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JCPC/2025/0070
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INSOLVENCY
Hearing listedCase 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: 22 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0083
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CONSTITUTION
Hearing listedCase summary:Has the Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago breached the constitutional rights of the appellant as a victim of crime, by failing to prosecute the individual accused of assaulting her within a reasonable period of time?
Last updated: 22 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0082
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COURT PROCEDURE
Case closedCase summary:Whether a state attorney can act on behalf of a public authority without express instructions.
Last updated: 22 April 2026
JCPC/2026/0017
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INSOLVENCY
Appeal issuedCase summary:(1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to hold that the loss to an insolvent company caused by preferential payments made to a creditor includes the loss suffered by its general body of creditors? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to order the director of the company to pay equitable compensation for such loss, in circumstances where the director had not obtained any profits by the breach of their fiduciary duty? (3) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to award pre-judgment interest at 5% per annum running from 29 November 2009?
Last updated: 22 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0019
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EMPLOYMENT
Judgment givenCase 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: 20 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0018
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EMPLOYMENT
Judgment givenCase 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: 20 April 2026
JCPC/2026/0012
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the General Legal Council and Court of Appeal err in finding the appellant attorney, who acted for the vendor of a property, owed a duty of care the property’s prospective purchasers and negligently breached it?
Last updated: 20 April 2026
JCPC/2026/0014
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase 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: 17 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0100
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did the trial judge err in holding that the Appellant’s alleged confession was admissible evidence? Does certain fresh evidence render the Appellant’s conviction unsafe? Did the trial judge fail to direct the jury that the prosecution had failed to disprove the Appellant’s alibi?
Last updated: 17 April 2026
JCPC/2024/0075
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EMPLOYMENT
Judgment scheduledCase 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: 17 April 2026
JCPC/2020/0091
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Judgment givenCase summary:Was the Supreme Court of the Bahamas (upheld by the Court of Appeal) right to hold (a) that the executor of an estate did not have the relevant power to transfer a property to the appellant; and (b) the counterclaim seeking that declaration was not time-barred?
Last updated: 16 April 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: 16 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0021
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COMMERCIAL
Appeal issuedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in holding that certain payments from EHL to EIC should be credited against the liability of Mr Flowers to pay equitable compensation for dishonest breaches of fiduciary duty and/or damages for breaches of common law?
Linked casesLast updated: 16 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0029
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EMPLOYMENT
Appeal issuedCase summary:Does the definition of “Annual Basic Salary” in the employment contract between the Appellant and the Respondent (and the annex to that contract) violate the End of the Year Gratuity Act 2001 (“EYGA”)?
Last updated: 16 April 2026
JCPC/2019/0118
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COURT PROCEDURE
Awaiting hearing dateCase summary:Whether the Supreme Court of Mauritius was correct to find the Appellant, Mr. Stephen Anthony Aldridge, liable for having breached the Companies Act 2001 for having debited the bank account of the Respondent, Mordaunt Estates Ltd., and credited his own account for the sum of GBP 615,000.
Last updated: 16 April 2026
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