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884 Cases

• JCPC/2024/0050

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  COMMERCIAL

  Gordon Winter Company Ltd (Respondent) v NH International (Caribbean) Ltd (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment scheduled
  Case 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: 24 October 2025

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• JCPC/2023/0109

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  PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  John Calder Hart (Respondent) v Dr Myron Wing-Sang Chin (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment scheduled
  Case summary:

  In what circumstances are Commissioners to a Commission of Enquiry required to give notice to individuals that it intends to criticise them in its report?

  Last updated: 24 October 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: 23 October 2025

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• JCPC/2023/0048

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  CRIME

  Deon Watson (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Bahamas)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Having found the appellant guilty of damage and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, but having acquitted him of armed robbery, had the jury been misdirected by the judge and did they deliver inconsistent verdicts as a result? If so, is the appellant’s conviction unsafe?

  Last updated: 23 October 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0075

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Carleen McFarlane (Appellant) v General Legal Council (Respondent) (Jamaica)
  Hearing listed
  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: 22 October 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0092

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  COMMERCIAL

  Anheuser-Busch International Inc and another (Respondents) v Commonwealth Brewery Ltd (Appellant) (Bahamas)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err in finding that the termination notice period given by the Respondents was reasonable?

  Last updated: 22 October 2025

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• JCPC/2022/0011

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  CONSTITUTION

  Gedeon Mahabir (Appellant) v Public Service Commission and another (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  What is the correct interpretation of Section 121(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Regulation 168 of the Public Service Commission Regulations (“Reg. 168”) in the context of prison officer promotions?

  Last updated: 22 October 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0062

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  COMMERCIAL

  Uniform Building Contractors Ltd (Respondent) v The Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Whether compliance with conditions precedent to payment in a FIDIC contract is essential in order to enable a contractor to recover payment for variations alleged to have been made.

  Last updated: 22 October 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0018

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Manish Meeheelaul (Appellant) v Maubank Ltd (Respondent) (Mauritius)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Was the Supreme Court of Mauritius correct in holding that the Respondent bank was legally entitled to stop remunerating the Appellant in the course of disciplinary proceedings against him, pursuant to section 37(7)(b) of the Employment Rights Act 2008?

  Last updated: 22 October 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0094

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  A and 6 others (Appellants) v C and 13 others (Respondents)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  In exercising the Consent Powers, do the Protectors have the Wider Role or the Narrow Role?

  Last updated: 22 October 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0107

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Martin Phillip Revenales (Appellant) v Eric Charles and 5 others (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 21 October 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0095

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Replay Destinations (Bahamas) Ltd (Appellant) v Royal Ltd and another (Respondents) (Bahamas)
  Awaiting judgment
  Case summary:

  Last updated: 21 October 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0038

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  COMMERCIAL

  Metatron Global Fund and another (Appellants) v Canada Life International Limited and another (Respondents) (Mauritius)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:

  Did the Supreme Court err in refusing to exercise its discretion to grant the Appellants permission to appeal out of time?

  Last updated: 20 October 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0106

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Bart Van Thienen (Appellant) v Entain Operations Limited (Respondent) (Gibraltar)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 20 October 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0063

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  TAX

  Director General, Mauritius Revenue Authority (Appellant) v Claude Didier de Senneville and 7 others (Respondents) (Mauritius)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case 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: 20 October 2025

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