: The plaintiff issued summons for $10 000-00 adultery damages against the defendant on 2 September, 2014. The adultery was common cause and it continued even after summons had been issued. More
This is an urgent chamber application for an order staying the execution of the writ issued pursuant to the order granted in Case No. HC 3805/23. The writ of ejectment to which the application relates was issued on 30 January 2024. On the return date the applicants seek the setting aside of the writ and a declaration that the first and third respondents are not entitled to evict the applicants from Koo Doo Reg. No. 42792, whose coordinates are stated as A-0461428 8088194, B-0461876 8088047, C-0461816 8087852, D-0461320 8088019 and from their homes and fields. More
: For purposes of this judgment I will refer to the applicant as the plaintiff and to the respondent as the defendant.
The plaintiff issued summons out of this court seeking adultery damages of $20 000-00 (twenty thousand dollars) and cost of suit on a legal practitioner and client scale. The amount of claim was broken down as follows:-
“(a) Contumelia inflicted upon the plaintiff …. $10 000-00
(b) The loss of the comfort, society and services …$10 000-00” More
The appellant was convicted of contravening s 65 as read with s 189 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment of which 1 year was suspended on condition of good behaviour. More
