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JCPC/2023/0048
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CRIME
Judgment scheduledCase summary:Having found the appellant guilty of damage and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, but having acquitted him of armed robbery, had the jury been misdirected by the judge and did they deliver inconsistent verdicts as a result? If so, is the appellant’s conviction unsafe?
Last updated: 19 November 2025
JCPC/2025/0005
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ARBITRATION
Judgment scheduledCase summary:Did the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal err in holding that: (1) it was not bound to apply the rule in Henry v Geoprosco [1976] 1 QB 726; and (2) the Respondent has not submitted to the jurisdiction of the Pakistan courts?
Last updated: 19 November 2025
JCPC/2024/0022
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment scheduledCase summary:Is it a requirement of the tort of deceit that the claimant be aware of the making of the representations on which the claim is based? Does the claim for misrepresentation fail since it was brought after the expiry of the Georgian limitation period?
Linked casesLast updated: 19 November 2025
JCPC/2024/0035
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment scheduledCase summary:On the correct interpretation of the policies, what contractual obligations did CS Life owe to the policyholder? Did the Respondents choose a discretionary mandate as their investment alternative? What measure should the Chief Justice have adopted as the measure of investment performance if CS Life had complied with its contractual duty of investment? What are the correct start and end dates for the assessment of damages for breach of the contractual duty of investment? Did CS Life owe fiduciary duties to the Respondents after the policies commenced?
Linked casesLast updated: 19 November 2025
JCPC/2024/0094
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase summary:In exercising the Consent Powers, do the Protectors have the Wider Role or the Narrow Role?
Last updated: 19 November 2025
JCPC/2025/0093
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Does the Court of Appeal of Jamaica have jurisdiction to hear a second appeal against the decision to refuse or revoke bail, in circumstances where the initial decision was made by a Judge of the Parish Court, and has already been appealed (unsuccessfully) to a Judge of the Supreme Court?
Last updated: 19 November 2025
JCPC/2024/0062
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Whether compliance with conditions precedent to payment in a FIDIC contract is essential in order to enable a contractor to recover payment for variations alleged to have been made.
Last updated: 18 November 2025
JCPC/2025/0044
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INSOLVENCY
Appeal issuedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err (1) by concluding that the Bankruptcy Division of the Supreme Court of Mauritius lacked jurisdiction to grant leave for the Appellant to continue the Plaint as a derivative claim in the name and on behalf of the Respondent; (2) by holding that the application could not be granted ex parte; and (3) if the application could be granted ex parte, by failing to consider that no prejudice was thereby caused to the Respondent?
Linked casesLast updated: 17 November 2025
JCPC/2024/1004
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EMPLOYMENT
Appeal issuedCase 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: 17 November 2025
JCPC/2025/0004
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TORT
Appeal issuedCase summary:Is there a duty on an Attorney-at-Law to look behind a foreign power of attorney which is regular on its face and satisfies the relevant statutory provisions, and contains no express requirement on its face to look behind it?
Last updated: 17 November 2025
JCPC/2025/0007
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COURT PROCEDURE
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in striking out the Appellant’s appeal for want of prosecution and/or abuse of process?
Last updated: 17 November 2025
JCPC/2025/0019
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EMPLOYMENT
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) For the purpose of calculating the severance allowance, did the Court of Appeal err in overturning the first instance finding of fact that there had been a break in Mr Appadoo’s employment between 24 November 2012 and 24 December 2012? (2) What rate of interest, if any, should be awarded on Mr Appadoo’s severance allowance?
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Last updated: 17 November 2025
JCPC/2025/0116
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 17 November 2025
JCPC/2025/0115
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 17 November 2025
JCPC/2025/0089
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did the Supreme Court of Mauritius exceed its jurisdiction by making findings about, and determining, the validity of the “projet de vente”? Did the Supreme Court of Mauritius err by finding that the first respondent had displayed a change of heart in connection with the “projet de vente”? Did the Supreme Court of Mauritius act ultra petita by erroneously influencing the decision in the main proceedings?
Last updated: 17 November 2025
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