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• JCPC/2024/0020

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Chief Fire Officer and 2 others (Respondents) v Siewnarine Ramsaran (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment given
  [2025] UKPC 46
  Case summary:

  Was the appellant eligible for the position of acting Deputy Chief Fire Officer prior to and/or after August 2019, and by failing to consider him for the post did the first and second respondents: (i) act irrationally, illegally and/or unfairly; (ii) breach Regulation 155 of the Public Service Commission Regulations; (iii) breach the appellant’s right to protection of the law under section 4(b) of the Constitution, and consequently the appellant’s right to procedural protection under section 5(2)(h) of the Constitution; and, (iv) breach a legitimate expectation that he would be considered?

  Last updated: 20 July 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0040

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  CRIME

  Ahmud Shakeel Khan Jahangeer (Appellant) v Financial Crimes Commission and 2 others (Respondents) (Mauritius)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:

  Is section 10(1) of the Constitution breached by the delivery of a judgment and/or the execution of a sentence 8 years after hearing the appeal?

  Last updated: 20 July 2026

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• JCPC/2024/0015

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  PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  Ravi Balgobin Maharaj (Appellant) v The Minister of Finance (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment given
  [2026] UKPC 4
  Case summary:

  What is the meaning of the words “independent of the Government, Business and Labour” in the context of the appointment of the chairman of the National Insurance Board of Trinidad and Tobago under section 3(2)(d) of the National Insurance Act 1971?

  Last updated: 20 July 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0064

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  Osbourne Douglas and another (Appellants) v The Governor of the Cayman Islands and another (Respondents)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 20 July 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0066

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  COMMERCIAL

  Robert Archbald Gilchrist Sinclair (Appellant) v Ian Charles Domaille and 3 others (Respondents) (Guernsey)
  Hearing in progress
  Case summary:

  Did the directors of a company breach their duties when they issued new shares resulting in a beneficial owner and co-shareholder ceasing to be a beneficial owner, either because (i) the issuance did not pursue a proper purpose, and/or (ii) they did not have regard to the market value of the company when determining the share price?

  Last updated: 20 July 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0007

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  CRIME

  Jahmico Trott (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Bermuda)
  Case closed
  Case summary:

  (1) Did the trial judge give an improper direction to the jury in relation to the three two-component gunshot particles found on the appellant’s palms? (2) Should the jury have been discharged from giving a verdict in relation to count 3?

  Last updated: 17 July 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)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:

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

  Last updated: 17 July 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0028

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  CONTEMPT

  Camilla de Bourbon des Deux Siciles (Appellant) v Zedra Jersey Trust Corporation Limited and another (Respondents) (Jersey)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Did the Royal Court have jurisdiction to order that the appellant would be discharged from contempt only on payment of a fine, and subject to a term of imprisonment in the event of default? This appeal arises out of a long-running dispute over a trust (known as the “Grand Trust”), which since 2007 has been governed by Jersey law. The Grand Trust was settled by the appellant’s mother, Madame Crociani, for the benefit of the appellant (then aged 16) and her sister Cristiana Crociani (then aged 14 years). In February 2010, an appointment of assets valued at about US $132 million was made from the Grand Trust into another trust settled by Madame Crociani, and subsequently was transferred to Madame Crociani and the appellant. In 2013, Cristiana Crociani and her children commenced proceedings to have the 2010 appointment set aside and the Grand Trust reconstituted. The appellant was a defendant in those proceedings, along with (amongst others) her mother and the Trust Corporation. It was not alleged against the appellant that she was a party to the breach, which was organised and effected by her mother and the Trust Corporation acting at her mother’s request. Consequently, the appellant was not represented in the proceedings and did not give evidence

  Last updated: 17 July 2026

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• JCPC/2011/0088

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  Lancashire Insurance Company Limited (Appellant) v MS Frontier Reinsurance Ltd (Respondent)
  Judgment given
  [2012] UKPC 42
  Case summary:

  See judgment

  Last updated: 17 July 2026

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• JCPC/2011/0027

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  Lesage (Appellant) v The Mauritius Commercial Bank Limited (Respondent)
  Judgment given
  [2012] UKPC 41
  Case summary:

  See judgment

  Last updated: 17 July 2026

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• JCPC/2010/0034

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  Anthony Armbrister and Cyril Armbrister (as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Francis Armbrister) v Marion E. Lightbourn and others
  Judgment given
  [2012] UKPC 40
  Case summary:

  See judgment

  Last updated: 17 July 2026

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• JCPC/2012/0071

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  Chief Justice of the Cayman Island (Appellant) v The Governor (Respondent)
  Judgment given
  [2012] UKPC 39
  Case summary:

  See judgment

  Last updated: 17 July 2026

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• JCPC/2012/0002

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  Taitt (AP) (Appellant) v The State ( Republic of Trinidad & Tobago)(Respondent)
  Judgment given
  [2012] UKPC 38
  Case summary:

  See judgment

  Last updated: 17 July 2026

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• JCPC/2011/0051

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  Carlos Hamilton and Jason Lewis (Appellants) v The Queen (Respondent) (Jamaica)
  Judgment given
  [2012] UKPC 37
  Case summary:

  See judgment

  Last updated: 17 July 2026

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• JCPC/2010/0104

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  Anneth Livingston (Appellant) v The Queen (Respondent) (Jamaica)
  Judgment given
  [2012] UKPC 36
  Case summary:

  See judgment

  Last updated: 17 July 2026

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