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JCPC/2026/0081
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EMPLOYMENT
Appeal issuedCase summary:(1) Whether an employer may lawfully summarily dismiss an employee for gross or serious misconduct where the tribunal of fact finds no more than a suspicion of the culpable act alleged; (2) Whether the Court of Appeal erred in affirming findings based on an implied duty of fidelity and insubordination where, according to the Appellant, neither was pleaded as a basis of dismissal or put to her in evidence; (3) Did the employer’s disciplinary procedure form part of the employee’s contract of employment; and was the disciplinary function within that procedure lawfully exercisable by the CEO of the employer?; (4) Did the Court of Appeal fail to give proper effect to the injunction of Kokaram J?; (5) Did the employer’s disciplinary process constitute a breach of natural justice and procedural fairness?; (6) Did the Court of Appeal err in relying on hearsay and untested technical conclusions?; (7) Did the courts below err by, in substance, reversing or diluting the employer’s burden of showing just cause by treating the employee’s non-production of a record as probative of misconduct?; and (8) Given the law of this jurisdiction, did the Court of Appeal err in dismissing the employee’s claim for aggravated and exemplary damages on the twin bases of: (i) Addis v Gramophone Co Ltd [1909] AC 488; and (ii) the ‘exclusion area’ associated with Johnson v Unisys Ltd [2003] 1 AC 518?
Last updated: 22 October 2026
JCPC/2026/0079
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COURT PROCEDURE
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in affirming the High Court’s decision to dismiss the Appellant’s application to commit the Respondent for contempt, for “want of prosecution”?
Last updated: 22 October 2026
JCPC/2025/0031/A
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CRIME
Judgment given[2026] UKPC 36Case summary:(1) In respect of the appeal, did the Court of Appeal err in finding: (i) that there was no case to answer because no documents were properly admitted as evidence? (ii) a miscarriage of justice had occurred because the prosecution had shown documents to the jury that had not been tendered into evidence? (2) In respect of the cross-appeal, did the Court of Appeal err in failing to acquit the Respondent under section 39(2) of the Supreme Court Act?
Linked casesLast updated: 22 October 2026
JCPC/2025/0031
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CRIME
Judgment given[2026] UKPC 36Case summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in finding: (i) that there was no case to answer because no documents were properly admitted as evidence? (ii) a miscarriage of justice had occurred because the prosecution had shown documents to the jury that had not been tendered into evidence?
Linked casesLast updated: 22 October 2026
JCPC/2026/0075
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Appeal issuedCase summary:Whether, if the Appellant’s father’s lease over a portion of the lands was not validly terminated, that should prevent the Respondent from being granted possession of the lands.
Last updated: 22 October 2026
JCPC/2026/0078
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Appeal issuedCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal wrong to admit fresh evidence and interfere with the trial judge’s findings of fact?
Last updated: 22 October 2026
JCPC/2025/0084
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CONSTITUTION
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Did the Court of Appeal err in setting aside the judge’s award of vindicatory damages, and failing to increase that award? (2) Did the Court of Appeal err in reducing the judge’s award of compensatory damages?
Last updated: 22 October 2026
JCPC/2026/0092
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 22 October 2026
JCPC/2020/0051
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CRIME
Judgment given[2022] UKPC 19Case summary:Is the mandatory death sentence in Trinidad and Tobago, pursuant to section 4 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1925, unconstitutional?
Last updated: 21 October 2026
JCPC/2018/0106
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CRIME
Judgment given[2022] UKPC 20Case summary:(1) What is the nature of the exercise engaging the Court when it is asked to grant relief under section 14 of the Constitution in a case such as the present? (2) In light of previous decisions of the Judicial Committee, including Pratt & Morgan, is it open to a Court exercising its power to grant relief under section 14 of the Constitution to substitute a sentence other than life imprisonment when commuting a death sentence? (3) If it is, in what circumstances, and how, should the Court exercise the power to impose some other sentence? (4) Subject to the above, would it be appropriate for a Court, in exercise of its jurisdiction under section 14 of the Constitution, to substitute a sentence other than life imprisonment when commuting a death sentence in a case such as the present?
Last updated: 21 October 2026
JCPC/2025/0039
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INSOLVENCY
Awaiting JudgmentCase 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: 21 October 2026
JCPC/2025/0083
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CONSTITUTION
Hearing listedCase summary:Has the Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago breached the constitutional rights of the appellant as a victim of crime, by failing to prosecute the individual accused of assaulting her within a reasonable period of time?
Last updated: 20 October 2026
JCPC/2026/0049
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Appeal issuedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in reversing the trial judge’s conclusions that the Respondents’ decision to proceed with enforcement action against the Appellant under sections 36, 46 and 47 of the Public Health Ordinance Chapter 12 No. 4, and section 163 of the Municipal Corporations Act, Chapter 25:04 were irrational, unfair and tainted by apparent bias?
Last updated: 20 October 2026
JCPC/2025/0058
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Notwithstanding their finding that serious errors had occurred during the trial proceedings, did the Court of Appeal err in invoking the Proviso to uphold Mr Fawkes’ convictions?
Last updated: 20 October 2026
JCPC/2025/0119
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Awaiting JudgmentCase 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: 19 October 2026
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