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• JCPC/2025/0065/A

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  NEGLIGENCE

  Aeden Balwah (by Shelly-Ann Balwah, his Mother and Next Friend) (Respondent) v Surgi-Med Clinic Co. Limited (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal granted
  Case summary:

  These appeals concern allegations of clinical negligence following Aeden’s birth. The issues raised for the JCPC’s consideration all concern findings of fact in relation to the cause of Aeden’s cerebral palsy. In Dr Abdulla’s appeal (JCPC/2025/0063), and in Surgi-Med Clinic Co Ltd’s cross-appeal (JCPC/2025/0065/A) (1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to reverse the High Court’s finding of fact as to the timing of Dr Abdulla’s arrival? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to find that causation was inevitably proved against Dr Abdulla, if it was proved that he arrived at 4am? In Aeden Balwah’s appeal (JCPC/2025/0065) (1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to uphold the High Court’s finding that it had not been proved that Surgi-Med Clinic Co Ltd’s breach of duty caused Aeden Balwah’s cerebral palsy?

  Linked cases

  JCPC/2025/0065 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)

  Cross Appeal

  Last updated: 26 February 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0087

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Oilfield Workers' Trade Union (Appellant) v Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited and another (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal granted
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err in finding that the respondent did not commit an industrial relations offence under section 40(1) of the Industrial Relations Act Chap 88:01?

  Last updated: 26 February 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0004

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  TORT

  Fay Chang Rhule (Appellant) v Angela Smith and another (Respondents) (Jamaica)
  Hearing listed
  Case 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: 26 February 2026

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• JCPC/2024/0066

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  Phillip Edward Alexander (Respondent) v Andrew Gabriel (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Were the statements made by the Respondent defamatory of the Appellant and, if so, what is the appropriate award of damages?

  Last updated: 26 February 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0015

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  FAMILY

  Jonathan Scott (Appellant) v Linda Harman (Respondent) (Jersey)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 26 February 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0004

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Clico International Life Insurance Ltd and another (Respondents) v Eastern Caribbean Baptist Mission and two others (Appellants) (Antigua and Barbuda)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err in setting aside the trial judge’s declaration that property owned by one company was beneficially owned by another, and in setting aside the resulting order for sale to satisfy the latter company’s judgment debts?

  Last updated: 25 February 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0083

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  CONSTITUTION

  Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v FR (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:

  Has the Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago breached the constitutional rights of the appellant as a victim of crime, by failing to prosecute the individual accused of assaulting her within a reasonable period of time?

  Last updated: 24 February 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0069

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  VETERINARY SURGEONS

  Michael Siew Loong Ng (Appellant) v Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (Respondent)
  Case closed
  Case summary:

  (1) Whether the admissions made by the Appellant before the Disciplinary Committee of the Respondent (the “Disciplinary Committee”) should be vacated on appeal? (2) Whether “new” evidence produced by the Appellant since the original hearing should be admissible?

  Last updated: 23 February 2026

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• JCPC/2024/0054

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  Prema Wheatley and 6 others (Respondents) v Vashti Ramlal and 2 others (Appellants) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err in overturning the High Court’s findings of fact in relation to the rights of the Appellants to various parts of the deceased’s estate?

  Last updated: 23 February 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0014

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  Sarvansingh Kasory (Appellant) v Financial Crimes Commission and another (Respondents) (Mauritius)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 20 February 2026

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• JCPC/2024/1004

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Caribbean Airlines Ltd (Appellant) v Communication Transport and General Workers' Union (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err in upholding the Industrial Court’s ruling that the Appellant is the successor to British West Indian Airways and therefore bound to recognise the Respondent as one of its recognised majority unions under the Industrial Relations Act?

  Last updated: 18 February 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0013

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  Sports Data Feed Ltd (Appellant) v Silver Sports Ltd and another (Respondents) (Mauritius)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 18 February 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0095

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  CONSTITUTION

  The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago and others (Respondents) v Jason Jones (Appellant) (Trinidad & Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:

  Do sections 13 and 16 of the Sexual Offences Act 1986 (the “Act”) repeal and re-enact sections 59, 60 and 61 of the Offence Against the Person Act 1925 and so fall within section 6 of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (the “Constitution”)? Do sections 13 and 16 of the Act infringe the fundamental rights guaranteed by section 4 of the Constitution? Are sections 13 and 16 of the Act reasonably justifiable, in whole or in part, in a society which has proper respect for the rights and freedoms of the individual?

  Last updated: 18 February 2026

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• JCPC/2024/0075

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Carleen McFarlane (Appellant) v General Legal Council (Respondent) (Jamaica)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  Did an attorney’s conduct of refunding the deposit in full solely to a co-client as co-purchaser following the cancellation of a sale agreement amount to a breach of Canon IV(s) of the Legal Profession (Canons of Professional Ethics) Rules 1978? If so, what is the appropriate sanction and what rules of due process apply to disciplinary proceedings?

  Last updated: 18 February 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0084

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  CONSTITUTION

  Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v Jwala Rambarran (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:

  (1) Did the Court of Appeal err in setting aside the judge’s award of vindicatory damages, and failing to increase that award? (2) Did the Court of Appeal err in reducing the judge’s award of compensatory damages?

  Last updated: 18 February 2026

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