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1008 Cases

• JCPC/2026/0094

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  Sophia Thomas (Appellant) v Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (Respondent) (Jamaica)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 4 November 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0083

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  NEGLIGENCE

  Rennie Bissoon (Appellant) v Absolute Transport Ltd (formerly K&C Logistics Ltd) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago err in upholding the trial judge’s assessment of the damages awarded to the Appellant for personal injury suffered as a result of the Respondent employer’s negligence?

  Last updated: 4 November 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0065

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Jefferson Health – Northeast and another (Appellants) v Cassatt Insurance Company Limited and another (Respondents) (Bermuda)
  Permission to Appeal refused
  Case summary:

  The appellants seek an injunction preventing the second respondent from selling its shares in the first respondent to a third party. Did the Court of Appeal err in refusing the application and in refusing to grant an interim injunction?

  Last updated: 4 November 2026

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• JCPC/2015/0020

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  CRIME

  Ruddock (Appellant) v The Queen (Respondent) (Jamaica)
  Judgment given
  [2016] UKPC 7
  Case summary:

  Whether the appellant’s conviction for joint enterprise murder is unsafe.

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2015/0015 R v Jogee (Appellant)

  Legal issue

  Last updated: 4 November 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0095

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  CONSTITUTION

  The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago and others (Respondents) v Jason Jones (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment scheduled
  [2026] UKPC 38
  Case 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: 4 November 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0083

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  CONSTITUTION

  Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v FR (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Awaiting judgment
  Case 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: 4 November 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0093

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  Jeffrey Anthony Hernandez (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 3 November 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0054

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  CRIME

  Mekeal Antoine (Appellant) v The State (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal refused
  Case summary:

  (1) Whether felony murder and robbery ought both to have been left to the jury at the Appellant’s trial. (2) Whether the trial judge’s directions to the jury regarding the identification evidence were sufficient.

  Last updated: 3 November 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0091

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  INSOLVENCY

  Denise Kitson (Appellant) v Roger Phynn (Respondent) (Jamaica)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  (1) Can a solicitor’s right to a lien over their client’s documents for unpaid fees be defeated by the power of a liquidator under section 45 of the Co-operative Societies Act to compel the production of documents? (2) Were there any issues with the service of the warrant for commitment to prison by failing to serve the documents on the Appellant personally?

  Last updated: 2 November 2026

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• JCPC/2025/0085

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  CONSTITUTION

  Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v Favianna Gajadhar (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment given
  [2026] UKPC 35
  Case summary:

  Was the Court of Appeal correct to set aside the trial judge’s findings that the Appellant’s right to property had been deprived under section 4(a) of the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago? If so, was the Court of Appeal entitled to reduce the Appellant’s costs of the appeal by 50%?

  Last updated: 2 November 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0053

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  INSOLVENCY

  Bittrex Global Inc (Appellant) v Andrew Howie, Carmel King and Margot MacInnes as Joint Liquidators of Bittrex Global (Bermuda) Ltd (In Liquidation) and another (Respondents) (Bermuda)
  Permission to Appeal granted
  Case summary:

  How should Joint Liquidators of a digital assets exchange company treat unclaimed digital assets deposited by customers?

  Last updated: 30 October 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0070

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  ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING

  George Aboud and Sons Limited and another (Appellants) v Environmental Management Authority (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:

  (1) Is Designated Activity 8(c) in the Schedule to the Certificate of Environmental Clearance (Designated Activities) Order too ambiguous to be enforced? (2) Does the Environmental Commission have the power to grant declaratory relief under Section 81(3) of the Environmental Management Act, Chapter 35:05? (3) Did the Environmental Commission lack jurisdiction to order an Administrative Civil Assessment pursuant to Section 66(1)(d) of the Environmental Management Act, Chapter 35:05?

  Last updated: 30 October 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0024

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  CONSTITUTION

  Thyagarajen Valayden (Appellant) v The State of Mauritius and 2 others (Respondents) (Mauritius)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:

  Must Section 1 of the Constitution of Mauritius be construed to encompass a constitutional principle for the holding of regular and periodic local government elections, either expressly or by necessary implication? If so, does a proper construction impose limits on the National Assembly of Mauritius’s legislative power as regards a statutory executive power to postpone local government elections?

  Last updated: 30 October 2026

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• JCPC/2026/0058

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  COURT PROCEDURE

  Verticast Media Group Ltd (Appellant) v Digicel (Jamaica) Limited and others (Respondents) (Jamaica)
  Permission to Appeal refused
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err in holding that illiquid shares could not be used as security for costs in lieu of a cash sum?

  Last updated: 30 October 2026

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• JCPC/2024/0068

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  AB (a minor, by their father and next friend) (Appellant) v Minister for Education (Respondent) (Bermuda)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Whether the mandatory testing regime 1. breached the Appellant's constitutional right to not be searched without his consent; 2. were not based on lawful authority; 3. breached the principle of legality.

  Last updated: 29 October 2026

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