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• JCPC/2025/0059

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  PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  Davindra Maharaj and another (Appellants) v The Minister of Finance and 2 others (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  (1) Was it unlawful to collect taxes and remit these taxes towards a fund for the compensation of victims of uninsured drivers in circumstances where this fund was not lawfully established? (2) Did collecting taxes and remitting them towards the fund for the compensation of victims of uninsured drivers in circumstances where this fund was not lawfully established breach the first appellant’s legitimate expectation that taxes would only be applied in accordance with the purposes of the Miscellaneous Taxes Act Chap 77:01? (3) Did the failure to establish a scheme for the compensation of the victims of uninsured drivers breach the second appellant’s legitimate expectation that such a scheme would be established? (4) Was it unreasonable for the Government of Trinidad and Tobago not to take steps to establish a compensation fund for the victims of uninsured drivers?

  Last updated: 5 August 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0035

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  ARBITRATION

  Caldicott Worldwide Limited (Appellant) v Liu Lan Yin (As Representative of the Estate of the Late Siong Beng Seng) and 2 others (Respondents) (Virgin Islands)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  The Company has an arbitration clause requiring all differences between the Company and its members be referred to arbitration. To what extent does this clause bind shareholder-shareholder unfair prejudice claims under section 184l of the Business Companies Act?

  Last updated: 3 August 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0037

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  COURT PROCEDURE

  Golden Meditech Stem Cells (BVI) Company Limited (Respondent) v Blue Ocean Creation Investment Hong Kong Ltd and another (Appellants) (Virgin Islands)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:

  Should fresh evidence be admitted on an interlocutory appeal where that evidence is a judgment of a foreign court which postdates the original hearing date?

  Last updated: 3 August 2026

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• JCPC/2023/0073

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  CONSTITUTION

  Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v Gabriel Joseph (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment given
  [2025] UKPC 19
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err in setting aside a test case agreement and consent order agreed between the parties?

  Linked cases

  JCPC/2023/0072 Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v Antonio Sobers (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Legal issue

  Last updated: 31 July 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0033

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  ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING

  Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (Appellant) v George Aboud and Sons Limited (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal refused
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal act in excess of jurisdiction, or in breach of the requirements of natural justice, by deciding the appeal on a basis which was not pleaded? Did the Court of Appeal err in deciding that the appellant’s Direct Private Party Action was automatically extinguished when the Environmental Management Authority informed the appellant that it had commenced its own enforcement proceedings? Did the Court of Appeal err in making a costs order against the appellant?

  Last updated: 30 July 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0103

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  TAX

  Alteo Energy Ltd and another (Respondents) v Director-General, Mauritius Revenue Authority (Appellant) (Mauritius)
  Appeal Dismissed
  [2026] UKPC 27
  Case summary:

  Is the First Respondent entitled to a partial tax exemption on interest income received from certain loans?

  Last updated: 30 July 2026

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• JCPC/2014/0036

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  CRIME

  Assets Recovery Agency (Ex-parte) (Jamaica)
  Judgment given
  [2015] UKPC 1
  Case summary:

  See judgment

  Last updated: 29 July 2026

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• JCPC/2012/0043

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  Nilon Limited and another (Appellants) v Royal Westminster Investments S.A. and others (Respondents) (British Virgin Islands)
  Judgment given
  [2015] UKPC 2
  Case summary:

  See judgment

  Last updated: 29 July 2026

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• JCPC/2012/0052

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Alleyne and others (Appellants) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent)
  Judgment given
  [2015] UKPC 3
  Case summary:

  See judgment

  Last updated: 29 July 2026

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• JCPC/2012/0085

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  PROCEDURE

  The Presidential Insurance Company Ltd (Appellant) v Mohammed and others (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment given
  [2015] UKPC 4
  Case summary:

  See judgment

  Last updated: 29 July 2026

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• JCPC/2012/0086

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  Seetohul (Appellant) v Omni Projects Ltd (Respondent)
  Judgment given
  [2015] UKPC 5
  Case summary:

  See judgment

  Last updated: 29 July 2026

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• JCPC/2012/0103

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  National Stadium Project (Grenada) Corporation (Appellant) v NH International (Caribbean) Limited (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment given
  [2015] UKPC 6
  Case summary:

  See judgment

  Last updated: 29 July 2026

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• JCPC/2014/0021

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  CRIME

  Director of Public Prosecutions (Appellant) v Nelson (Respondent) (Antigua and Barbuda)
  Judgment given
  [2015] UKPC 7
  Case summary:

  See judgment

  Last updated: 29 July 2026

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• JCPC/2013/0085

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  Gomes (Appellant) v The State (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment given
  [2015] UKPC 8
  Case summary:

  See judgment

  Last updated: 29 July 2026

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• JCPC/2013/0081

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  CRIME

  Pora (Appellant) v The Queen (Respondent) (New Zealand)
  Judgment given
  [2015] UKPC 9
  Case summary:

  See judgment

  Last updated: 29 July 2026

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