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• JCPC/2026/0051

  •

  COURT PROCEDURE

  Delroy Howell (Appellant) v RBC Royal Bank (Jamaica) Limited and another (Respondents) (Jamaica)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Should the appellant have been granted permission to appeal against the judge’s refusal to admit his amended defence which was four months late?

  Last updated: 20 August 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0073

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  Re HQP Corporation Limited (in Official Liquidation) (Cayman Islands)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 20 August 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)
  Judgment given
  [2026] UKPC 30
  Case summary:

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

  Last updated: 20 August 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0074

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  Kemal Brown (Respondent) v Gordon Swaby (Appellant)(Jamaica)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 20 August 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0072

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  X-Ray & Diagnostic Ultrasound Consultants Limited (Appellant) v Arel Limited and others (Respondents) (Jamaica)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 20 August 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0062

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  TORT

  Keith Claudius Mitchell (Appellant) v Patrick Simmons (Respondent) (Grenada)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:

  This appeal concerns a claim in defamation. Was the judge entitled to find malice, and to reject the defence of fair comment?

  Last updated: 20 August 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0060

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Wayne Lum Young (Appellant) v Sheila Badaloo-Maharaj (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:

  Did the deed of conveyance validly convey the land to the appellant?

  Last updated: 20 August 2026

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• JCPC/2024/0064

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Christo Gift and another (Respondents) v Dr Keith Rowley (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment given
  [2025] UKPC 37
  Case summary:

  Under a 1975 agreement, was the Appellant entitled to purchase: (a) a 56.5 acre parcel of land; or (b) a parcel of land of a size yet to be confirmed?

  Last updated: 17 August 2026

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• JCPC/2024/0045

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  COURT PROCEDURE

  Michelle Trotman, The Caura Hospital Director (Respondent) v Nailah Ramsaroop (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment given
  [2025] UKPC 45
  Case summary:

  Was the Court of Appeal wrong to reduce the costs that the Appellant could recover from the Respondent? In particular, is there a general rule that brief fees for counsel are irrecoverable as costs in habeas corpus applications?

  Last updated: 17 August 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0033

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  ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING

  Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (Appellant) v George Aboud and Sons Limited (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal refused
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal act in excess of jurisdiction, or in breach of the requirements of natural justice, by deciding the appeal on a basis which was not pleaded? Did the Court of Appeal err in deciding that the appellant’s Direct Private Party Action was automatically extinguished when the Environmental Management Authority informed the appellant that it had commenced its own enforcement proceedings? Did the Court of Appeal err in making a costs order against the appellant?

  Last updated: 17 August 2026

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• JCPC/2024/0086

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  CRIME

  Margot Serra and Ors (Appellants) v Attorney General for Gibraltar (Respondent)
  Judgment given
  [2026] UKPC 28
  Case summary:

  Whether the first instance judge erred in his application of the law as to whether assets were recoverable as property obtained through unlawful conduct.

  Last updated: 17 August 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0047

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Nicholla Brathwaite-Mundy (Appellant) v Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err in holding that the appellant’s acting appointment as a teacher was temporary rather than for an indeterminate period? Did the Court of Appeal err in holding or implying that the respondent had lawful authority to transfer the appellant to that appointment?

  Last updated: 12 August 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0071

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  Bilika Simamba (Appellant) v Margaret Ramsay-Hale (Respondent) (Cayman Islands)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 11 August 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0070

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  George Aboud and Sons Limited and another (Appellants) v Environmental Management Authority (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 11 August 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0055

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Estate Management & Business Development Company Limited (Respondent) v Namalco Construction Services Limited (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:

  In relation to four land development contracts, did the Court of Appeal err in: (i) finding a conspiracy by unlawful means; (ii) reducing the price payable; and/or (iii) overturning the judge’s revaluation?

  Last updated: 7 August 2026

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