Pool v H. Savy Insurance (SCA 27/2019 (Appeal from CS 105/2015)) Pool v H. Savy Insurance (17 December 2021);
Quantum of damages, evidence and burden of proof in relation to damages and quantum
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF SEYCHELLES
Quantum of damages, evidence and burden of proof in relation to damages and quantum
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF SEYCHELLES
Creation of easements - Discontinuous easements - Right of way - Document of title - Road acess - Sections 3, 28 and 52(3) of the Land Registration Act - Land Registration Act has primacy over the manner and form of creating easements - Mondon & Ors v Weller & Anor [2016] SCSC 451 omitted to consider imperative provisions of the Land Registration Act - An easement is a registrable right and is required to be created in a specific form in accordance with the Land Registration Act - Appeal allowed - With costs to the respondent
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF SEYCHELLES
Les référés - arts. 806 - 811 C. Pr. c. - Writ habere facias possessionem - res judicata - urgency: alternative remedy - Appeal partly succeeds – With costs
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF SEYCHELLES
Article 1382 and the acts of moral persons –liability under Article 1382 and 1384 – when court of appeal can interfere with award of lower court
IN THE SEYCHELLES COURT OF APPEAL
Delict/tort-nuisance – proving of nuisance by sound, smell and dust.Once nuisance is proved, it is no defence that the defendant was unaware that their actions caused damage to the plaintiff.
A party cannot seek relief outside their pleadings
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF SEYCHELLES
Delictual liability-Damages-whether the award of damages was manifestly harsh and excessive. A party cannot seek relief outside their pleadings
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF SEYCHELLES
Right of way; Trespass; threatening violence; erecting barriers; obstructing entry; Article 1382 (3); damages due; permanent injuction
Application to 'hold on' to the prayers as averred and sought for in the affidavit would amount to an abuse of the process of this Court
SUPREME COURT OF SEYCHELLES
ORDER
GOVINDEN J