad ......
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Seepersad v Jhilmit
...and expected to be employed up to age 65. In awarding this sum the judge took into account the learning in Ramsawak v. Carnavon(1960) 2 W.I.R. P. 426 that damages are not awarded in the West Indies on a high scale as in England as such the award was reduced. Since Carnarvon's case, the Trin......
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