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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  13 November 2026

  Teresa De Silva (Respondent) v Dindial's Hardware Limited (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Lord Lloyd-Jones,

  Lord Briggs,

  Lord Hamblen,

  Lord Doherty,

  Lord Snowden

  Was the appellant entitled to terminate the contract for the sale of a parcel of land without making time of the essence?

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  17 November 2026

  Andrew Flowers (Appellant) v Enterprise Insurance Company Plc (In Liquidation) (Respondent) (Gibraltar)

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Lloyd-Jones,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lady Rose,

  Lord Doherty

  Did the Court of Appeal err in ruling that neither clause 11.4 nor the common law relating to public policy meant that the Icebreaker policies were void or unenforceable or otherwise provided EIC with a defence to the claims by policyholders?

  Linked cases

  JCPC/2025/0021 Andrew Flowers (Respondent) v Enterprise Insurance Company Plc (In Liquidation) (Appellant) No 2 (Gibraltar)

  Primary Case

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  17 November 2026

  Andrew Flowers (Respondent) v Enterprise Insurance Company Plc (In Liquidation) (Appellant) No 2 (Gibraltar)

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Lloyd-Jones,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lady Rose,

  Lord Doherty

  Did the Court of Appeal err in holding that certain payments from EHL to EIC should be credited against the liability of Mr Flowers to pay equitable compensation for dishonest breaches of fiduciary duty and/or damages for breaches of common law?

  Linked cases

  JCPC/2025/0020 Andrew Flowers (Appellant) v Enterprise Insurance Company Plc (In Liquidation) (Respondent) (Gibraltar)

  Related case

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  17 November 2026

  Earl Elie (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Hamblen,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lady Rose,

  Lord Doherty

  1) Was the President’s Proclamation No 8 of 2011 of a state of public emergency contrary to the Constitution and therefore unlawful? 2) Were the Regulations issued under this Proclamation justified by reference to the state of public emergency? 3) If so, were the arrests and detentions of the appellants under these Regulations nonetheless unlawful?

  Linked cases

  JCPC/2025/0072 Dominic Pitilal (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Legal Issue

  JCPC/2025/0074 Ashmeed Mohammed (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Legal Issue

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  17 November 2026

  Dominic Pitilal (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Hamblen,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lady Rose,

  Lord Doherty

  1) Was the President’s Proclamation No 8 of 2011 of a state of public emergency contrary to the Constitution and therefore unlawful? 2) Were the Regulations issued under this Proclamation justified by reference to the state of public emergency? 3) If so, were the arrests and detentions of the appellants under these Regulations nonetheless unlawful?

  Linked cases

  JCPC/2025/0074 Ashmeed Mohammed (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Legal Issue

  JCPC/2025/0073 Earl Elie (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Legal Issue

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