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JCPC/2018/0034
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TORT
Judgment given[2020] UKPC 1Case summary:See judgment
Last updated: 29 September 2026
JCPC/2018/0058
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment given[2020] UKPC 2Case summary:See judgment
Last updated: 29 September 2026
JCPC/2018/0062
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment given[2020] UKPC 2Case summary:See judgment
Last updated: 29 September 2026
JCPC/2018/0064
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment given[2020] UKPC 3Case summary:The central issue in this appeal is the proper interpretation of section 112(2) of the Companies Law (2013 Revision). The Appellant argues it should be permitted to rectify the Herald Fund SPC (in Official Liquidation) register in the manner he contends.
Last updated: 29 September 2026
JCPC/2015/0045
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CRIME
Judgment given[2020] UKPC 4Case summary:Whether the Court of Appeal was wrong to dismiss the appellant’s appeal without a hearing; whether the criminal proceedings were vitiated by a procedural error at the committal stage; whether the appellant was denied a fair trial because DNA samples were not provided to the defence.
Last updated: 29 September 2026
JCPC/2018/0074
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PROCEDURE
Judgment given[2020] UKPC 5Case summary:Whether the Court of Appeal should have ordered a retrial.
Last updated: 29 September 2026
JCPC/2018/0060
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VETERINARY SURGEONS
Judgment given[2020] UKPC 6Case summary:(1) Whether there were procedural failings during the appellant’s hearing before the Disciplinary Committee of the respondent (“the Committee”). (2) Whether the Committee’s findings, in particular that the appellant had acted dishonestly, were properly made.
Last updated: 29 September 2026
JCPC/2018/0043
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PRIVACY AND INFORMATION
Judgment given[2020] UKPC 7Case summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in (1) upholding the judge’s finding that the appellant’s word were defamatory of the respondents; (2) failing to consider whether the appellant could avail himself of the defence of justification; and (3) upholding the judge’s findings that the appellant could not rely on the defences of fair comment, qualified privilege and legitimate reply to attack?
Last updated: 29 September 2026
JCPC/2019/0037
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EMPLOYMENT
Judgment given[2020] UKPC 9Case summary:See judgment
Last updated: 29 September 2026
JCPC/2017/0088
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CRIME
Judgment given[2020] UKPC 10Case summary:The Appellant appeals both conviction and sentence. In relation to conviction the issues are:Did the conduct of the Appellant’s trial breach Article 20 of the Constitution? Was the purported confession wrongly allowed into evidence? Was the jury’s verdict unreasonable and unsupportable when one considers the evidence? If inadequate directions were given, was the Court of Appeal right to apply the proviso? In relation to sentence, the issues are whether the manner and circumstances in which the sentence was imposed breached Articles 17 and 18 of the Constitution, and whether the 55 year sentence for murder is wrong in principle and/or manifestly excessive.
Last updated: 29 September 2026
JCPC/2019/0099
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CRIME
Judgment given[2020] UKPC 11Case summary:Whether the Independent Commission of Investigations Act (Jamaica) ("ICIA") or any other statute or the common law empowers the Independent Commission of Investigations ("INDECOM"), the Commissioner of INDECOM (the "Commissioner") and/or INDECOM’s investigative staff to arrest and/or initiate a prosecution against any person in respect of any offence arising from a completed or ongoing INDECOM investigation. Whether any (and, if so, what) limitations or restrictions arise in respect of such a prosecution or its initiation. Whether a claim of uncertainty about the lawfulness of a request made by an INDECOM investigator can amount to a lawful justification for failure to comply with that request. Whether a claim by a police officer that he or she is following the instruction of a superior officer can amount to a lawful justification for failure to comply with a request made by an INDECOM investigator.
Last updated: 29 September 2026
JCPC/2019/0098
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CRIME
Judgment given[2020] UKPC 11Case summary:Whether the Independent Commission of Investigations Act (Jamaica) ("ICIA") or any other statute or the common law empowers the Independent Commission of Investigations ("INDECOM"), the Commissioner of INDECOM (the "Commissioner") and/or INDECOM’s investigative staff to arrest and/or initiate a prosecution against any person in respect of any offence arising from a completed or ongoing INDECOM investigation. Whether any (and, if so, what) limitations or restrictions arise in respect of such a prosecution or its initiation. Whether a claim of uncertainty about the lawfulness of a request made by an INDECOM investigator can amount to a lawful justification for failure to comply with that request. Whether a claim by a police officer that he or she is following the instruction of a superior officer can amount to a lawful justification for failure to comply with a request made by an INDECOM investigator.
Last updated: 29 September 2026
JCPC/2019/0024
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EMPLOYMENT
Judgment given[2020] UKPC 12Case summary:Did the Fire Service act unlawfully in passing over the Appellants for permanent promotion?
Last updated: 29 September 2026
JCPC/2018/0068
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment given[2020] UKPC 13Case summary:In what circumstances and by whom can a licence for the selling of petrol granted by the Minister be suspended or revoked?
Last updated: 29 September 2026
JCPC/2018/0100
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment given[2020] UKPC 14Case summary:On a correct construction, was there a defect in the Respondents’ title to a residential property so as to make the Appellant liable to the Respondent?
Last updated: 29 September 2026
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