Toolsie Persaud Ltd Appellant v 1. Andrew James Investments Ltd 2. Shivlochnie Singh (by Order of Court) 3. The Attorney General of Guyana Respondents

JurisdictionCaribbean States
JudgeMr Justice de la Bastide,The Honourable Mr Justice Nelson,The Honourable Mr Justice Pollard,The Honourable Mr Justice Wit,The Honourable Mr Justice Hayton
Judgment Date15 July 2008
Neutral Citation[2008] CCJ 5 AJ
CourtCaribbean Court of Justice (Appellate Jurisdiction)
Docket NumberCCJ Appeal No CV 1 of 2007
Date15 July 2008

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  • George Rowe v Robin Rowe
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 5 December 2014
    ...still be entitled to maintain an action for trespass against another. In Toolsie Persaud Ltd v Andrew James Investments Ltd and Others [2008] CCJ 5 (AJ), the Caribbean Court of Justice opined that a defect in the paper title does not nullify the intention to possess. The court stated at par......
  • Ewers v Barton-Thelwell
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 31 July 2017
    ...are Allen v Matthews [2007] EWCA Civ 216; (2007) 2 P and CR 441; and Toolsie Persaud Ltd v Andrew James Investments Ltd and Others [2008] CCJ 5 (AJ); (2008) 72 WIR 292. Admittedly, however, in both those cases the existence of the principle is assumed rather than analysed. In the former ca......
  • Deorani Singh v The Attorney General and National Industrial and Commercial Investments Ltd
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Court of Justice
    • 13 March 2018
    ...to avoiding excessive delay. 14 Finally, the Court highlighted its decision in Toolsie Persaud v. Andrew James Investment Ltd. [2008] CCJ 5 (AJ) to point out the consequences of the appellant's delay. The Court noted that lengthy delays not only give a defendant the right to assert a defenc......
  • Sandra Bailey v Donovan Lewis
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 10 May 2019
    ...Company Limited and Another [2009] UKPC Case Ref 47; and Toolsie Persaud Limited v Andrew James Investments Limited and others [2008] CCJ 5 (AJ), and dealt with the law relating to possession and possessory titles. She stated that: “[u]ndoubtedly, [the appellants] have demonstrated the requ......
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