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JCPC/2025/0085
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CONSTITUTION
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal correct to set aside the trial judge’s findings that the Appellant’s right to property had been deprived under section 4(a) of the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago? If so, was the Court of Appeal entitled to reduce the Appellant’s costs of the appeal by 50%?
Last updated: 12 October 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: 12 October 2026
JCPC/2025/0087
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EMPLOYMENT
Hearing listedCase 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: 12 October 2026
JCPC/2025/0086
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CRIME
Hearing listedCase summary:Are the Appellants’ convictions and sentences for murder unsafe in circumstances of an alleged plea deal on the part of an accomplice whose evidence was uncorroborated?
Last updated: 12 October 2026
JCPC/2025/0039
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INSOLVENCY
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to hold that a ‘take or pay’ provision in two expired gas contracts had been incorporated into a subsequent agreement for the continued provision of gas on the same terms? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to hold that the appellant had failed to prove its debt?
Last updated: 12 October 2026
JCPC/2026/0090
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 12 October 2026
JCPC/2020/0037
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment given[2022] UKPC 1Case summary:(1) Whether the Respondent’s decision to suspend the Appellant was unfair; (2) Whether there was a duty on the Respondent to hear from the Appellant or consider the Appellant’s representations before suspending him; and (3) Whether the High Court was entitled to enquire into the criteria and basis for the Respondent’s decision.
Last updated: 11 October 2026
JCPC/2020/0011
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment given[2022] UKPC 10Case summary:Whether the Court of Appeal was entitled to find that there was a rebuttable presumption of undue influence on Mr Dankou in relation to the procurement of a mortgage over land owned by the company of which he was the principal shareholder.
Last updated: 11 October 2026
JCPC/2020/0008
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment given[2022] UKPC 14Case summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in rejecting the appeal against the trial judge’s finding that the affairs of STIC were not being conducted in a manner that was unfairly prejudicial, unfairly discriminatory, and/or oppressive to the Appellant in her capacity as a member of STIC, such that she should be entitled to relief under BVI law?
Last updated: 11 October 2026
JCPC/2017/0090
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Judgment given[2022] UKPC 32Case summary:Whether the Respondent was a tenant within the meaning of Land Tenants (Security of Tenure) Act and whether she had validly served a notice to renew her late mother’s lease.
Last updated: 11 October 2026
JCPC/2025/0024
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CONSTITUTION
Awaiting judgmentCase 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 October 2026
JCPC/2025/0113
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TAX
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:On a proper construction of s24 Income Tax Act, is a person allowed to compute annual allowances in respect of capital expenditure which it has incurred in any year and in any amount which it deems fit (subject to maximum thresholds set out in the Income Tax Regulations)?
Last updated: 10 October 2026
JCPC/2025/0070
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INSOLVENCY
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in dismissing the application on the basis that the sole director of the company failed to provide evidence that he was authorised to represent the company in proceedings?
Last updated: 10 October 2026
JCPC/2026/0088
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TORT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 9 October 2026
JCPC/2026/0042
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Should the appellant’s sentence for drug offences have been reduced on the basis that he had provided information which had resulted in the identification and arrest of another offender?
Last updated: 9 October 2026
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