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JCPC/2025/0098
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INSOLVENCY
Hearing listedCase summary:When a company enters liquidation, does time stop running for the purposes of the Cayman Islands Limitation Act (1996 Revision) in respect of all liabilities, including actions based in tort, or just for submitting ‘proofs’ of debt?
Last updated: 18 March 2026
JCPC/2022/0022
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Judgment givenCase summary:Should the Court of Appeal ("CA") have reversed the trial judge's finding of primary fact on the basis that: (i) there was no evidence to support the judge's conclusions; and/or (ii) the judge's conclusions were based on a misunderstanding of the evidence; and/or (iii) no reasonable judge could have reached the judge's conclusions?
Last updated: 18 March 2026
JCPC/2022/0083
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PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) Whether the sanction imposed by the Disciplinary Committee of The General Legal Council, striking the Respondent from the Roll of Attorneys-at-Law entitled to practice law in Jamaica, was an error of law or clearly inappropriate so as to warrant the intervention of the Court of Appeal in setting aside the order and imposing less severe sanctions. (2) Whether in the circumstances of the case, the Court of Appeal ought to have deferred to the decision of the Disciplinary Committee.
Last updated: 18 March 2026
JCPC/2026/0008
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Does the Appeal Division have jurisdiction to grant leave to appeal to the Privy Council pursuant to section 24(1)(a) of the High Court Act 1991 if it has refused permission to appeal (to itself) from the High Court? Does the JCPC have jurisdiction to grant special leave to appeal in circumstances where the Appeal Division has refused to grant permission to appeal to itself from a ruling of the High Court? Did the Deemster err in his construction and application of section 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991?
Last updated: 18 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0118
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EMPLOYMENT
Hearing listedCase summary:Does the Industrial Court have jurisdiction to decide that a failure to provide for retirement benefits constitutes a breach of good industrial relations practices for which an award was justifiable under the Industrial Relations Act 1972, section 10(3)?
Last updated: 18 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0043
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INSOLVENCY
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err (1) by concluding that the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of Mauritius had granted the Appellant leave under section 154(1)(c) of the Insolvency Act to continue the Plaint in the name and on behalf of the Respondent; and (2) by failing to treat the application as one to enable the Appellant to apply under the Court’s inherent jurisdiction and section 174(3)(a) of the Insolvency Act for leave to continue the Plaint as a derivative claim?
Linked casesLast updated: 17 March 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: 17 March 2026
JCPC/2026/0023
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 17 March 2026
JCPC/2026/0022
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 16 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0112
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal wrong to find that the adoption of the “out of all proportion” test for a discharge without conviction was correct? If not, did the Court of Appeal err in its application of this test on the merits? Did the Court of Appeal err in finding that it had no jurisdiction to grant leave to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in criminal cases?
Last updated: 16 March 2026
JCPC/2026/0021
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 16 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0104
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Are the appellant’s convictions for (i) wilful damage and (ii) careless driving and driving without reasonable consideration for other road users unsafe?
Last updated: 16 March 2026
JCPC/2026/0007
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:(1) Did the trial judge give an improper direction to the jury in relation to the three two-component gunshot particles found on the appellant’s palms? (2) Should the jury have been discharged from giving a verdict in relation to count 3?
Last updated: 16 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0123
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase 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: 16 March 2026
JCPC/2026/0020
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 16 March 2026
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