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I N THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF JAMAICA

I N COMMON LAW

LUIT NO. CL. V 001 OF 1990

BETWEEN DALTON SEYMOUR VACC IANA PLAINTIFF

A N D OXFORD PRUDENTIAL HOLDINGS DEFENDANT

!';~'tr'ick Ba i ley f o r the P l a i n t i f f

Norman Davis for the Defendant

Heard on t h e 19th. 20th and 21st days of October 1993 and the 21st day o f * .

March 1997.

COURTENAY ORR J . c, Throughout 1994. I struggled against exhaustion. A b r i e f per iod o f

leave d i d not he lp much: and so my work suffered considerably. Then i n March

1995, s h o r t l y before I was due t o go on an extended per iod of leave I suddenly

f e l l se r ious ly ill. After two periods o f h o s p i t a l i z a t i o n , I began the slow

road t o recovery.

:f I resumed dut ies on a l i m i t e d basis i n mid September 1995, bu t even t h i s -,--

proved t o be premature and so I again went on leave i n November 1995 u n t i l

March 1996. I am not y e t c recovered: hence the delay i n del i ver ing

t h i s judgment. \

I hope t h a t the p a r t i e s and a l l a f fec ted by these proceedings have not

su f fered too much i nconven i ence because o f the del ay .