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JCPC/2021/0084
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CRIME
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the Jamaican statutory regime to combat money laundering is constitutional insofar as it applies to attorneys–at–law.
Linked casesLast updated: 15 June 2026
JCPC/2021/0053
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Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the Jamaican statutory regime to combat money laundering is constitutional insofar as it applies to attorneys–at–law.
Linked casesLast updated: 15 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).
Linked casesLast updated: 15 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).
Linked casesLast updated: 15 June 2026
JCPC/2026/0030
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:(1) Did the courts below err in their approach to circumstantial evidence relied on by the prosecution to prove the alleged conspiracy? (2) Did the courts below err in their approach to the testimony of Mr Barbot?
Last updated: 15 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: 15 June 2026
JCPC/2026/0048
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 15 June 2026
JCPC/2026/0047
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 15 June 2026
JCPC/2025/0021
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in holding that certain payments from EHL to EIC should be credited against the liability of Mr Flowers to pay equitable compensation for dishonest breaches of fiduciary duty and/or damages for breaches of common law?
Linked casesLast updated: 14 June 2026
JCPC/2025/0020
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in ruling that neither clause 11.4 nor the common law relating to public policy meant that the Icebreaker policies were void or unenforceable or otherwise provided EIC with a defence to the claims by policyholders?
Linked casesLast updated: 14 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: 14 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: 14 June 2026
JCPC/2023/0087
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CONSTITUTION
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Is the Appellant’s claim against a magistrate under section 6 of the Public Officers’ Protection Act 1957 barred by a principle of judicial immunity and/or the Mauritian Civil Code of Procedure?
Last updated: 14 June 2026
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
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