Jamaica International Insurance Co Ltd v the Admin General for ...

the time for serving the claim form had by then expired. She also stated that she hadbeen advised that if the claim form and the particulars of claim were served on theapplicant they would or were likely to come to the attention of Mr Williams.[14] Miss Ayana Thomas, one of the attorneys at the law firm representing therespondent, indicated that the law firm had been retained on 26 June 2007. Sheconfirmed the difficulties the respondent had been experiencing in relation toascertaining who were the relatives of the deceased, and whether an application foradministration of the estate had been made by any of the relatives. She also deposedto experiencing difficulties even obtaining information as to the employment of thedeceased and particulars in respect of his income.[15] She deposed that there had been two applications to the court, one by MissMonteith and another by Miss Pauline Morgan asking the court to declare them spousesof the deceased. It was therefore uncertain, she said, at the time whether either orboth had taken out letters of administration on behalf of the deceased, as MissMonteith had certainly entered into settlementnegotiations with the applicant inrespect of a claim on behalf of the deceased’s estate. She indicated that she too hadcommunicated with the applicant concerning entering into negotiations to settle a claimon behalf of the estate, which were somewhat forestalled due to the communicationsfrom the attorneys representing Miss Monteith. Eventually, she stated, the respondentwas informed that the applications for spouseship on behalf of Miss Monteith and Miss