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JCPC/2022/0092
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INTERNATIONAL
WithdrawnCase summary:Are costs orders made by the English High Court in relation to proceedings to enforce a foreign arbitral award registrable in Gibraltar?
Last updated: 9 April 2026
JCPC/2023/0110
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
WithdrawnCase summary:Were the lower courts correct to find that the appellant had failed to prove that a prosecution against him for murder, in which the charges were dismissed, was commenced maliciously?
Last updated: 9 April 2026
JCPC/2023/0067
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:(i) Was the Court of Appeal wrong because it did not overturn the decision of the trial judge to strike out Mr Hosein’s constitutional claim on the basis of various factors, in particular the availability of a parallel remedy and the delay in bringing proceedings? (ii) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to conclude there was no evidence of apparent bias on the part of the trial judge?
Last updated: 8 April 2026
JCPC/2022/0050
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COURT PROCEDURE
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the Court of Appeal erred in determining that it is the Court of Appeal, and not the High Court, that is proper forum for appeals under section 88M of the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act Ch 48:50 ("the MRTA"), from a decision to disqualify a person from holding or obtaining a driving permit.
Last updated: 8 April 2026
JCPC/2024/1001
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment scheduledCase summary:What is the proper approach to the public interest balancing exercise required by section 35 of the Freedom of Information Act (“the FOIA”) where an applicant has requested disclosure of information from a public authority and the public authority considers there to be an applicable exemption?
Last updated: 8 April 2026
JCPC/2023/0055
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BANKING/INSOLVENCY
Judgment givenCase summary:What is the correct approach to determining a creditor's winding-up application pursuant to section 162(1)(a) of the Insolvency Act 2003 (BVI) in circumstances where the debt is disputed and is subject to an arbitration agreement?
Last updated: 8 April 2026
JCPC/2026/0026
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 8 April 2026
JCPC/2023/0002
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether a minority shareholder has standing to bring a personal claim against a company where the board of directors of that company had allegedly exercised their powers to issue and allot shares for the improper purpose of diluting the shareholding of the minority shareholder.
Last updated: 7 April 2026
JCPC/2024/0102
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment scheduledCase summary:For the purposes of establishing ownership of a property, does section 16(1) of the Registration of Deeds Act mean that a deed which is registered earlier takes priority over a deed which is registered later, even if the former was executed after the latter?
Last updated: 7 April 2026
JCPC/2023/0070
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PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Did the Supreme Court err when it held that the 'liberal' approach to standing in environmental cases approved by the UK Supreme Court in Walton v The Scottish Ministers [2012] UKSC 44 ought to be adopted by the Environment and Land Use Appeal Tribunal when assessing whether a party has standing to bring an appeal under section 54(2) of the Environment Protection Act?
Last updated: 7 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0019
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EMPLOYMENT
Judgment scheduledCase summary:(1) For the purpose of calculating the severance allowance, did the Court of Appeal err in overturning the first instance finding of fact that there had been a break in Mr Appadoo’s employment between 24 November 2012 and 24 December 2012? (2) What rate of interest, if any, should be awarded on Mr Appadoo’s severance allowance?
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Last updated: 2 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0018
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EMPLOYMENT
Judgment scheduledCase summary:(1) For the purpose of calculating the severance allowance, did the Court of Appeal err in overturning the first instance finding of fact that there had been a break in Mr Appadoo’s employment between 24 November 2012 and 24 December 2012? (2) What rate of interest, if any, should be awarded on Mr Appadoo’s severance allowance?
Linked casesLast updated: 2 April 2026
JCPC/2026/0001
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in allowing in part the employer’s appeal against a ruling of the Industrial Court which had awarded compensatory and exemplary damages to an employee whose employment was terminated upon reaching the age for compulsory retirement?
Last updated: 2 April 2026
JCPC/2026/0004
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in setting aside the trial judge’s declaration that property owned by one company was beneficially owned by another, and in setting aside the resulting order for sale to satisfy the latter company’s judgment debts?
Last updated: 2 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0062
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COMMERCIAL
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the courts below err in finding that the Appellant unreasonably failed to mitigate its loss? If the courts below were correct to find that the defendant unreasonably failed to mitigate its loss, did that failure arise: (1) on 31 January 2012, when the Appellant instructed the Respondent to reconvert the money in its account from US dollars into South African Rands (as the Commercial Division found), or (2) on 1 March 2012, owing to the Appellant’s failure to direct that the money in its account be converted into US dollars (as the Court of Civil Appeal found)?
Last updated: 1 April 2026
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