Employment law – fixed-term contract – termination by effluxion of time – tacit renewal; withholding of terminal benefits – Employment Act ss 52 & 56 – permissible deductions limited to restitution for property damaged by employee; procedural fairness and adequacy of disciplinary findings; criminal acquittal corroborating civil/disciplinary insufficiency

Ombudsman jurisdiction – anonymous complaints and whistle‑blower protection (s12A); maladministration in public recruitment; statutory interpretation of qualifications (s6(5) Corrupt Practices Act); separation of powers and administrative oversight.

Judicial review — amenability of executive actions; administrative justice — s43 right to lawful and procedurally fair administrative action and reasons; ultra vires and Wednesbury unreasonableness — Public Service Act (s10) deployment requirements; separation of powers — High Court jurisdiction under s108(2); duty of candour in judicial review.

Medical disciplinary proceedings — statutory requirement to record proceedings and reasons (s48(5) Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act) — incomplete/inconsistent record — adequacy of minutes vs verbatim record — appellate review limited by deficient record — referral for fresh inquiry — issues of informed consent, negligence and gross incompetence considered but not determined on merits.

Commercial law – arbitration clause – stay of proceedings – section 6(1) Arbitration Act – jurisdiction after Supreme Court of Appeal order – anti-suit injunction – forum shopping – competence of procedural application under CPR 2017.

Arbitration — Stay of proceedings under s.6 Arbitration Act — Arbitration clause in escrow agreement — Clause expressly excluding escrow agent — Interpretation of exclusion clause — Readiness and willingness to arbitrate required as evidentiary burden.

Disability discrimination in air carriage; reasonable accommodation and medical clearance; Chicago Convention Annex 9; right to equality and dignity; general (not punitive) damages awarded.

Administrative law — statutory interpretation of regulatory disciplinary powers — sections 17, 36 and 37 read together; delegation to committees and use of ad hoc panels permissible; distinction between inquiry and disciplinary hearing; concurrent criminal and disciplinary proceedings not per se unreasonable.