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JCPC/2018/0096
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the Court of Appeal was correct to uphold the trial judge’s findings as to causation and quantum (among other matters).
Last updated: 8 June 2026
JCPC/2018/0072
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the Court of Appeal was correct to uphold the trial judge’s findings as to causation and quantum (among other matters).
Last updated: 8 June 2026
JCPC/2019/0088
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment givenCase summary:This appeal concerns a number of real estate transactions between each Appellant and Providence Estate Ltd ("PEL") in Montserrat. The Judicial Committee is asked by the Appellants to set aside the orders of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) in relation to that Court’s determination: (i) that each Appellant’s ownership of the relevant property (each a “Parcel”) was subject to an equity in favour of PEL and, relatedly, that each Appellant should execute transfer instruments in favour of PEL; and (ii) as to the application of certain provisions of the Montserrat Registered Land Act 2008 to a series of transactions.
Last updated: 8 June 2026
JCPC/2020/0058
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether Global Skynet is the ultimate beneficial owner of Skynet and whether a transfer of all of the issued shares in Skynet to Mr Andrei Kravchuk should be set aside.
Last updated: 8 June 2026
JCPC/2026/0005
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in refusing to grant leave to the appellant to seek judicial review against the respondent of a decision not to re-enlist the appellant as a constable in the Jamaica Constabulary Force?
Last updated: 8 June 2026
JCPC/2026/0012
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:Did the General Legal Council and Court of Appeal err in finding the appellant attorney, who acted for the vendor of a property, owed a duty of care the property’s prospective purchasers and negligently breached it?
Last updated: 8 June 2026
JCPC/2026/0010
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Should s13 of the Forfeiture of Money etc. in Civil Proceedings (Guernsey) Law 2007 be interpreted so as to impose on the applicant for a forfeiture order an obligation to demonstrate a causal nexus between identified or identifiable acts of unlawful conduct and the funds sought to be forfeited?
Last updated: 8 June 2026
JCPC/2026/0020
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Can an appellate court make findings of fact, evaluative judgments, and proportionality assessments for itself under article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”)? Was article 6 ECHR breached in this case by delay and/or apparent bias? What is the correct approach to be applied by a court and a regulator in determining whether an individual is a “fit and proper person” to perform regulated functions?
Linked casesLast updated: 8 June 2026
JCPC/2026/0016
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Can an appellate court make findings of fact, evaluative judgments, and proportionality assessments for itself under article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”)? Was article 6 ECHR breached in this case by delay and/or apparent bias? What is the correct approach to be applied by a court and a regulator in determining whether an individual is a “fit and proper person” to perform regulated functions?
Linked casesLast updated: 8 June 2026
JCPC/2021/0077
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CONSTITUTIONS
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) Whether the Central Bank’s decision to approve the sale of certain Traditional Insurance Portfolios was a purely commercial transaction which was not amendable to judicial review. (2) Whether Maritime’s case disclosed any violation of its constitutional rights under sections 4(b) and/or (d) of the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago.
Last updated: 8 June 2026
JCPC/2026/0006
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Whether the Court of Appeal erred in: (1) not treating as inadmissible the evidence found in searching the appellant’s cell phone; (2) holding that no jury direction had to be given on accomplice evidence; and (3) not requiring direction to the jury in respect of the transcript given to them, such that the appellant’s conviction is unsafe.
Last updated: 8 June 2026
JCPC/2025/0121
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did the trial judge adequately address certain inconsistencies in the victim’s identification evidence or did they otherwise inappropriately direct the jury rendering the appellant’s conviction unsafe?
Last updated: 8 June 2026
JCPC/2025/0123
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:(1) Whether the Court of Appeal erred in not re-opening the Appellant’s appeal against sentence and (2) whether the Appellant’s appeal against the sentence ought to be allowed.
Last updated: 8 June 2026
JCPC/2026/0003
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COURT PROCEDURE
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:(1) Does Order 6 ‘Writs of Summons: General Provisions’, rule 5 of the Grand Court Rules (“O6, r5”) require a claimant to provide a service address within the jurisdiction of the Cayman Islands to issue proceedings? (2) In the circumstances of the present appeal, should the appeal be heard on an ex parte basis without the participation of the respondent?
Last updated: 8 June 2026
JCPC/2025/0004
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TORT
Judgment givenCase summary:Is there a duty on an Attorney-at-Law to look behind a foreign power of attorney which is regular on its face and satisfies the relevant statutory provisions, and contains no express requirement on its face to look behind it?
Last updated: 8 June 2026
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