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JCPC/2025/0015
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TAX
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:(1) Is an arrangement under which the appellant obtained insurance from an insurer who reinsured the risk with an entity related to the appellant, such that 95% of the premiums were ultimately received by that related entity, a transaction falling within the meaning of section 23 of the Income Tax Act, Chapter 435 (“ITA”)? (2) Is the appellant required to pay withholding tax on the premiums received by its related entity pursuant to section 66 of the ITA? (3) Are profits made by the appellant from hire-purchase agreements taxable at the time the agreements were entered into or upon receipt of the hirer’s instalments under section 9 of the ITA?
Last updated: 15 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0119
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase summary:Was the appellant entitled to terminate the contract for the sale of a parcel of land without making time of the essence?
Last updated: 15 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0094
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VETERINARY SURGEONS
Hearing listedCase summary:Whether the sanction imposed by the Respondent on the Appellant was disproportionate and not founded on sound and lawful reasoning.
Last updated: 15 April 2026
JCPC/2024/1001
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:What is the proper approach to the public interest balancing exercise required by section 35 of the Freedom of Information Act (“the FOIA”) where an applicant has requested disclosure of information from a public authority and the public authority considers there to be an applicable exemption?
Last updated: 15 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0018
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EMPLOYMENT
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) For the purpose of calculating the severance allowance, did the Court of Appeal err in overturning the first instance finding of fact that there had been a break in Mr Appadoo’s employment between 24 November 2012 and 24 December 2012? (2) What rate of interest, if any, should be awarded on Mr Appadoo’s severance allowance?
Linked casesLast updated: 14 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0019
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EMPLOYMENT
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) For the purpose of calculating the severance allowance, did the Court of Appeal err in overturning the first instance finding of fact that there had been a break in Mr Appadoo’s employment between 24 November 2012 and 24 December 2012? (2) What rate of interest, if any, should be awarded on Mr Appadoo’s severance allowance?
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Last updated: 14 April 2026
JCPC/2026/0001
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in allowing in part the employer’s appeal against a ruling of the Industrial Court which had awarded compensatory and exemplary damages to an employee whose employment was terminated upon reaching the age for compulsory retirement?
Last updated: 13 April 2026
JCPC/2026/0004
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Permission to Appeal refusedCase 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: 13 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0104
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase 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: 13 April 2026
JCPC/2024/0102
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment givenCase summary:For the purposes of establishing ownership of a property, does section 16(1) of the Registration of Deeds Act mean that a deed which is registered earlier takes priority over a deed which is registered later, even if the former was executed after the latter?
Last updated: 13 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0059
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Appeal issuedCase 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: 10 April 2026
JCPC/2026/0028
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CONTEMPT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 10 April 2026
JCPC/2026/0027
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 10 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0024
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CONSTITUTION
Hearing listedCase summary:Were the appellants entitled to declaratory relief in respect of the breaches of their constitutional rights as identified by the Judge? What is the correct approach that the courts should adopt to the assessment and award of vindicatory (as opposed to compensatory) damages? Have the courts in Trinidad and Tobago adopted an erroneous approach to the assessment of damages awarded for the breach of constitutional rights?
Last updated: 10 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0107
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase summary:Is the claimant entitled to an order vesting in him title to the land owned by the second defendant, based on the claimant’s occupation of the land for over 16 years?
Last updated: 10 April 2026
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