Current cases
Cases only appear here a few weeks before the appeal is due to be heard by the JCPC.
The Current cases table below can be sorted either in ascending or descending order by clicking on the following title headings:
- Case ID
- Case name
- Jurisdiction
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| Case ID | Case name | Jurisdiction | Case summary | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JCPC 2015/0090 | Mohammed (Appellant) v Public Service Commission and others (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago) | The Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago | Whether the utilisation by the Public Service Commission of examination results of examinations set and marked by the Fire Service Examination Board, contravened the principle of the independence of Service Commissions. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2015/0080 | Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (Appellant) v Ryan and another (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago) | The Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago | Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its approach to findings of fact made by the trial judge | Full case details |
| JCPC 2016/0036 | Meadows and others (Appellants) v The Attorney General and another (Respondents) (Jamaica) | The Court of Appeal of Jamaica | Whether the Minister of Mining and Energy had the power to grant an exclusive licence for the supply of electricity for the entire island of Jamaica to JPS, for a period of 20 years under s.3 of the Electric Lighting Act. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2015/0073 | Boabul (Appellant) v Air Mauritius Limited (Respondent) (Mauritius) | The Supreme Court of Mauritius | Whether the Court of Civil Appeal and trial court misdirected themselves and failed to properly assess the evidence, alternatively made a serious mistake in law, in rejecting the appellants’ case that he suffered wrongful treatment, victimisation and harassment at the hands of the respondent employer. Alternatively, whether exceptional circumstances exist justifying the Board to depart from the trial judge’s findings of fact. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2016/0037 | Hurnam (1) (Appellant) v The Attorney General and others (Respondents) (Mauritius) | The Supreme Court of Mauritius | Whether the Supreme Court Rules 2000 require that no action can be entered into before the Supreme Court of Mauritius except by recourse to an attorney. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2016/0021 | Persad (Appellant) v Singh (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago) | The Supreme Court of Mauritius | The circumstances in which the corporate veil can be pierced. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2015/0101 | Alves (Appellant) v Attorney General of the Virgin Islands (Respondent) (British Virgin Islands) | The Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands) | Whether the claimant’s claim was statute barred by reason of the provisions of the Public Authorities Protection Act s.2, in that the negligence by the Government causing the injury to the claimant occurred in the direct discharge of its public duty or direct exercise of its authority to provide hospital services under the Public Hospital Act. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2015/0032 | The Attorney General (Appellant) v River Doree Holdings Limited (Respondents) (Saint Lucia) | The Court of Appeal of St Lucia | The correct construction of the terms of a lease, including in light of the approach to construction set out in the St Lucia Civil Code. | Full case details |
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