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1008 Cases

• JCPC/2025/0118

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Servol Limited (Appellant) v Early Childhood Teachers Trade Union (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Awaiting Judgment
  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: 6 November 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)
  Awaiting Judgment
  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: 6 November 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0095

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  CONSTITUTION

  The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago and others (Respondents) v Jason Jones (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment scheduled
  [2026] UKPC 38
  Case summary:

  Do sections 13 and 16 of the Sexual Offences Act 1986 (the “Act”) repeal and re-enact sections 59, 60 and 61 of the Offence Against the Person Act 1925 and so fall within section 6 of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (the “Constitution”)? Do sections 13 and 16 of the Act infringe the fundamental rights guaranteed by section 4 of the Constitution? Are sections 13 and 16 of the Act reasonably justifiable, in whole or in part, in a society which has proper respect for the rights and freedoms of the individual?

  Last updated: 6 November 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)
  Judgment scheduled
  [2026] UKPC 39
  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: 6 November 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0094

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  VETERINARY SURGEONS

  Amir Kashiv (Appellant) v Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (Respondent)
  Judgment scheduled
  [2026] UKPC 37
  Case summary:

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

  Last updated: 6 November 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0041

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Minister of Health and the Environment and others (Respondents) v Shanile Howe and others (Appellants) (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:

  1) Were rules 8(1) and 8(2) of the Public Health (Public Bodies Special Measures) Rules 2021 (“the Special Measures”) unconstitutional and/or unlawful? 2) Was there a breach of natural justice when termination letters were issued to public employees without first giving them an opportunity to be heard? 3) Were the Public Service Commission, the Commissioner of Police and the Police Service Commission unlawfully subject to the direction of the Minister of Health and the Environment (“the Minister of Health”) when issuing the termination letters? 4) Was the COVID-19 (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2020 (“the Amendments Act”) unconstitutional for contravening the separation of powers doctrine?

  Last updated: 5 November 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0094

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  Sophia Thomas (Appellant) v Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (Respondent) (Jamaica)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 4 November 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0083

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  NEGLIGENCE

  Rennie Bissoon (Appellant) v Absolute Transport Ltd (formerly K&C Logistics Ltd) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago err in upholding the trial judge’s assessment of the damages awarded to the Appellant for personal injury suffered as a result of the Respondent employer’s negligence?

  Last updated: 4 November 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0065

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Jefferson Health – Northeast and another (Appellants) v Cassatt Insurance Company Limited and another (Respondents) (Bermuda)
  Permission to Appeal refused
  Case summary:

  The appellants seek an injunction preventing the second respondent from selling its shares in the first respondent to a third party. Did the Court of Appeal err in refusing the application and in refusing to grant an interim injunction?

  Last updated: 4 November 2026

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• JCPC/2015/0020

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  CRIME

  Ruddock (Appellant) v The Queen (Respondent) (Jamaica)
  Judgment given
  [2016] UKPC 7
  Case summary:

  Whether the appellant’s conviction for joint enterprise murder is unsafe.

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2015/0015 R v Jogee (Appellant)

  Legal issue

  Last updated: 4 November 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0083

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  CONSTITUTION

  Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v FR (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Awaiting judgment
  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: 4 November 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0093

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  Jeffrey Anthony Hernandez (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 3 November 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0054

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  CRIME

  Mekeal Antoine (Appellant) v The State (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal refused
  Case summary:

  (1) Whether felony murder and robbery ought both to have been left to the jury at the Appellant’s trial. (2) Whether the trial judge’s directions to the jury regarding the identification evidence were sufficient.

  Last updated: 3 November 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0091

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  INSOLVENCY

  Denise Kitson (Appellant) v Roger Phynn (Respondent) (Jamaica)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  (1) Can a solicitor’s right to a lien over their client’s documents for unpaid fees be defeated by the power of a liquidator under section 45 of the Co-operative Societies Act to compel the production of documents? (2) Were there any issues with the service of the warrant for commitment to prison by failing to serve the documents on the Appellant personally?

  Last updated: 2 November 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0085

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  CONSTITUTION

  Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v Favianna Gajadhar (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment given
  [2026] UKPC 35
  Case summary:

  Was the Court of Appeal correct to set aside the trial judge’s findings that the Appellant’s right to property had been deprived under section 4(a) of the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago? If so, was the Court of Appeal entitled to reduce the Appellant’s costs of the appeal by 50%?

  Last updated: 2 November 2026

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