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• JCPC/2025/0037

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  COURT PROCEDURE

  Bank of Nevis International Limited (Appellant) v Selecta Insurance and Reinsurance Company (Caribbean) Limited (Respondent) (St Christopher and Nevis)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 7 May 2025

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• JCPC/2018/0038

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Ryan-Cox (on her own behalf and as representative of Theobalds Cox deceased) (Appellant) v Cox (as representative of Rhona aka Lorna Mary Cox) (Respondent) (St Lucia)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Whether the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal erred in holding that the deceased was entitled to dispose of his property to his wife and children by testamentary disposition, having stipulated in a marriage covenant that there shall be no dower.

  Last updated: 7 May 2025

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• JCPC/2017/0048

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  CONSTITUTIONS

  The Minister of Home Affairs and another (Respondents) v Barbosa (Appellant) (Bermuda)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Is the list of deemed “belongers” in section 11(5) of the Constitution of Bermuda an exclusive list such that it excludes non-naturalised British Overseas Territories (“BOT”) citizens who acquired citizenship by virtue of their connection to Bermuda?

  Last updated: 7 May 2025

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• JCPC/2023/0115

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Garet O Finlayson and another (Appellants) v Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation (Respondent) (Bahamas)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  Did the courts below err in finding that the respondent had not breached its duty to take reasonable care to sell a secured asset for the best price reasonably obtainable, in order to settle a debt owed by the appellants to the respondent?

  Last updated: 7 May 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0036

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  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)
  Appeal issued
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  Last updated: 6 May 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0035

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  Camla James Morrison (Appellant) v Sutherland Global Services Jamaica PLC Limited (Respondent)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
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  Last updated: 6 May 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0033

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Chad Antoine (Appellant) v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
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  Last updated: 2 May 2025

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• JCPC/2023/0097

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Cayman Shores Development Ltd and another (Respondents) v The Proprietors, Strata Plan No.79 (known as Lion's Court) and others (Appellants) (Cayman Islands)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  Are rights to play golf, tennis and to enjoy facilities on certain land in Grand Cayman and associated restrictive agreements binding upon the current owners of that land?

  Last updated: 2 May 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0032

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  The Commissioner of Police (Respondent) v Towfeek Ali and another (Appellants) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 29 April 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0031

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  Warren Cassell (Respondent) v The King (Appellant) (Montserrat)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
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  Last updated: 29 April 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0030

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  Bay Capital Investments Ltd (Appellant) v Harry Hassomal Mohinani (Respondent) (Mauritius)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 28 April 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0029

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  Luc Guilliey (Appellant) v OCAPAC Mauritius Holding Ltd (Respondent) (Mauritius)
  Appeal issued
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  Last updated: 28 April 2025

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• JCPC/2023/0095

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  CONSTITUTION

  Attorney General of the Cayman Islands and another (Appellants) v Joey Delosa Buray and another (Respondents), Zanna Me-Waakie Jones Hunter intervening (Cayman Islands)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Is section 37(3) of the Immigration (Transition) Act (2021 Revision) incompatible with the right to private and family life under section 9 of the Bill of Rights?

  Last updated: 28 April 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0007

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  COURT PROCEDURE

  Wycliffe Baird (Appellant) v David Goldgar and four others (Respondents) (St Christopher and Nevis)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err in striking out the Appellant’s appeal for want of prosecution and/or abuse of process?

  Last updated: 23 April 2025

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• JCPC/2018/0097

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  PRIVACY/INFORMATION

  Simon and others (Respondents) v Lyder and another (Appellants) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in (i) Allowing the respondents to rely on extrinsic facts coming into existence after the date of publication of the words complained of to establish they were referred to in the words complained of (ii) Overturning the findings of the trial judge on the references to “police officers” even if it was right in principle to allow reliance on post-publication facts (iii) Holding that the trial judge should have admitted evidence on identification from the respondents which had not been pleaded

  Last updated: 23 April 2025

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