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Court of Appeal of Solomon Islands |
IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS COURT OF APPEAL
Case name: | Seketala v Ches Investment Ltd |
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Citation: | |
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Decision date: | 12 February 2025 |
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Nature of Jurisdiction | Appeal from Judgment of The High Court of Solomon Islands (Bird J) |
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Court File Number(s): | 55 of 2023 |
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Parties: | John Seketala v Ches Investments Limited, Lever Solomons Limited |
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Hearing date(s): | 28 May 2024 |
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Place of delivery: | |
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Judge(s): | Muria P Gavara-Nau JA Lawry JA |
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Representation: | J Sullivan KC with E Soma for Appellant C Fakarii for the 1st Respondent S Kabau for 2nd Respondent |
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Catchwords: | Summary judgment-whether interlocutory or final-extension of time-leave to appeal |
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Words and phrases: | |
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Legislation cited: | Solomon Islands Courts (Civil Procedure) Rule 2007, r 9.57 and r 9.58, r 9.75 Court Of Appeal Act S 19 Halsbury’s Laws of England, 3rd edition, volume 26, para 504, |
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Cases cited: | Vi Jay Construction (PTY) Ltd v Eastern European Engineering Ltd, Salter Rex & Co v Ghosh [1971] 2 ALL ER 865, Standard Discount Co v La Grange [1877] UKLawRpCP 58; [1877] 3 CPD 67, Bozson v Altrincham Urban District Council [1903] 1 KB 548, Hunt v Allied Bakeries Ltd, Anglo –Auto Finance (Commercial) Ltd v Robert Dick, White v Brunton [1984] 2 ALL ER 606, Shubrook v Tufnell [1882] 2 QBD 621, Salaman v Warner [1891] UKLawRpKQB 85; [1891] 1 QB 734, Bozson v Altrincham Urban District Council [1903] UKLawRpKQB 44; [1903] 1 KB 547, Hill v Fladgate [1910] UKLawRpCh 24; [1910] 1 Ch 489, Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd v Rose Marie Samuels [2010] JMCA App 23, Kozy Harbour Ltd v Minnis [2019] CLE/gen/00555, Chhina
v Ismail [2024] UKPC 10, Golden Springs Ltd v Paia [1999] SBCA 11, Mega Corporation Ltd v Lotinta [2003] SBCA 8, General Steel Industries Inc V Commissioner of Railways (NSW) [1964] HCA 69, Leslie Allison v Monique Medlin [1996] SBCA 103, Whistler v Hancock [1878] UKLawRpKQB 3; [1878] 3 QBD 83, Samuels v Linzi Dresses [1980] 1 ALL ER 803, R v Bloomsbury and Marylebone County Court, Ex parte Villerwest Ltd [1976] 1 ALL ER 897, Felix Ano Suva’ahu, Georde Kiriau Noa v Omex Ltd, Commissioner of Forest Resources and other [2001] SBHC 36, Wallis v Hepburn [1878] 3 QBD 84, King v Davenport [1871] UKLawRpHL 9; [1874] 4 QBD 402, Script Phonography Co Ltd v Gregg [1990] 59 LJ ch 406, Chapman and Chapman v Australia Broadcasting Corporation [2000] SASC 146, Waterhouse v Reef Pacific Trading Ltd [1996] SBCA 5, [1983] EWCA |
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Ex Tempore/Reserved: | Reserved |
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Allowed/Dismissed: | Application allowed |
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Pages: | 1-19 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
Introduction
Brief background
The Notice of Appeal
Is the judgment final or interlocutory
"The jurisdiction summarily to terminate an action is to be sparingly employed and is not to be used Except in a clear case where the Court is satisfied that it has the requisite material and necessary assistance from the parties to reach a definite and certain conclusion. "
Extension of time.
"So the applicant is out of time His Counsel admitted that it was his, Counsel's mistake and asked us to extend the time. The difference between two weeks and four weeks is not much. If the applicant had any merits which were worthy of consideration we could certainly extend time. We never like a litigant to suffer by the mistake of his lawyers. "
Muria
Gavara-Nanu JA
Lawry JA
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