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828 Cases

• JCPC/2025/0067

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  CRIME

  Natario Walkins (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (The Bahamas)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 18 July 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0015

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  TAX

  Unicomer (St Vincent) Ltd (Appellant) v Appeal Commissioners and another (Respondents) (St Vincent and the Grenadines)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 18 July 2025

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• JCPC/2023/0107

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  INSOLVENCY

  Fang Ankong and another (Appellants) v Green Elite Ltd (In Liquidation) (Respondent) (Virgin Islands)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  Whether the Court of Appeal erred in applying the Duomatic principle and holding the Defendants personally liable.

  Last updated: 18 July 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0004

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  TORT

  Fay Chang Rhule (Appellant) v Angela Smith and another (Respondents) (Jamaica)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 18 July 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0040

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  CRIME

  Wolda Salamma Gardner (Appellant) v Director of Public Prosecutions and another (Respondents) (Bermuda)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  In what circumstances can a person make an application for redress under section 15 of the Bermuda Constitution in respect of an alleged breach of fundamental rights, where the breach complained of arises retrospectively following the decision of a court.

  Last updated: 17 July 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0014

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Lincoln Bain and another (Appellants) v Zinnia Rolle (Respondent) (Bahamas)
  Hearing listed
  Case 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: 17 July 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0015

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  PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  Ravi Balgobin Maharaj (Appellant) v The Minister of Finance (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  What is the meaning of the words “independent of the Government, Business and Labour” in the context of the appointment of the chairman of the National Insurance Board of Trinidad and Tobago under section 3(2)(d) of the National Insurance Act 1971?

  Last updated: 17 July 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0036

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  TORT

  Christopher Isaac Singh (A minor, suing by his mother and next friend, Nicole Singh Nee Mohammed) (Respondent) v Dr Prakashbhan Persad (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Was the Court of Appeal correct to interfere with the High Court’s finding that the appellant doctor was not negligent?

  Last updated: 16 July 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0020

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  Chief Fire Officer and 2 others (Respondents) v Siewnarine Ramsaran (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case 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: 16 July 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0066

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  COMMERCIAL

  Robert Archbald Gilchrist Sinclair (Appellant) v Ian Charles Domaille and 3 others (Respondents) (Guernsey)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 14 July 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0077

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  Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd and another (Appellant) v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd and 80 others (Respondents) No 2 (Bermuda)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  What (if any) is the scope of the joint interest privilege enjoyed by the shareholders and former shareholders of Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited (the “First Appellant”) over legal advice obtained by the First Appellant? Can a company assert privilege over its legal advice against a shareholder only where litigation privilege is established, or from the time that the interests of the company and shareholder became adverse?

  Last updated: 14 July 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0065

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  NEGLIGENCE

  Aeden Balwah (by Shelly-Ann Balwah, his Mother and Next Friend) (Appellant) v Surgi-Med Clinic Co. Limited and another (Respondents) No 2 (Trinidad & Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 14 July 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0014

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  DLC Investments Limited and another (Appellants) v Bahamas Resolve Limited (Respondent) (Bahamas)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Did the courts below fail properly to consider all the evidence in: (1) granting a mortgagee an order for vacant possession over a defaulting mortgagor’s property; and (2) ordering the mortgagor to pay a sum into court before granting an extension of time for permission to appeal that vacant possession order?

  Last updated: 11 July 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0064

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  Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v Amanda Rhoda Ramdeo (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 11 July 2025

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• JCPC/2023/0114

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Dipcon Engineering Services Limited (Appellant) v Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Was the Court of Appeal wrong to hold that (i) there was no binding agreement to pay an additional sum under the contract for services in the absence of approval by the Respondent’s board, and (ii) in the alternative, there was no consideration for a separate agreement to pay the additional sum?

  Last updated: 10 July 2025

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