Shepherd, Sheldon and Richard Gillespie v Attorney General of Jamaica

Civil procedure – Order granting extension of time to file defence – Preliminary issue – Jurisdiction – Whether Court of Appeal has jurisdiction to hear appeal –Statutory restriction on appeals from orders granting unconditional leave to defend an action – Whether order extending time to file defence within specified time frame amounts to unconditional leave to defend – Judicature (Appellate Jurisdiction) Act, section 11(1)(b)