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JCPC/2025/0119
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase summary:Was the appellant entitled to terminate the contract for the sale of a parcel of land without making time of the essence?
Last updated: 28 September 2026
JCPC/2020/0084
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment given[2023] UKPC 1Case summary:Whether the trial judge and the Court of Appeal were correct to find that: (i) the land was part of the Grand Ance Estate and therefore conveyed by the 1914 conveyance; (ii) it was for the appellant to prove that the land was foreshore; (iii) there was insufficient evidence to establish that the land, or part of it, was foreshore.
Last updated: 28 September 2026
JCPC/2020/0061
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ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
Judgment given[2023] UKPC 2Case summary:(1) Can an appellant rely on arguments in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council that were not advanced before the Court of Appeal? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to uphold or remake a security for costs order in favour of the respondents?
Last updated: 28 September 2026
JCPC/2022/0010
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PROCEDURE
Judgment given[2023] UKPC 3Case summary:Is a judgment in default an appealable judicial order or an administrative decision that cannot be appealed? In a case of judgment in default, should the court examine the claim’s merits in determining the appropriate relief?
Last updated: 28 September 2026
JCPC/2020/0047
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CRIME
Judgment given[2023] UKPC 4Case summary:This case concerns Mr Cox’s conviction for murder and whether evidence given by two individuals against Mr Cox, on which the trial judge and the Court of Appeal of the Turks and Caicos Islands relied, was credible and reliable. In particular, the Board is asked to consider what weight should be given to evidence from an accomplice in circumstances where the accomplice has signed an undertaking to give information in return for which his own murder charge will be withdrawn.
Last updated: 28 September 2026
JCPC/2021/0084
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CRIME
Judgment given[2023] UKPC 6Case summary:Whether the Jamaican statutory regime to combat money laundering is constitutional insofar as it applies to attorneys–at–law.
Linked casesLast updated: 28 September 2026
JCPC/2021/0053
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Judgment given[2023] UKPC 6Case summary:Whether the Jamaican statutory regime to combat money laundering is constitutional insofar as it applies to attorneys–at–law.
Linked casesLast updated: 28 September 2026
JCPC/2020/0087
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment given[2023] UKPC 7Case summary:This appeal concerns two long term agreements for the sale of property. The purchase price was advanced by Mr Richards to HEB by way of monthly instalments together with interest, but completion did not occur. Mr Richards took possession of the properties once the payments began.The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is asked to consider whether the Court of Appeal was correct to determine that there had been a total failure of consideration, but that Mr Richard's was not entitled to recover the interest payments because he had enjoyed a real benefit in the form of the right to possession of the properties, and the value of this possession, referred to as "mesne profits" by the Court of Appeal, had to be accounted for in an adjustment to Mr Richard’s recovery in restitution.
Last updated: 28 September 2026
JCPC/2021/0106
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment given[2023] UKPC 8Case summary:(i) Was the Respondent contractually entitled to increase the Guaranteed Cost of Insurance from the second year of the Policy? (ii) Was the Respondent entitled to lapse and terminate the policy on Sunday 7 September 2014, the date set out in the Notice of Pending Cancellation dated 18 August 2014? (iii) If the Account Value was, in fact, insufficient to meet the Monthly Deductions at the relevant point in time, was the correct lapse date in fact 8 September 2014, such that the quarterly premium payment tendered by the Appellant on 8 September 2014 was on time?
Last updated: 28 September 2026
JCPC/2022/0066
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CRIME
Judgment given[2023] UKPC 9Case summary:This appeal concerns the lawfulness if the appellant’s removal from the Cayman Islands to serve his prison sentence in England. It raises the following issues. First, whether the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has an implied statutory power or an inherent power to hold a closed material procedure ("CMP") when determining claims brought under the Bill of Rights of the Cayman Islands. Second, if there is no power to order a CMP, what approach should the Grand Court adopt? Third, whether the appellant’s rights were sufficiently safeguarded to ensure compliance with the Cayman Bill of Rights when the challenged decision was taken.
Last updated: 28 September 2026
JCPC/2019/0115
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CRIME
Judgment given[2023] UKPC 10Case summary:(1) Whether Mr Miller’s conviction for attempted murder is unsafe. (2) Whether Mr Miller’s sentence should be reduced.
Last updated: 28 September 2026
JCPC/2021/0032
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment given[2023] UKPC 11Case summary:Was the Court of Appeal wrong to overturn the High Court's decision to reject a claim for rectification of a deed on the ground of common mistake?
Last updated: 28 September 2026
JCPC/2022/0036
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CONSTITUTION
Judgment given[2023] UKPC 12Case summary:Were the Respondents lawfully entitled to detain the Appellant on the basis that they were arranging his deportation, and, if so, was 3 month a reasonable period? Did the Court of Appeal err in the assessment of damages and award of interest? Did the Court of Appeal err in its costs award?
Last updated: 28 September 2026
JCPC/2022/0015
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment given[2023] UKPC 13Case summary:Does the Constitution of The Bahamas confer citizenship at birth on a person born in The Bahamas who is the child of an unmarried woman who is not a citizen of The Bahamas and a man who is?
Last updated: 28 September 2026
JCPC/2021/0041
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CRIME
Judgment given[2023] UKPC 14Case summary:Whether the appellant’s sentence for wounding with intent was unlawful because it was determined in accordance with a statutory minimum.
Last updated: 28 September 2026
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