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1005 Cases

• JCPC/2025/0083

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  CONSTITUTION

  Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v FR (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Hearing listed
  Case 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

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• JCPC/2026/0049

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  PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  Primnath Geelal (Appellant) v The Chairman, Alderman, Councillors and Electors of the Region of San Juan/Laventille (Respondent) (Trinidad And Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case 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

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• JCPC/2025/0058

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  CRIME

  Leroy Fawkes (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (The Bahamas)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case 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

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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 in progress
  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: 20 October 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0119

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Teresa De Silva (Respondent) v Dindial's Hardware Limited (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case 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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• JCPC/2024/1004

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Caribbean Airlines Ltd (Appellant) v Communication Transport and General Workers' Union (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err in upholding the Industrial Court’s ruling that the Appellant is the successor to British West Indian Airways and therefore bound to recognise the Respondent as one of its recognised majority unions under the Industrial Relations Act?

  Last updated: 19 October 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0118

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Servol Limited (Appellant) v Early Childhood Teachers Trade Union (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Does the Industrial Court have jurisdiction to decide that a failure to provide for retirement benefits constitutes a breach of good industrial relations practices for which an award was justifiable under the Industrial Relations Act 1972, section 10(3)?

  Last updated: 19 October 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0087

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Oilfield Workers' Trade Union (Appellant) v Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited and another (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err in finding that the respondent did not commit an industrial relations offence under section 40(1) of the Industrial Relations Act Chap 88:01?

  Last updated: 19 October 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0107

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Martin Phillip Revenales (Appellant) v Eric Charles and 5 others (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Is the claimant entitled to an order vesting in him title to the land owned by the second defendant, based on the claimant’s occupation of the land for over 16 years?

  Last updated: 19 October 2026

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• JCPC/2024/0095

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Replay Destinations (Bahamas) Ltd (Appellant) v Royal Ltd and another (Respondents) (Bahamas)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its interpretation of the trial judge’s findings and whether it improperly made inferences not supported by the trial judge’s judgment.

  Last updated: 19 October 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0086

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  CRIME

  Pasmore Millings and another (Appellants) v The King (Respondent) (Jamaica)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Are the Appellants’ convictions and sentences for murder unsafe in circumstances of an alleged plea deal on the part of an accomplice whose evidence was uncorroborated?

  Last updated: 19 October 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0094

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  VETERINARY SURGEONS

  Amir Kashiv (Appellant) v Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (Respondent)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Whether the sanction imposed by the Respondent on the Appellant was disproportionate and not founded on sound and lawful reasoning.

  Last updated: 19 October 2026

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• JCPC/2017/0064

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  FAMILY

  A (Appellant) v R (Respondent) (Guernsey)
  Judgment given
  [2018] UKPC 4
  Case summary:

  (1) Whether the Court of the Seneschal of Sark is a creature of statute such that it lacks jurisdiction to make interim and final awards of child maintenance. (2) If the Court of the Seneschal of Sark does have jurisdiction to award child maintenance, whether German Law is the proper law governing a claim for child maintenance. (3) If the Court of the Seneschal of Sark does have jurisdiction to award child maintenance, whether the laws governing such a claim are inadequately accessible and insufficiently precise to have the quality of law within the meaning of Article 1 of Protocol 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

  Last updated: 16 October 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0039

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Sheridan Abraham and others (Respondents) v Trinidad and Tobago Mortgage Bank Limited (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err as a matter of law in overturning the trial judge’s findings of fact on an assessment of the evidence, to find that the original claimants had proved their case of forgery?

  Linked cases

  JCPC/2026/0034 Sheridan Abraham and 6 others (Respondents) v Kenrick Titus Kenny-Arthur Burke and another (Appellants) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Legal Issue

  Last updated: 16 October 2026

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• JCPC/2023/0018

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  CONSTITUTION

  Changyou.com Ltd (Appellant) v Fourworld Global Opportunities Fund Ltd and 7 others (Respondents) (Cayman Islands)
  Judgment given
  [2025] UKPC 12
  Case summary:

  Are the appraisal rights under section 238 of the Companies Act (2020 Revision) (the "Act") available to minority shareholders in a subsidiary which merges in a "short-form" merger with a holding company?

  Last updated: 16 October 2026

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