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Conditions to be satisfied for a defendant to be granted leave to defend a claim under the summary judgment procedure
Distinction between liquidated money demand and unliquidated money demand
Duties of the plaintiff, defendant and the court under the summary judgment procedure
Duty of the trial Judge in the summary judgment procedure
Effect of failure of the defendant to show a good defence under the summary judgment procedure
How a defendant may show cause against an application for summary judgment
How principles of fair hearing are entrenched into the rules governing the entry of summary judgment
How the decision whether to enter judgment as a summary trial or to transfer to the general cause list is reached
Meaning and purpose of the summary judgment procedure
Nature of defence that must be shown to warrant the transfer of a case to the general cause list
Nature of the summary judgment procedure
Onus on the defendant before he will be given leave to defend an action
Procedure to be followed under summary judgment procedure
Procedure to be followed where a defendant files a counter-claim in a summary judgment
Proper approach in an application for summary judgment and the only point involved is the construction of a document which is capable of more than one meaning
Purpose of the Summary Judgment Procedure
Requirements for the court to proceed to summary judgment
Steps to be taken by a defendant who has a defence to the plaintiff's claim
The essence of the summary judgment procedure
The purport of the summary judgment procedure
What a defence on the merits entails
What must be satisfied for a defence to qualify for the grant of leave to a defendant to defend the action
What the affidavit attached to a Notice of Intention to Defend must contain
What the defence should show to establish a defence on the merits
What the statement of defence/depositions on oath in support of a notice of intention to defend must show
When a defendant's affidavit would be said to raise a triable issue
When a matter will be transferred to the general cause list
When is a triable issue disclosed by the depositions in an affidavit in support of a notice of intention to defend?
When the defendant should be granted leave to defend an action under the summary judgment procedure
When the defendant will be granted leave to defend
When the summary judgment procedure can be employed
When the summary judgment procedure will avail
Whether a case is transferable to the general cause list as a matter of course
Whether a claim under summary judgment procedure is limited to liquidated money demand
Whether a judgment under the summary judgment procedure is appropriate where the defence raises a triable issue
Whether a mere denial of indebtedness constitutes a good defence under the summary judgment procedure
Whether a mere denial of indebtedness or excuse for non-payment of a debt is a triable issue
Whether a reply to the statement of defence is required in the summary judgment procedure
Whether a suit can be determined summarily where the defendant has disclosed a defence on the merit
Whether it is necessary for the court to decide whether a defence has been established in determining whether the defendant has a good defence to the action
Whether oral evidence is required in summary judgment procedure
Whether the court can take an objection to jurisdiction and an application for summary judgment at the same time
Whether there is a distinction between a defence on the merits and a defence that raises a triable issue
Whether the summary judgment procedure is appropriate for a claim not being for recovery of debt or liquidated money demand
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