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JCPC/2025/0059
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Appeal issuedCase summary:(1) Was it unlawful to collect taxes and remit these taxes towards a fund for the compensation of victims of uninsured drivers in circumstances where this fund was not lawfully established? (2) Did collecting taxes and remitting them towards the fund for the compensation of victims of uninsured drivers in circumstances where this fund was not lawfully established breach the first appellant’s legitimate expectation that taxes would only be applied in accordance with the purposes of the Miscellaneous Taxes Act Chap 77:01? (3) Did the failure to establish a scheme for the compensation of the victims of uninsured drivers breach the second appellant’s legitimate expectation that such a scheme would be established? (4) Was it unreasonable for the Government of Trinidad and Tobago not to take steps to establish a compensation fund for the victims of uninsured drivers?
Last updated: 10 April 2026
JCPC/2026/0028
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CONTEMPT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 10 April 2026
JCPC/2026/0027
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 10 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0024
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CONSTITUTION
Hearing listedCase summary:Were the appellants entitled to declaratory relief in respect of the breaches of their constitutional rights as identified by the Judge? What is the correct approach that the courts should adopt to the assessment and award of vindicatory (as opposed to compensatory) damages? Have the courts in Trinidad and Tobago adopted an erroneous approach to the assessment of damages awarded for the breach of constitutional rights?
Last updated: 10 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0107
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase 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: 10 April 2026
JCPC/2024/0069
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CONSTITUTION
Judgment scheduledCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in holding that a claim for judicial review was available to the Respondent and that the statutory scheme governing disciplinary proceedings did not provide an effective alternative remedy for her jurisdictional complaint?
Last updated: 10 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0086
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CRIME
Hearing listedCase 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: 9 April 2026
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
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