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JCPC/2023/0002
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether a minority shareholder has standing to bring a personal claim against a company where the board of directors of that company had allegedly exercised their powers to issue and allot shares for the improper purpose of diluting the shareholding of the minority shareholder.
Last updated: 7 April 2026
JCPC/2024/0102
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment scheduledCase summary:For the purposes of establishing ownership of a property, does section 16(1) of the Registration of Deeds Act mean that a deed which is registered earlier takes priority over a deed which is registered later, even if the former was executed after the latter?
Last updated: 7 April 2026
JCPC/2023/0070
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PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Did the Supreme Court err when it held that the 'liberal' approach to standing in environmental cases approved by the UK Supreme Court in Walton v The Scottish Ministers [2012] UKSC 44 ought to be adopted by the Environment and Land Use Appeal Tribunal when assessing whether a party has standing to bring an appeal under section 54(2) of the Environment Protection Act?
Last updated: 7 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0019
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EMPLOYMENT
Judgment scheduledCase 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: 2 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0018
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EMPLOYMENT
Judgment scheduledCase 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?
Linked casesLast updated: 2 April 2026
JCPC/2026/0001
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in allowing in part the employer’s appeal against a ruling of the Industrial Court which had awarded compensatory and exemplary damages to an employee whose employment was terminated upon reaching the age for compulsory retirement?
Last updated: 2 April 2026
JCPC/2026/0004
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in setting aside the trial judge’s declaration that property owned by one company was beneficially owned by another, and in setting aside the resulting order for sale to satisfy the latter company’s judgment debts?
Last updated: 2 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0062
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COMMERCIAL
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the courts below err in finding that the Appellant unreasonably failed to mitigate its loss? If the courts below were correct to find that the defendant unreasonably failed to mitigate its loss, did that failure arise: (1) on 31 January 2012, when the Appellant instructed the Respondent to reconvert the money in its account from US dollars into South African Rands (as the Commercial Division found), or (2) on 1 March 2012, owing to the Appellant’s failure to direct that the money in its account be converted into US dollars (as the Court of Civil Appeal found)?
Last updated: 1 April 2026
JCPC/2022/0043
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EMPLOYMENT
Judgment givenCase summary:1. Whether the Special Tribunal is a superior court of record.2. Whether decisions of the Special Tribunal are amenable to the supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court; and, if so, on what grounds and in what circumstances they may be reviewed.3. Whether, if the decision of the Special Tribunal in the present case was reviewable, it was a lawful decision; and, if not, whether it ought to be set aside.
Last updated: 1 April 2026
JCPC/2026/0003
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COURT PROCEDURE
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:(1) Does Order 6 ‘Writs of Summons: General Provisions’, rule 5 of the Grand Court Rules (“O6, r5”) require a claimant to provide a service address within the jurisdiction of the Cayman Islands to issue proceedings? (2) In the circumstances of the present appeal, should the appeal be heard on an ex parte basis without the participation of the respondent?
Last updated: 31 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0041
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the Supreme Court of Mauritius err in upholding the ruling of the Industrial Court that the termination of the appellant’s employment was justified on the ground of redundancy?
Last updated: 31 March 2026
JCPC/2021/0114
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PASTORAL MEASURES
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether, when deciding that a scheme for the dissolution and division of a parish in the Diocese of Southwark should proceed, the Church Commissioners wrongly: (i) failed to consider whether the scheme gave rise to indirect discrimination, contrary to articles 8 and 9 of the Convention, read with article 14, insofar as the scheme would deprive a BAME-majority congregation of a BAME-led ministry; (ii) failed to have due regard to the public sector equality duty under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010; (iii) failed to consider the relevance of race inequality to the scheme's purpose, namely to make better provision for "the cure of souls"; and (iv) wrongly used the scheme to penalise the incumbent reverend for perceived mismanagement.
Last updated: 30 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0015
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TAX
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Is an arrangement under which the appellant obtained insurance from an insurer who reinsured the risk with an entity related to the appellant, such that 95% of the premiums were ultimately received by that related entity, a transaction falling within the meaning of section 23 of the Income Tax Act, Chapter 435 (“ITA”)? (2) Is the appellant required to pay withholding tax on the premiums received by its related entity pursuant to section 66 of the ITA? (3) Are profits made by the appellant from hire-purchase agreements taxable at the time the agreements were entered into or upon receipt of the hirer’s instalments under section 9 of the ITA?
Last updated: 27 March 2026
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: 27 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0020
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Appeal issuedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in ruling that neither clause 11.4 nor the common law relating to public policy meant that the Icebreaker policies were void or unenforceable or otherwise provided EIC with a defence to the claims by policyholders?
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