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JCPC/2026/0014
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 20 February 2026
JCPC/2024/0066
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Judgment scheduledCase summary:Were the statements made by the Respondent defamatory of the Appellant and, if so, what is the appropriate award of damages?
Last updated: 20 February 2026
JCPC/2024/0054
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Judgment scheduledCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in overturning the High Court’s findings of fact in relation to the rights of the Appellants to various parts of the deceased’s estate?
Last updated: 20 February 2026
JCPC/2024/1004
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EMPLOYMENT
Hearing listedCase 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: 18 February 2026
JCPC/2026/0013
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 18 February 2026
JCPC/2025/0095
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CONSTITUTION
Appeal issuedCase 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: 18 February 2026
JCPC/2024/0075
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EMPLOYMENT
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Did an attorney’s conduct of refunding the deposit in full solely to a co-client as co-purchaser following the cancellation of a sale agreement amount to a breach of Canon IV(s) of the Legal Profession (Canons of Professional Ethics) Rules 1978? If so, what is the appropriate sanction and what rules of due process apply to disciplinary proceedings?
Last updated: 18 February 2026
JCPC/2025/0084
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CONSTITUTION
Appeal issuedCase summary:(1) Did the Court of Appeal err in setting aside the judge’s award of vindicatory damages, and failing to increase that award? (2) Did the Court of Appeal err in reducing the judge’s award of compensatory damages?
Last updated: 18 February 2026
JCPC/2025/0113
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TAX
Appeal issuedCase 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: 18 February 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: 18 February 2026
JCPC/2025/0069
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VETERINARY SURGEONS
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Whether the admissions made by the Appellant before the Disciplinary Committee of the Respondent (the “Disciplinary Committee”) should be vacated on appeal? (2) Whether “new” evidence produced by the Appellant since the original hearing should be admissible?
Last updated: 17 February 2026
JCPC/2025/0004
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TORT
Hearing listedCase 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 February 2026
JCPC/2024/0102
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase 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: 17 February 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: 17 February 2026
JCPC/2024/0069
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CONSTITUTION
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in holding that a claim for judicial review was available to the Respondent and that the statutory scheme governing disciplinary proceedings did not provide an effective alternative remedy for her jurisdictional complaint?
Last updated: 17 February 2026
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