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JCPC/2024/0054
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Judgment givenCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in overturning the High Court’s findings of fact in relation to the rights of the Appellants to various parts of the deceased’s estate?
Last updated: 19 June 2026
JCPC/2024/0066
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Judgment givenCase summary:Were the statements made by the Respondent defamatory of the Appellant and, if so, what is the appropriate award of damages?
Last updated: 19 June 2026
JCPC/2026/0050
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 19 June 2026
JCPC/2024/0088
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the Court of Appeal erred in: (a) Finding the Appellant acted unreasonably in failing to consider the Respondent for promotion? (b) Finding that the Appellant’s decision of 21 April 2015 was arrived at by a process outside of that prescribed by the Public Service Commission Regulations? (c) Finding no interference between Regulation 8 of the Fire Service (Terms and Conditions of Employment) Regulations 1998 and section 121 and 129 of the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago. (d) Holding that Regulation 8 is non-binding on the Appellant unless and until specifically adopted and incorporated into the Public Service (Commission) Regulation. (e) Making findings as to the role of the Chief Personnel Officer without affording them an opportunity to be heard. (f) Not placing sufficient weight on the Board’s decisions in The Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue v Finbar Boland and ors [2023] UKPC 27 and Ramsahai v Teaching Service Commission [2011] UKPC 26? (g) Finding that if there had been a claim for constitutional relief, and a breach of a constitutional right has been found, it should not matter that the breach found is not the particular breach in respect of which the claim is made? (h) Finding that there was a breach of the Respondent’s right to protection of the law under section 4(b) of the Constitution, in circumstances where the Respondent did not claim such relief.
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Last updated: 18 June 2026
JCPC/2024/0087
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the Court of Appeal erred in: (a) Finding the Appellant acted unreasonably in failing to consider the Respondent for promotion? (b) Finding that the Appellant’s decision of 21 April 2015 was arrived at by a process outside of that prescribed by the Public Service Commission Regulations? (c) Finding no interference between Regulation 8 of the Fire Service (Terms and Conditions of Employment) Regulations 1998 and section 121 and 129 of the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago. (d) Holding that Regulation 8 is non-binding on the Appellant unless and until specifically adopted and incorporated into the Public Service (Commission) Regulation. (e) Making findings as to the role of the Chief Personnel Officer without affording them an opportunity to be heard. (f) Not placing sufficient weight on the Board’s decisions in The Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue v Finbar Boland and ors [2023] UKPC 27 and Ramsahai v Teaching Service Commission [2011] UKPC 26? (g) Finding that if there had been a claim for constitutional relief, and a breach of a constitutional right has been found, it should not matter that the breach found is not the particular breach in respect of which the claim is made? (h) Finding that there was a breach of the Respondent’s right to protection of the law under section 4(b) of the Constitution, in circumstances where the Respondent did not claim such relief.
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JCPC/2025/0022
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CRIME
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) Should fresh psychiatric evidence regarding the appellant, obtained after his conviction for murder, be admitted and considered by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council? (2) Does the fresh psychiatric evidence show that the appellant was not guilty of murder but of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility or, alternatively, that the appellant was not fit to plead or stand trial? (3) Did the trial judge materially misdirect the jury as to the elements of the defence of provocation?
Last updated: 18 June 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?
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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: 18 June 2026
JCPC/2024/0069
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CONSTITUTION
Judgment givenCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in holding that a claim for judicial review was available to the Respondent and that the statutory scheme governing disciplinary proceedings did not provide an effective alternative remedy for her jurisdictional complaint?
Last updated: 17 June 2026
JCPC/2024/0075
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EMPLOYMENT
Judgment givenCase 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 June 2026
JCPC/2025/0004
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TORT
Judgment givenCase 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: 17 June 2026
JCPC/2024/0102
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment givenCase summary:For the purposes of establishing ownership of a property, does section 16(1) of the Registration of Deeds Act mean that a deed which is registered earlier takes priority over a deed which is registered later, even if the former was executed after the latter?
Last updated: 17 June 2026
JCPC/2025/0044
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INSOLVENCY
Judgment givenCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err (1) by concluding that the Bankruptcy Division of the Supreme Court of Mauritius lacked jurisdiction to grant leave for the Appellant to continue the Plaint as a derivative claim in the name and on behalf of the Respondent; (2) by holding that the application could not be granted ex parte; and (3) if the application could be granted ex parte, by failing to consider that no prejudice was thereby caused to the Respondent?
Linked casesLast updated: 17 June 2026
JCPC/2025/0043
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INSOLVENCY
Judgment givenCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err (1) by concluding that the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of Mauritius had granted the Appellant leave under section 154(1)(c) of the Insolvency Act to continue the Plaint in the name and on behalf of the Respondent; and (2) by failing to treat the application as one to enable the Appellant to apply under the Court’s inherent jurisdiction and section 174(3)(a) of the Insolvency Act for leave to continue the Plaint as a derivative claim?
Linked casesLast updated: 17 June 2026
JCPC/2023/0103
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CRIME
Judgment givenCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in its interpretation of the Civil Asset Recovery and Management and Unexplained Wealth Act No 8 of 2019 (the “Act”) in finding that the Preliminary Unexplained Wealth Order (“PUWO”) originally imposed under that Act and then set aside by the High Court could be reinstated, including as against the Estate of Sheldon Spring?
Last updated: 17 June 2026
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