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JCPC/2026/0018
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0057
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in dismissing the appellant’s application for an extension of time to appeal against the sentence imposed on him by the trial judge?
Last updated: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0061
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Are Mr Armbrister’s two murder convictions safe?
Last updated: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0102
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal granted in partCase summary:(a) Did the trial judge fail to direct the jury that Miss Moore’s evidence is tainted by improper motive and contradicts the expert medical evidence? (b) Did the Court of Appeal err in finding that the trial judge’s failure to issue a good character direction and the inadequate identification directions did not amount to a miscarriage of justice? (c) Can the Appellant rely on fresh evidence which allegedly undermines the credibility of Miss Moore’s evidence? (d) Did the Court of Appeal err in not deducting the time spent in custody in remand from the Appellant’s sentence? (e) Did the Appellant receive inadequate representation from his defence counsel that infringed on his right to a fair trial?
Linked casesLast updated: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0101
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:(a) Did the Court of Appeal err in refusing to admit fresh evidence of Miss Moore’s recantation? (b) Did the Court of Appeal misconstrue section 16(2) of the Judicature (Supreme Court) Act in finding that the court reporter is not obliged to record the closing speech of the prosecution? (c) Can the issue of the Appellant’s right to a fair trial be decided in the absence of a transcript of the closing speech? (d) Was there misconduct by the prosecution in the course of the trial besides the remarks made in the closing speech? Did this alleged misconduct breach the Appellant’s right to a fair trial?
Linked casesLast updated: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0068
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Issues include whether (i) the Court of Appeal’s decision is procedurally invalid; (ii) the Court of Appeal erred in respect of various matters relating to the trial judge’s approach; (iii) the prosecution failed to do disclose material evidence; and (iv) the appellant’s sentence is unduly severe.
Last updated: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0054
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Mr Molyneux was convicted of drug trafficking offences. Did the Courts below err in ordering Mr Molyneux to repay the proceeds of his crime in the amount of £65,011?
Last updated: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0067
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Were the Appellant’s convictions safe overall?
Last updated: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0090
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Having found that the Appellant’s constitutional right to a fair trial within a reasonable time had been breached, did the trial judge err in declining to order a permanent stay of the proceedings? Did the Court of Appeal err in finding that the trial judge was correct to dismiss the Appellant’s further applications for the proceedings to be stayed? Did the trial judge misdirect herself on whether actual suspicion is an element of the offence under section 30(2)(a) of the Proceeds of Crime Ordinance? Did the trial judge fail to analyse the defence’s evidence on the Appellant’s subjective state of mind? Did the Court of Appeal err by misapplying the statutory proviso contained in section 7(1) of the Court of Appeal Ordinance?
Linked casesLast updated: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0065/A
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NEGLIGENCE
Hearing listedCase summary:These appeals concern allegations of clinical negligence following Aeden’s birth. The issues raised for the JCPC’s consideration all concern findings of fact in relation to the cause of Aeden’s cerebral palsy. In Dr Abdulla’s appeal (JCPC/2025/0063), and in Surgi-Med Clinic Co Ltd’s cross-appeal (JCPC/2025/0065/A) (1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to reverse the High Court’s finding of fact as to the timing of Dr Abdulla’s arrival? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to find that causation was inevitably proved against Dr Abdulla, if it was proved that he arrived at 4am? In Aeden Balwah’s appeal (JCPC/2025/0065) (1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to uphold the High Court’s finding that it had not been proved that Surgi-Med Clinic Co Ltd’s breach of duty caused Aeden Balwah’s cerebral palsy?
Linked casesLast updated: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0004
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TORT
Judgment scheduledCase 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: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2024/0031
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment scheduledCase summary:1): Did the courts below find as a fact that the fuel from the 2012 leak migrated to the respondent’s land and contaminated it? (2): Is it a precondition to liability under the rule in Rylands v Fletcher that the defendant be in occupation of the land from which the dangerous thing escapes? (3): Is the storage of fuel underground a "non-natural use of land" for the purposes of the rule in Rylands v Fletcher? (4): Did the Court of Appeal err in its assessment of damages?
Last updated: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2019/0089
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:This appeal concerns claims brought by the appellant, Primeo Fund (In Official Liquidation) (Primeo), against the respondents for breach of their contractual duties. The claims arise in the context of the fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council allowed Primeo's appeal in relation to the application of the reflective loss rule to the extent explained in its judgment dated 9 August 2021. The Board is now asked to decide the remaining issues on Primeo's appeal and also decide the respondents' cross-appeal/additional grounds for upholding the decision below.
Last updated: 12 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0086
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:Are the Appellants’ convictions and sentences for murder unsafe in circumstances of an alleged plea deal on the part of an accomplice whose evidence was uncorroborated?
Last updated: 11 March 2026
JCPC/2026/0017
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 11 March 2026
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