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JCPC/2025/0031
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CRIME
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in finding: (i) that there was no case to answer because no documents were properly admitted as evidence? (ii) a miscarriage of justice had occurred because the prosecution had shown documents to the jury that had not been tendered into evidence?
Linked casesLast updated: 3 July 2026
JCPC/2026/0031
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FAMILY
Hearing listedCase summary:What is the correct interpretation of “the duration of a marriage” under the Matrimonial Property Act, section 27(d)?
Last updated: 3 July 2026
JCPC/2026/0025
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CONSTITUTION
Hearing listedCase summary:Is a written judgment delivered by a retired Justice after leaving office as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Bahamas valid?
Last updated: 3 July 2026
JCPC/2025/0095
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CONSTITUTION
Hearing listedCase 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: 3 July 2026
JCPC/2026/0014
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CRIME
Hearing listedCase summary:Did a delay of 7 years and 2 months between the hearing of an appeal and the delivery of the judgment by the Supreme Court of Mauritius violate the appellant’s right to a fair hearing within a reasonable time, such that the appellant’s conviction should be quashed? Did the Supreme Court of Mauritius properly direct itself as to the essential elements of the offence of “obtaining gratification” under sections 7(1) and 83 of the Prevention of Corruption Act?
Last updated: 3 July 2026
JCPC/2026/0022
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TAX
Hearing listedCase summary:Does the ARC have jurisdiction to hear an appeal against a notice issued under section 131B(10)(a) Income Tax Act 1995 (ITA)?
Last updated: 3 July 2026
JCPC/2026/0030
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:(1) Did the courts below err in their approach to circumstantial evidence relied on by the prosecution to prove the alleged conspiracy? (2) Did the courts below err in their approach to the testimony of Mr Barbot?
Last updated: 3 July 2026
JCPC/2020/0086
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ARBITRATION
Judgment given[2022] UKPC 21Case summary:Whether a Brazilian arbitral award made against the Appellants in favour of the Respondents should be refused recognition and enforcement in the Cayman Islands.
Last updated: 2 July 2026
JCPC/2026/0056
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 2 July 2026
JCPC/2026/0038
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TAX
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Should the Royal Court of Jersey ought to answer for itself the question whether the information sought by the Jersey Competent Authority is “tax information”? Did the Royal Court of Jersey adopt too restrictive a view as to what information sought by the Competent Authority of Belgium was “foreseeably relevant” to the enquiry or investigation in respect of which its request to the Jersey Competent Authority was made?
Last updated: 2 July 2026
JCPC/2026/0055
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 1 July 2026
JCPC/2020/0065
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment given[2022] UKPC 47Case summary:Was the removal of all of the members of a family from a Bermudan trust as objects, whilst simultaneously adding a purpose trust as an object to the same trust by its trustee, beyond the scope of the trustee’s powers, not an exercise of those powers for a proper purpose, or otherwise invalid?
Linked casesLast updated: 1 July 2026
JCPC/2020/0064
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment given[2022] UKPC 47Case summary:Was the removal of all of the members of a family from a Bermudan trust as objects, whilst simultaneously adding a purpose trust as an object to the same trust by its trustee, beyond the scope of the trustee’s powers, not an exercise of those powers for a proper purpose, or otherwise invalid?
Linked casesLast updated: 1 July 2026
JCPC/2025/0072
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CONSTITUTION
Hearing listedCase summary:1) Was the President’s Proclamation No 8 of 2011 of a state of public emergency contrary to the Constitution and therefore unlawful? 2) Were the Regulations issued under this Proclamation justified by reference to the state of public emergency? 3) If so, were the arrests and detentions of the appellants under these Regulations nonetheless unlawful?
Linked casesLast updated: 1 July 2026
JCPC/2024/0086
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CRIME
Hearing listedCase 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: 1 July 2026
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