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JCPC/2024/0031
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment givenCase summary:1): Did the courts below find as a fact that the fuel from the 2012 leak migrated to the respondent’s land and contaminated it? (2): Is it a precondition to liability under the rule in Rylands v Fletcher that the defendant be in occupation of the land from which the dangerous thing escapes? (3): Is the storage of fuel underground a "non-natural use of land" for the purposes of the rule in Rylands v Fletcher? (4): Did the Court of Appeal err in its assessment of damages?
Last updated: 13 March 2026
JCPC/2024/0094
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment scheduledCase summary:In exercising the Consent Powers, do the Protectors have the Wider Role or the Narrow Role?
Last updated: 13 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0043
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INSOLVENCY
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err (1) by concluding that the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of Mauritius had granted the Appellant leave under section 154(1)(c) of the Insolvency Act to continue the Plaint in the name and on behalf of the Respondent; and (2) by failing to treat the application as one to enable the Appellant to apply under the Court’s inherent jurisdiction and section 174(3)(a) of the Insolvency Act for leave to continue the Plaint as a derivative claim?
Linked casesLast updated: 13 March 2026
JCPC/2023/0103
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CRIME
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in its interpretation of the Civil Asset Recovery and Management and Unexplained Wealth Act No.8 of 2019 (the “Act”) in finding that the Preliminary Unexplained Wealth Order (“PUWO”) originally imposed under that Act and then set aside by the High Court could be reinstated, including as against the Estate of Sheldon Spring?
Last updated: 13 March 2026
JCPC/2023/0067
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase 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: 13 March 2026
JCPC/2024/1004
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EMPLOYMENT
Awaiting hearing dateCase 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: 13 March 2026
JCPC/2026/0018
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0057
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase 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: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0061
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Are Mr Armbrister’s two murder convictions safe?
Last updated: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0102
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal granted in partCase summary:(a) Did the trial judge fail to direct the jury that Miss Moore’s evidence is tainted by improper motive and contradicts the expert medical evidence? (b) Did the Court of Appeal err in finding that the trial judge’s failure to issue a good character direction and the inadequate identification directions did not amount to a miscarriage of justice? (c) Can the Appellant rely on fresh evidence which allegedly undermines the credibility of Miss Moore’s evidence? (d) Did the Court of Appeal err in not deducting the time spent in custody in remand from the Appellant’s sentence? (e) Did the Appellant receive inadequate representation from his defence counsel that infringed on his right to a fair trial?
Linked casesLast updated: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0101
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:(a) Did the Court of Appeal err in refusing to admit fresh evidence of Miss Moore’s recantation? (b) Did the Court of Appeal misconstrue section 16(2) of the Judicature (Supreme Court) Act in finding that the court reporter is not obliged to record the closing speech of the prosecution? (c) Can the issue of the Appellant’s right to a fair trial be decided in the absence of a transcript of the closing speech? (d) Was there misconduct by the prosecution in the course of the trial besides the remarks made in the closing speech? Did this alleged misconduct breach the Appellant’s right to a fair trial?
Linked casesLast updated: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0068
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Issues include whether (i) the Court of Appeal’s decision is procedurally invalid; (ii) the Court of Appeal erred in respect of various matters relating to the trial judge’s approach; (iii) the prosecution failed to do disclose material evidence; and (iv) the appellant’s sentence is unduly severe.
Last updated: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0054
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Mr Molyneux was convicted of drug trafficking offences. Did the Courts below err in ordering Mr Molyneux to repay the proceeds of his crime in the amount of £65,011?
Last updated: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0067
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Were the Appellant’s convictions safe overall?
Last updated: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0090
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Having found that the Appellant’s constitutional right to a fair trial within a reasonable time had been breached, did the trial judge err in declining to order a permanent stay of the proceedings? Did the Court of Appeal err in finding that the trial judge was correct to dismiss the Appellant’s further applications for the proceedings to be stayed? Did the trial judge misdirect herself on whether actual suspicion is an element of the offence under section 30(2)(a) of the Proceeds of Crime Ordinance? Did the trial judge fail to analyse the defence’s evidence on the Appellant’s subjective state of mind? Did the Court of Appeal err by misapplying the statutory proviso contained in section 7(1) of the Court of Appeal Ordinance?
Linked casesLast updated: 12 March 2026
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