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• JCPC/2024/0045

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  COURT PROCEDURE

  Michelle Trotman, The Caura Hospital Director (Respondent) v Nailah Ramsaroop (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  Was the Court of Appeal wrong to reduce the costs that the Appellant could recover from the Respondent? In particular, is there a general rule that brief fees for counsel are irrecoverable as costs in habeas corpus applications?

  Last updated: 2 July 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0042

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  INSOLVENCY

  RZ3262019 Limited (Appellant) v Happy Lion Ventures Ltd and another (Respondents) (Virgin Islands)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  The operation of the doctrine of common mistake in the context of a sale of shares in an asset-owning company, where the mistake relates to the underlying assets.

  Last updated: 1 July 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0059

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  PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  Davindra Maharaj and another (Appellants) v The Minister of Finance and 2 others (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 1 July 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0037

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Ashley Dawson-Damer (Appellant) v Grampian Trust Company Ltd and another (Respondents) (Bahamas)
  Judgment scheduled
  Case summary:

  Did the First Respondent breach the fiduciary (professional) duties that it owed to the Appellant as trustee?

  Last updated: 1 July 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0057

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  Lee Sweeting (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (The Bahamas)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 30 June 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0058

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  Leroy Fawkes (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (The Bahamas)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 30 June 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0005

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  CONSTITUTION

  Kattina Anglin (Appellant) v Governor of the Cayman Islands (Respondent) (Cayman Islands)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Did the Governor of the Cayman Islands have the power by reason of section 81 of the Cayman Islands Constitution Order 2009 (the “Constitution”) to enact the Civil Partnership Law 2020? If not, what is the appropriate relief?

  Last updated: 30 June 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0008

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  ARBITRATION

  Juniper Life Sciences Ltd (Appellant) v RBH Holdings (Respondent) (Cayman Islands)
  Permission to Appeal refused
  Case summary:

  Should a claim by RBH for rectification of JLS’s share register have been stayed on the basis that it is subject to an arbitration agreement between JLS’s shareholders (including RBH)?

  Last updated: 27 June 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0002

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  CRIME

  Romaine Thomas (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Jamaica)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  (1) Was the evidence sufficient to convict the Appellant of joint enterprise murder and reject his “no case to answer” submission? (2) Did the lack of a transcript of the judge’s sentencing preclude the Court of Appeal from properly reviewing that sentencing? (3) Did the Court of Appeal breach the Appellant’s Constitutional rights in upholding the Appellant’s sentence?

  Last updated: 26 June 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0056

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  CRIME

  Antonio McIntosh (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Jamaica)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 26 June 2025

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• JCPC/2023/0089

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  LANDLORD AND TENANT

  Lutchmee Narain Dhunnoo (Respondent) v Shyam Kumar Cheekooree (Appellant) (Mauritius)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  Did the Supreme Court of Mauritius err in concluding that the appellant’s grounds of appeal were not on points of law? Did the Fair Rent Tribunal err in accepting the evidence of the respondent’s valuer’s evidence? Did the Fair Rent Tribunal err by taking into account evidence of rental values from 2017?

  Last updated: 26 June 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0021

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  EMPLOYMENT

  University of the West Indies (Respondent) v Occupational Safety and Health Authority and Agency (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err in finding that s.93 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act Ch. 88:08 applied to OSHA’s complaint against UWI

  Last updated: 25 June 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0047

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  PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  Attorney General of the Cayman Islands (Respondent) v Shelliann Bush (Appellant) (Cayman Islands)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  Did the refusal by the Second Respondent to investigate the Appellant’s complaint of unfair dismissal by her employer, a charitable organisation, under the Labour Act (2021 Revision) breach her right to a fair hearing under section 7(1) of the Bill of Rights?

  Last updated: 25 June 2025

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• JCPC/2023/0114

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Dipcon Engineering Services Ltd (Appellant) v Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Was the Court of Appeal wrong to hold that (i) there was no binding agreement to pay an additional sum under the contract for services in the absence of approval by the Respondent’s board, and (ii) in the alternative, there was no consideration for a separate agreement to pay the additional sum?

  Last updated: 25 June 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0035

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Camla James Morrison (Appellant) v Sutherland Global Services Jamaica PLC Limited (Respondent)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  (1) Whether there is any conflict between the procedure in section 22 of the Labour Relations Code and the right to due process guaranteed by section 16 of the Jamaican Constitution. (2) Whether an appeal can lie to the Privy Council from a refusal of an application seeking leave to appeal.

  Last updated: 24 June 2025

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