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JCPC/2026/0014
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CRIME
Awaiting hearing dateCase 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: 12 June 2026
JCPC/2025/0015
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TAX
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) Is an arrangement under which the appellant obtained insurance from an insurer who reinsured the risk with an entity related to the appellant, such that 95% of the premiums were ultimately received by that related entity, a transaction falling within the meaning of section 23 of the Income Tax Act, Chapter 435 (“ITA”)? (2) Is the appellant required to pay withholding tax on the premiums received by its related entity pursuant to section 66 of the ITA? (3) Are profits made by the appellant from hire-purchase agreements taxable at the time the agreements were entered into or upon receipt of the hirer’s instalments under section 9 of the ITA?
Last updated: 12 June 2026
JCPC/2025/0029
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EMPLOYMENT
Judgment givenCase 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: 12 June 2026
JCPC/2026/0046
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 11 June 2026
JCPC/2026/0027
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ARBITRATION
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Does article 46A of the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Jersey) Law 2019 have retrospective effect? Did RTI have a reasonable belief that it was necessary to act in breach of contract by not making the payments to OWH?
Last updated: 11 June 2026
JCPC/2026/0022
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TAX
Appeal issuedCase summary:Does the ARC have jurisdiction to hear an appeal against a notice issued under section 131B(10)(a) Income Tax Act 1995 (ITA)?
Last updated: 11 June 2026
JCPC/2024/0085
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TORT
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the Court of Appeal erred by: (1) Holding the Appellants do not have a statutory right of appeal to the Privy Council. (2) Ruling that Mrs Bethel was unlawfully detained between 1 am and 3 pm on Saturday 13 December 2014; (3) Ruling that the State (or some of the appellants) are vicariously liable for the acts of Mr Bastian.
Last updated: 11 June 2026
JCPC/2025/0103
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TAX
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Is the First Respondent entitled to a partial tax exemption on interest income received from certain loans?
Last updated: 11 June 2026
JCPC/2025/0037
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COURT PROCEDURE
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did the Master err in fact and/or in law in dismissing BONI’s application to set aside the default judgment in favour of Selecta? Did the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal err in fact and/or in law in dismissing BONI’s appeal against the Master’s order?
Last updated: 10 June 2026
JCPC/2018/0096
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the Court of Appeal was correct to uphold the trial judge’s findings as to causation and quantum (among other matters).
Last updated: 8 June 2026
JCPC/2018/0072
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the Court of Appeal was correct to uphold the trial judge’s findings as to causation and quantum (among other matters).
Last updated: 8 June 2026
JCPC/2019/0088
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment givenCase summary:This appeal concerns a number of real estate transactions between each Appellant and Providence Estate Ltd ("PEL") in Montserrat. The Judicial Committee is asked by the Appellants to set aside the orders of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) in relation to that Court’s determination: (i) that each Appellant’s ownership of the relevant property (each a “Parcel”) was subject to an equity in favour of PEL and, relatedly, that each Appellant should execute transfer instruments in favour of PEL; and (ii) as to the application of certain provisions of the Montserrat Registered Land Act 2008 to a series of transactions.
Last updated: 8 June 2026
JCPC/2020/0058
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether Global Skynet is the ultimate beneficial owner of Skynet and whether a transfer of all of the issued shares in Skynet to Mr Andrei Kravchuk should be set aside.
Last updated: 8 June 2026
JCPC/2026/0005
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in refusing to grant leave to the appellant to seek judicial review against the respondent of a decision not to re-enlist the appellant as a constable in the Jamaica Constabulary Force?
Last updated: 8 June 2026
JCPC/2026/0012
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal grantedCase 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: 8 June 2026
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