Matuszowicz v Parker

JurisdictionBahamas
Date1987
Year1987
CourtSupreme Court (Bahamas)
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  • DOUGLAS NGUMI v THE HON. CARL BETHEL v THE HON. BRENT SYMONETTE v WILLIAM PRATT v Peter Joseph
    • Bahamas
    • Court of Appeal (Bahamas)
    • 18 August 2021
    ...realm of possibility as happens in the United States to mark societies' condemnation of such State conduct. He referred to the case of Matuszowicz v Parker (1987) 50 WIR 24. In that case, Mr. Smith had urged the learned Chief Justice to pay some regard to the verdicts in Florida which the ......
  • Cyrus Claxton v Cedric Dawson
    • British Virgin Islands
    • High Court (British Virgin Islands)
    • 1 November 2004
    ...It may be suspected that counsel was following the trend to which the Guyanese case referred. 46 In a case from the Bahamas, Matuszowicz v Parker (1987) 50 WIR 24 Georges CJ thought it appropriate to increase English awards. He stated: ‘the courts here are faced with the task of setting sta......
  • Douglas Ngumi v The Hon. Carl Bethel
    • Bahamas
    • Supreme Court (Bahamas)
    • 17 April 2019
    ...realm of possibility as happens in the United States to mark societies' condemnation of such State conduct. He referred to the case of Matuszowicz v Parker (1987) 50 WIR 24. In that case, Mr. Smith had urged the learned Chief Justice to pay some regard to the verdicts in Florida which the ......
  • Automotive & Industrial Distributors Ltd v Omerod
    • Bahamas
    • Court of Appeal (Bahamas)
    • 17 April 2003
    ...levels at which damages for fractures of the ankle should be given bearing in mind the principles set out in cases such as Matusowiscz v. Parker (1987) 50 W.I.R. 24 and Heil v. Rankin [2000] 2 W.L.R. 1173. 7 I think that in order to establish any kind of tariff of assessments of damages for......
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