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• JCPC/2025/0039

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  INSOLVENCY

  Christopher J. Kelshall (in his capacity as the liquidator of ArcelorMittal Point Lisas Limited - in voluntary Liquidation) (Respondent) v The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Hearing listed
  Case 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: 26 March 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0085

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  CONSTITUTION

  Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v Favianna Gajadhar (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Hearing listed
  Case 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: 26 March 2026

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• JCPC/2021/0116

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  ENVIRONMENT/PLANNING

  John Mussington and another (Appellants) v Development Control Authority and 2 others (Respondents) (Antigua and Barbuda)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Whether the Court of Appeal was correct to conclude that the Appellants did not have standing to pursue judicial review proceedings against a decision to grant a development permit for the construction of a new airport runway.

  Last updated: 25 March 2026

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• JCPC/2023/0103

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  CRIME

  Richard Taylor Assistant Superintendent of Police (Respondent) v Natalie Natasha Spring and another (Appellants) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err in its interpretation of the Civil Asset Recovery and Management and Unexplained Wealth Act No.8 of 2019 (the “Act”) in finding that the Preliminary Unexplained Wealth Order (“PUWO”) originally imposed under that Act and then set aside by the High Court could be reinstated, including as against the Estate of Sheldon Spring?

  Last updated: 25 March 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0006

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  CRIME

  David Brandt (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Montserrat)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Whether the Court of Appeal erred in: (1) not treating as inadmissible the evidence found in searching the appellant’s cell phone; (2) holding that no jury direction had to be given on accomplice evidence; and (3) not requiring direction to the jury in respect of the transcript given to them, such that the appellant’s conviction is unsafe.

  Last updated: 24 March 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0044

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  INSOLVENCY

  Manhattan Coffee Investment Holding (in liquidation) (Respondent) v Stephen Mbugua Mwagiru (Appellant) (Mauritius) No 2
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err (1) by concluding that the Bankruptcy Division of the Supreme Court of Mauritius lacked jurisdiction to grant leave for the Appellant to continue the Plaint as a derivative claim in the name and on behalf of the Respondent; (2) by holding that the application could not be granted ex parte; and (3) if the application could be granted ex parte, by failing to consider that no prejudice was thereby caused to the Respondent?

  Linked cases

  JCPC/2025/0043 Manhattan Coffee Investment Holding (in liquidation) (Respondent) v Stephen Mbugua Mwagiru (Appellant) (Mauritius)

  Primary Case

  Last updated: 23 March 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0043

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  INSOLVENCY

  Manhattan Coffee Investment Holding (in liquidation) (Respondent) v Stephen Mbugua Mwagiru (Appellant) (Mauritius)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err (1) by concluding that the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of Mauritius had granted the Appellant leave under section 154(1)(c) of the Insolvency Act to continue the Plaint in the name and on behalf of the Respondent; and (2) by failing to treat the application as one to enable the Appellant to apply under the Court’s inherent jurisdiction and section 174(3)(a) of the Insolvency Act for leave to continue the Plaint as a derivative claim?

  Linked cases

  JCPC/2025/0044 Manhattan Coffee Investment Holding (in liquidation) (Respondent) v Stephen Mbugua Mwagiru (Appellant) (Mauritius) No 2

  Related case

  Last updated: 23 March 2026

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• JCPC/2019/0077

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  CONSTITUTIONS

  Attorney General for Bermuda (Appellant) v Ferguson and others (Respondents) (Bermuda)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Whether Bermudian legislation providing that only marriages between a man and a woman will be recognised as such in law infringes the Bermudian constitution.

  Last updated: 23 March 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0025

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  The Rt. Hon. Hubert Minnis, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and 4 others (Respondents) v Dahene Nonard (Appellant) (Bahamas)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 23 March 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0024

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  CONSTITUTION

  Thyagarajen Valayden (Appellant) v The State of Mauritius and 2 others (Respondents) (Mauritius)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 23 March 2026

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• JCPC/2024/1003

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  TAX

  Triton Administration (Jersey) Limited (Appellant) v Office of the Comptroller of Revenue (Respondent) (Jersey)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 23 March 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0121

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  CRIME

  Henry Sean Darren Gay (Appellant) v Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) (Bahamas)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Did the trial judge adequately address certain inconsistencies in the victim’s identification evidence or did they otherwise inappropriately direct the jury rendering the appellant’s conviction unsafe?

  Last updated: 23 March 2026

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• JCPC/2024/0094

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  A and 6 others (Appellants) v C and 13 others (Respondents)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  In exercising the Consent Powers, do the Protectors have the Wider Role or the Narrow Role?

  Last updated: 19 March 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0082

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  COURT PROCEDURE

  Anthony Noel Hosein (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 19 March 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0098

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  INSOLVENCY

  Ritchie Capital Management LLC and 6 others (Respondents) v Lancelot Investors Fund, Ltd (In Official Liquidation) (Appellant) (Cayman Islands)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  When a company enters liquidation, does time stop running for the purposes of the Cayman Islands Limitation Act (1996 Revision) in respect of all liabilities, including actions based in tort, or just for submitting ‘proofs’ of debt?

  Last updated: 18 March 2026

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