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Section I   Judgment of the merits

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

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Section I   Judgment of the merits

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    345.   When after the hearing of a suit, judgment has been reserved, it cannot be stayed by reason of the death of the parties, or of their attorneys-at-law.

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    346.   (Repealed by S.I. 3 of 1970)

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    347.   In all contested cases, and in those not provided for by articles 85, 86 and 90, judgment must be rendered in open Court.

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    The Court may appoint days out of term for rendering judgments that have been reserved.

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    348.   Every judgment for damages must fix their amount.

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    349.   Every judgment must mention the cause of action, and must be susceptible of execution.

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    In contested cases it must moreover contain a summary statement of the issues of law and of fact raised and decided the reasons upon which the decision is founded, and the name of the Judge by whom it was rendered.

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    350.   The judgment must be entered without delay in the register of the Court in conformity with the draft initialled by the Judge.

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    351.   In the case of difference between the draft and the entry thereof in the register, the draft is to be followed; and the Court or Judge may, without any formality, order the rectification of the register.

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    352.   Every judgment condemning a party to the restitution of rents, issues and profits, must fix their amount, and this is done by experts if the case requires it; and the party condemned is bound for that purpose to produce all accounts and documents, showing the receipts, all leases of immovables, and a statement of the cost of tilling, planting, cultivating and manufacturing incurred by him or her.

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    353-355.   (Repealed by S.I. 3 of 1970)

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    356.   Unless it is expressly ordered, it is not necessary to have the final judgment served on the party condemned, except in uncontested cases, in cases where a party is condemned to deliver a specific thing within a fixed delay, where imprisonment is awarded, and judgments in recognition of hypothecs, rendered against defendants having a known domicile in Saint Lucia.

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    No final judgment, however, is to be served when rendered in the cases mentioned in article 1531 of the Civil Code.

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    357.   Any party may, on giving notice to the opposite party, renounce either a part only or the whole of any judgment rendered in his or her favour, and have such remuneration recorded by the Registrar; and in the latter case the cause is placed as it was before the judgment.

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