All cases

999 Cases

• JCPC/2025/0070

  •

  INSOLVENCY

  EGALLYS Limited (Appellant) v The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (Respondent) (Mauritius)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err in dismissing the application on the basis that the sole director of the company failed to provide evidence that he was authorised to represent the company in proceedings?

  Last updated: 1 October 2026

  ---

• JCPC/2025/0113

  •

  TAX

  Director-General, Mauritius Revenue Authority and another (Respondents) v Mauritius Freeport Development Co. Ltd (Appellant) (Mauritius)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  On a proper construction of s24 Income Tax Act, is a person allowed to compute annual allowances in respect of capital expenditure which it has incurred in any year and in any amount which it deems fit (subject to maximum thresholds set out in the Income Tax Regulations)?

  Last updated: 1 October 2026

  ---

• JCPC/2025/0024

  •

  CONSTITUTION

  Wayne Alleyne and 4 others (Appellants) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Hearing listed
  Case 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: 1 October 2026

  ---

• JCPC/2025/0085

  •

  CONSTITUTION

  Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v Favianna Gajadhar (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Hearing listed
  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: 1 October 2026

  ---

• JCPC/2025/0091

  •

  INSOLVENCY

  Denise Kitson (Appellant) v Roger Phynn (Respondent) (Jamaica)
  Hearing listed
  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: 1 October 2026

  ---

• JCPC/2024/1004

  •

  EMPLOYMENT

  Caribbean Airlines Ltd (Appellant) v Communication Transport and General Workers' Union (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Hearing listed
  Case 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: 1 October 2026

  ---

• JCPC/2025/0119

  •

  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Teresa De Silva (Respondent) v Dindial's Hardware Limited (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Hearing listed
  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: 1 October 2026

  ---

• JCPC/2025/0039

  •

  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)
  Hearing listed
  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: 1 October 2026

  ---

• JCPC/2018/0034

  •

  TORT

  Attorney General of St Helena (Appellant) v AB and others (Respondents) (St Helena)
  Judgment given
  [2020] UKPC 1
  Case summary:

  See judgment

  Last updated: 29 September 2026

  ---

• JCPC/2018/0058

  •

  COMMERCIAL

  Shanda Games Ltd (Appellant) v Maso Capital Investments Ltd and others (Respondents) (Cayman Islands)
  Judgment given
  [2020] UKPC 2
  Case summary:

  See judgment

  Last updated: 29 September 2026

  ---

• JCPC/2018/0062

  •

  COMMERCIAL

  Shanda Games Ltd (Appellant) v Maso Capital Investments Ltd and others (Respondents) (Cayman Islands)
  Judgment given
  [2020] UKPC 2
  Case summary:

  See judgment

  Last updated: 29 September 2026

  ---

• JCPC/2018/0064

  •

  COMMERCIAL

  Pearson (in his capacity as Additional Liquidator of Herald Fund SPC (in Official Liquidation)) (Appellant) v Primeo Fund (in Official Liquidation) (Respondent) (Cayman Islands)
  Judgment given
  [2020] UKPC 3
  Case summary:

  The central issue in this appeal is the proper interpretation of section 112(2) of the Companies Law (2013 Revision). The Appellant argues it should be permitted to rectify the Herald Fund SPC (in Official Liquidation) register in the manner he contends.

  Last updated: 29 September 2026

  ---

• JCPC/2015/0045

  •

  CRIME

  Saunders (Appellant) v The Queen (Respondent) (Bahamas)
  Judgment given
  [2020] UKPC 4
  Case summary:

  Whether the Court of Appeal was wrong to dismiss the appellant’s appeal without a hearing; whether the criminal proceedings were vitiated by a procedural error at the committal stage; whether the appellant was denied a fair trial because DNA samples were not provided to the defence.

  Last updated: 29 September 2026

  ---

• JCPC/2018/0074

  •

  PROCEDURE

  Magner and another (Appellants) v Royal Bank of Scotland International Ltd (Respondent) (Gibraltar)
  Judgment given
  [2020] UKPC 5
  Case summary:

  Whether the Court of Appeal should have ordered a retrial.

  Last updated: 29 September 2026

  ---

• JCPC/2018/0060

  •

  VETERINARY SURGEONS

  Elefterescu (Appellant) v The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (Respondent)
  Judgment given
  [2020] UKPC 6
  Case summary:

  (1) Whether there were procedural failings during the appellant’s hearing before the Disciplinary Committee of the respondent (“the Committee”). (2) Whether the Committee’s findings, in particular that the appellant had acted dishonestly, were properly made.

  Last updated: 29 September 2026

  ---