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JCPC/2024/0043
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COMMERCIAL
Hearing listedCase summary:Is an unlicensed business able to enforce a loan contract and charge against the property of a borrower if they default on payment? Was the Court of Appeal entitled to refuse the appellant leave to appeal to the Judicial Committee on the basis that the appeal was devoid of merit and had no prospect of success, where otherwise the appellant would have an appeal as of right?
Last updated: 7 October 2025
JCPC/2024/0050
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COMMERCIAL
Hearing listedCase summary:Whether pleading a case solely on the basis of quantum meruit – and on the absence of a contract – precludes the award of damages for breach of contract (to the party pleading the quantum meruit case).
Last updated: 7 October 2025
JCPC/2024/0031
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NEGLIGENCE
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Can claims for unliquidated damages exceeding $4,000 give rise to appeals to the JCPC as of right under section 23(1) of the Bahamas Court of Appeal Act (the “CA Act”)? (2) Does the rule in Rylands v Fletcher impose strict liability on a landowner and lessor who neither occupies the land, nor owns or controls the dangerous thing? (3) Is the storage of fuel underground a “non-natural use of land” for the purposes of the rule in Rylands v Fletcher?
Last updated: 7 October 2025
JCPC/2024/0063
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TAX
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Supreme Court of Mauritius err in finding that, for the purposes of computing taxable profit arising from the sale of 93 plots following the parcelling of land, it was the value of the land ‘just before its development’, and not its historical cost at the date of acquisition, which should be taken into account pursuant to s.10(3) of the Income Tax Act 1995?
Last updated: 7 October 2025
JCPC/2025/0005
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ARBITRATION
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Did the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal err in holding that: (1) it was not bound to apply the rule in Henry v Geoprosco [1976] 1 QB 726; and (2) the Respondent has not submitted to the jurisdiction of the Pakistan courts?
Last updated: 7 October 2025
JCPC/2025/0060
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FAMILY
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal justified in setting aside the judge’s order which revoked F’s parental rights (i) without a trial, but (ii) on the basis that both M and F consented that the judge should determine the issue without a trial?
Last updated: 6 October 2025
JCPC/2025/0046
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:(1) Does a finding of undue influence meet the definition of fraud in section 141 of the Real Property Act Chap. 56:02 and therefore provide grounds for setting aside the transfer of Mrs Eveyln Ayers’ house to Sanahie’s Holding Limited (“SHL”)? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to uphold the High Court’s finding of fact that the transfer of Mrs Ayers’ house to SHL was obtained by undue influence? (3) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to hold that SHL did not have an appeal as of right under section 109(1)(a) of the Constitution?
Last updated: 6 October 2025
JCPC/2025/0101
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 6 October 2025
JCPC/2025/0100
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 6 October 2025
JCPC/2024/0014
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Did the delay between the hearing of evidence and the Supreme Court’s judgment (i) breach the Appellants’ right to a fair trial within a reasonable time or (ii) affect the judge’s ability to deal properly with the issues?
Last updated: 6 October 2025
JCPC/2023/0080
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:Did the judge err in exercising his discretion to refuse to sanction a scheme of arrangement which had been approved by the shareholders of Cable & Wireless Jamaica Ltd?
Last updated: 6 October 2025
JCPC/2024/0045
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COURT PROCEDURE
Judgment givenCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal wrong to reduce the costs that the Appellant could recover from the Respondent? In particular, is there a general rule that brief fees for counsel are irrecoverable as costs in habeas corpus applications?
Last updated: 6 October 2025
JCPC/2024/0020
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Judgment givenCase summary:Was the appellant eligible for the position of acting Deputy Chief Fire Officer prior to and/or after August 2019, and by failing to consider him for the post did the first and second respondents: (i) act irrationally, illegally and/or unfairly; (ii) breach Regulation 155 of the Public Service Commission Regulations; (iii) breach the appellant’s right to protection of the law under Section 4(b) of the Constitution, and consequently the appellant’s right to procedural protection under Section 5(2)(h) of the Constitution; and, (iv) breach a legitimate expectation that he would be considered?
Last updated: 6 October 2025
JCPC/2025/0007
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COURT PROCEDURE
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in striking out the Appellant’s appeal for want of prosecution and/or abuse of process?
Last updated: 3 October 2025
JCPC/2024/0092
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COMMERCIAL
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in finding that the termination notice period given by the Respondents was reasonable?
Last updated: 3 October 2025
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