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913 Cases

• JCPC/2025/0026

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  CRIME

  Thaddeus Williams (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Bahamas)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Did the trial judge wrongly admit evidence of (1) a confession and record of interview given by the appellant, (2) of a confrontation between the appellant and another prisoner?

  Last updated: 20 January 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0067

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  CRIME

  Natario Walkins (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (The Bahamas)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Were the Appellant’s convictions safe overall?

  Last updated: 20 January 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0115

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  CRIME

  Nitiraj Gurroby (Appellant) v The State of Mauritius (Respondent) (Mauritius)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Did the Courts in the first, third and fourth bail hearings err in refusing to grant bail to the Appellant? Did the Court in the second bail hearing err in keeping the Appellant in detention, but granting him conditional bail if the prosecutor does not lodge formal charges within 6 months?

  Last updated: 20 January 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0057

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  CRIME

  Lee Sweeting (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (The Bahamas)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err in dismissing the appellant’s application for an extension of time to appeal against the sentence imposed on him by the trial judge?

  Last updated: 20 January 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0048

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  April Raquel Penn (Appellant) v First Caribbean International Bank (Bahamas) Ltd (Respondent) (Bahamas)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Is the mortgage agreement between the parties void or voidable on the basis of (i) total failure of consideration or (ii) mistake or frustration? Did the respondent bank have a duty to deliver good and marketable title? Did the instructed attorneys act for the bank such that the bank ought to sue them rather than the appellant for negligence in failing to report on title defects?

  Last updated: 19 January 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0036

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  TORT

  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)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Was the Court of Appeal correct to interfere with the High Court’s finding that the appellant doctor was not negligent?

  Last updated: 19 January 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0103

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  TAX

  Alteo Energy Ltd (Respondent) v Director General, Mauritius Revenue Authority (Appellant) (Mauritius)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:

  Is the First Respondent entitled to a partial tax exemption on interest income received from certain loans?

  Last updated: 16 January 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0047

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Paradise Island Lighthouse and Beach Club Company Limited (Appellant) v The Attorney General of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas (Respondent) (Bahamas)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:

  Is there a binding agreement for the grant of a lease?

  Last updated: 16 January 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0040

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  LANDLORD AND TENANT

  Francis (Appellant) v Attorney General of St Helena for and on behalf of the Crown (Respondent) (St Helena)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:

  Can land owned by the Crown be acquired by prescription?

  Last updated: 16 January 2026

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• JCPC/2024/0062

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  COMMERCIAL

  Uniform Building Contractors Ltd (Respondent) v The Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment scheduled
  Case summary:

  Whether compliance with conditions precedent to payment in a FIDIC contract is essential in order to enable a contractor to recover payment for variations alleged to have been made.

  Last updated: 16 January 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0096

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  CRIME

  Natasha de Leon (Appellant) v The State of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Does the High Court have jurisdiction to review the appellant’s sentence of life imprisonment after the expiration of the minimum term she was required to serve before becoming eligible for release?

  Last updated: 15 January 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0061

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  CRIME

  Jamal Kino Armbrister (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (The Bahamas)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Are Mr Armbrister’s two murder convictions safe?

  Last updated: 15 January 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0005

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Joel Lewis (Appellant) v Clifford Chambers (Respondents) (Jamaica)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 14 January 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0004

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  Clico International Life Insurance Ltd and another (Respondents) v Eastern Caribbean Baptist Mission and two others (Appellants) (Antigua and Barbuda)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 12 January 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0031/A

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  Warren Cassell (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Montserrat) No 2
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 12 January 2026

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