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JCPC/2025/0074
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CONSTITUTION
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:1) Was the President’s Proclamation No 8 of 2011 of a state of public emergency contrary to the Constitution and therefore unlawful? 2) Were the Regulations issued under this Proclamation justified by reference to the state of public emergency? 3) If so, were the arrests and detentions of the appellants under these Regulations nonetheless unlawful?
Linked casesLast updated: 14 July 2026
JCPC/2025/0073
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CONSTITUTION
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:1) Was the President’s Proclamation No 8 of 2011 of a state of public emergency contrary to the Constitution and therefore unlawful? 2) Were the Regulations issued under this Proclamation justified by reference to the state of public emergency? 3) If so, were the arrests and detentions of the appellants under these Regulations nonetheless unlawful?
Linked casesLast updated: 14 July 2026
JCPC/2025/0072
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CONSTITUTION
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:1) Was the President’s Proclamation No 8 of 2011 of a state of public emergency contrary to the Constitution and therefore unlawful? 2) Were the Regulations issued under this Proclamation justified by reference to the state of public emergency? 3) If so, were the arrests and detentions of the appellants under these Regulations nonetheless unlawful?
Linked casesLast updated: 14 July 2026
JCPC/2025/0040
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Appeal issuedCase summary:Can land owned by the Crown be acquired by prescription?
Last updated: 14 July 2026
JCPC/2024/0086
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CRIME
Hearing listedCase summary:Whether the first instance judge erred in his application of the law as to whether assets were recoverable as property obtained through unlawful conduct.
Last updated: 14 July 2026
JCPC/2025/0066
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COMMERCIAL
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the directors of a company breach their duties when they issued new shares resulting in a beneficial owner and co-shareholder ceasing to be a beneficial owner, either because (i) the issuance did not pursue a proper purpose, and/or (ii) they did not have regard to the market value of the company when determining the share price?
Last updated: 14 July 2026
JCPC/2025/0047
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Appeal issuedCase summary:Is there a binding agreement for the grant of a lease?
Last updated: 14 July 2026
JCPC/2019/0118
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COURT PROCEDURE
Hearing listedCase summary:Whether the Supreme Court of Mauritius was correct to find the Appellant, Mr. Stephen Anthony Aldridge, liable for having breached the Companies Act 2001 for having debited the bank account of the Respondent, Mordaunt Estates Ltd., and credited his own account for the sum of GBP 615,000.
Last updated: 14 July 2026
JCPC/2025/0065
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NEGLIGENCE
Hearing listedCase summary:These appeals concern allegations of clinical negligence following Aeden’s birth. The issues raised for the JCPC’s consideration all concern findings of fact in relation to the cause of Aeden’s cerebral palsy. In Dr Abdulla’s appeal (JCPC/2025/0063), and in Surgi-Med Clinic Co Ltd’s cross-appeal (JCPC/2025/0065/A) (1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to reverse the High Court’s finding of fact as to the timing of Dr Abdulla’s arrival? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to find that causation was inevitably proved against Dr Abdulla, if it was proved that he arrived at 4am? In Aeden Balwah’s appeal (JCPC/2025/0065) (1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to uphold the High Court’s finding that it had not been proved that Surgi-Med Clinic Co Ltd’s breach of duty caused Aeden Balwah’s cerebral palsy?
Linked casesLast updated: 14 July 2026
JCPC/2025/0063
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NEGLIGENCE
Hearing listedCase summary:These appeals concern allegations of clinical negligence following Aeden’s birth. The issues raised for the JCPC’s consideration all concern findings of fact in relation to the cause of Aeden’s cerebral palsy. In Dr Abdulla’s appeal (JCPC/2025/0063), and in Surgi-Med Clinic Co Ltd’s cross-appeal (JCPC/2025/0065/A) (1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to reverse the High Court’s finding of fact as to the timing of Dr Abdulla’s arrival? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to find that causation was inevitably proved against Dr Abdulla, if it was proved that he arrived at 4am? In Aeden Balwah’s appeal (JCPC/2025/0065) (1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to uphold the High Court’s finding that it had not been proved that Surgi-Med Clinic Co Ltd’s breach of duty caused Aeden Balwah’s cerebral palsy?
Linked casesLast updated: 14 July 2026
JCPC/2026/0012
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EMPLOYMENT
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the General Legal Council and Court of Appeal err in finding the appellant attorney, who acted for the vendor of a property, owed a duty of care the property’s prospective purchasers and negligently breached it?
Last updated: 14 July 2026
JCPC/2025/0123
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CRIME
Hearing listedCase 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: 14 July 2026
JCPC/2009/0015
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Judgment given[2009] UKPC 38Case summary:See judgment
Last updated: 14 July 2026
JCPC/2009/0014
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Judgment given[2009] UKPC 39Case summary:See judgment
Last updated: 14 July 2026
JCPC/2009/0096
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Judgment given[2009] UKPC 40Case summary:See judgment
Last updated: 14 July 2026
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