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• JCPC/2024/0010

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Public Services Association of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority (Appellant) No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment scheduled
  Case summary:

  1. Whether, on a proper construction and/or application of the section 26A of the CAAA, the deeming of the PSA as the certified recognised majority union was subject to the provisions of the IRA. 2. If so, whether the PSA was required to comply with the provisions of Part III of the IRA before it could be recognised as the certified RMU for the BU by the Industrial Court. 3. If so, whether the PSA was required to apply to the RRCB to be certified as the RMU for the BU. 4. Whether the RRCB could certify the PSA as the RMU for the BU since the PSA was already certified as the RMU in respect of two other essential industries.

  Linked cases

  JCPC/2023/0106 Public Services Association of Trinidad and Tobago (Appellant) v Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Cross-appeal

  Last updated: 5 September 2025

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• JCPC/2023/0106

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Public Services Association of Trinidad and Tobago (Appellant) v Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment scheduled
  Case summary:

  1. Whether, on a proper construction and/or application of the section 26A of the CAAA, the deeming of the PSA as the certified recognised majority union was subject to the provisions of the IRA. 2. If so, whether the PSA was required to comply with the provisions of Part III of the IRA before it could be recognised as the certified RMU for the BU by the Industrial Court. 3. If so, whether the PSA was required to apply to the RRCB to be certified as the RMU for the BU. 4. Whether the RRCB could certify the PSA as the RMU for the BU since the PSA was already certified as the RMU in respect of two other essential industries.

  Linked cases

  JCPC/2024/0010 Public Services Association of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority (Appellant) No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Cross-appeal

  Last updated: 5 September 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0087

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  Oilfield Workers' Trade Union (Appellant) v Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited and another (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 4 September 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0086

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  Pasmore Millings and another (Appellants) v The King (Respondent) (Jamaica)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 1 September 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0026

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  CRIME

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

  Last updated: 29 August 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0029

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Luc Guilliey (Appellant) v OCAPAC Mauritius Holding Ltd (Respondent) (Mauritius)
  Appeal issued
  Case 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: 29 August 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0085

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  Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v Favianna Gajadhar (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 29 August 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0084

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  Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v Jwala Rambarran (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 28 August 2025

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• JCPC/2023/0020

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  CONSTITUTION

  The Corporation of Hamilton (Appellant) v Attorney General of Bermuda and another (Respondents) (Bermuda)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  Whether section 1 of the Constitution of Bermuda is independently and directly enforceable, and if so whether certain legislative measures contravened the Appellant's rights to protection of law and to protection from deprivation of property without compensation. In any event, whether those legislative measures contravened the rule of law and the separation of powers.

  Last updated: 26 August 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0083

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  Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v FR (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 19 August 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0047

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  PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  Attorney General of the Cayman Islands and another (Respondents) v Shelliann Bush (Appellant) (Cayman Islands)
  Judgment given
  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: 18 August 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0036

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  TORT

  Christopher Isaac Singh (A minor, suing by his mother and next friend, Nicole Singh Nee Mohammed) (Respondent) v Dr Prakashbhan Persad (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Was the Court of Appeal correct to interfere with the High Court’s finding that the appellant doctor was not negligent?

  Last updated: 13 August 2025

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• JCPC/2024/1001

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  PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  Devant Maharaj (Appellant) v National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  What is the proper approach to the public interest balancing exercise required by section 35 of the Freedom of Information Act (“the FOIA”) where an applicant has requested disclosure of information from a public authority and the public authority considers there to be an applicable exemption?

  Last updated: 13 August 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0039

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Antigua and Barbuda Transport Board (Respondent) v Anderson Carty (Appellant) (Antigua and Barbuda)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err in setting aside awards of exemplary damages and costs for an unfair dismissal that had been found to be “harsh and oppressive”?

  Last updated: 13 August 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0082

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  COURT PROCEDURE

  Anthony Noel Hosein (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 12 August 2025

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