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
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| Case ID | Case name | Jurisdiction | Case summary | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JCPC 2017/0054 | Browne (Respondent) v Munokoa and another (Appellants) (Cook Islands) | The Court of Appeal of the Cook Islands | TBC | Full case details |
| JCPC 2017/0013 | Warren (Appellant) v The State (Respondent) (Pitcairn) | The Court of Appeal of the Pitcairn Islands | TBC | Full case details |
| JCPC 2017/0032 | Jacpot Ltd (Appellant) v Gambling Regulatory Authority (Respondent) (Mauritius) | The Supreme Court of Mauritius | (1) Whether the Appellant should be granted leave to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as of right, under s. 81(1)(b) of the Constitution of Mauritius; or by special leave of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council under s. 81(5). | Full case details |
| JCPC 2017/0001 | Al Sadik (Appellant) v Investcorp Bank B.S.C. and others (Respondents) (Cayman Islands) | The Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands | (1) Whether the terms of the relevant share purchase agreement permitted the First Respondent to invest the Appellant’s monies via the Fourth Respondent and, in particular, to use the Fourth Respondent to borrow monies for the purpose of making leveraged investments... | Full case details |
| JCPC 2016/0088 | De La Haye (Appellant) v Air Mauritius Ltd (Respondent) (Mauritius) | The Supreme Court of Mauritius | Whether the Appellant was in the "continuous employment" of the Respondent, and whether his employment was unlawfully terminated, such that he was entitled to severance allowance on termination of his employment. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2017/0042 | Baptiste (Appellant) v Investment Managers Limited (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago) | The Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago | Whether the respondent had complied with the terms of its agreement with the appellant and was entitled to an order for specific performance. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2017/0049 | Super Industrial Services Limited (Respondents) and another v National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago) | The Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago | TBC | Full case details |
| JCPC 2017/0011 | Sagicor Bank Jamaica Limited (Appellant) v Taylor-Wright (Respondent) (Jamaica) | The Court of Appeal of Jamaica | Whether the judge had palpably erred in granting summary judgment to the appellant | Full case details |
| JCPC 2017/0053 | Bahamasair Holdings Ltd (Appellant) v Messier Dowty Inc (Respondent) (Bahamas) | The Court of Appeal of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas | (1) Was the Court of Appeal entitled to overturn particular findings made by the trial judge? | Full case details |
| JCPC 2015/0077 | Ramsook (Appellant) v Crossley (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago) | The Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago | Whether a judgment on liability and award on damages in favour of the Appellant in a personal injury claim should have been set aside on the basis that the Respondent (the First Defendant) had not been properly served. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2014/0100 | Central Broadcasting Services Ltd and another (Appellants) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago) | The Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago | The assessment of compensatory damages for the State’s failure to award the First Appellant a radio licence (previously held to be unconstitutional by an earlier judgment of the JCPC in Central Broadcasting Services Ltd and another v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago [2006] UKPC 35). In particular whether the judge erred requiring the Court of Appeal to make a fresh assessment in (a) his assessment of the compensatory award and (b) his restriction of costs to one advocate and one instructing attorney. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2016/0101 | Maharaj and another (Appellants) v Motor One Insurance Company Limited (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago) | The Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago | (i) Whether the Court of Appeal was wrong to hold that the Appellants’ claim was statute barred, (ii) whether the Court of Appeal was correct in not considering the Respondent’s concealment and/or conduct. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2012/0040 | Panday and another (Appellants) v Her Worship Ejenny Espinet and another (Respondents) | The Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago | TBC | Full case details |
| JCPC 2016/0094 | Robin's Nest Interiors (Mauritius) Limited (Appellant) v Director General Mauritius Revenue Authority and Others (Respondents) | The Supreme Court of Mauritius | (1) Whether the decision of the First Respondent can be challenged by way of judicial review or whether the taxpayer’s remedy is limited to an appeal before the Assessment Review Committee (and thus whether the Supreme Court was correct to refuse leave on this basis)? | Full case details |
| JCPC 2016/0077 | Honourable Attorney General and another (Appellants) v Isaac (Respondent) (Antigua and Barbuda) | The Court of Appeal of Antigua and Barbuda | The definition of an application for judicial review for the purposes of determining whether the requirement under CPR 2000, r 56.3(1) to obtain the court’s leave to bring the claim applies. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2014/0025 | Williams and others (Appellants) v Herbert and another (Respondents) (Antigua and Barbuda) | The Court of Appeal of Antigua and Barbuda | Whether, in circumstances where a first-instance judgment has been entered against a party who was not present or represented at the hearing, there has been a miscarriage of justice as the absent party has not had an opportunity to be heard; and whether, in this case, the Court of Appeal failed to follow ‘well established legal principles’ when it concluded that the trial judge had sufficient evidence before him to decide the case, and declined to interfere with his findings of fact. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2016/0085 | Guyah (Appellant) v Commissioner of Customs and another (Respondents) (Jamaica) | The Court of Appeal of Jamaica | Whether a 2007 Suzuki Swift Motor Car with Chassis No ZC71S40213 was lawfully seized by customs officials as uncustomed goods | Full case details |
| JCPC 2016/0025 | Chandler (Appellant) v The State (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago) | The Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago | (1) Whether fresh evidence of the Appellant’s mental illness should be admitted, and casts doubt on the safety of his conviction and appropriateness of the death sentence; | Full case details |
| JCPC 2017/0025 | The State of Mauritius and another (Appellants) v The (Mauritius) CT Power Limited and others (Respondents) | The Supreme Court of Mauritius | (1) Whether the Appellants have impermissibly changed their grounds of appeal from those in the application for leave to appeal and, if so, whether they should be permitted to advance any new grounds of appeal. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2017/0023 | The State of Mauritius and another (Appellants) v The (Mauritius) CT Power Limited and others (Respondents) (Mauritius) | The Supreme Court of Mauritius | (1) Whether the Appellants have impermissibly changed their grounds of appeal from those in the application for leave to appeal and, if so, whether they should be permitted to advance any new grounds of appeal. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2017/0003 | Rawlinson and Hunter Trustees S. A. and another (Appellant) (Guernsey) v Investec Trust (Guernsey) Limited and another (Respondent) | The Court of Appeal of Guernsey | Whether the Court of Appeal erred in (i) its interpretation and application of the law on abuse of process; and (ii) application of the threshold test for summary judgment and allocation of the burden of proof. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2016/0083 | Investec Trust (Guernsey) Limited and another (Appellants) v Rawlinson and Hunter Trustees S. A. and another (Respondents) (Guernsey) | The Court of Appeal of Guernsey | (1) Whether Article 32(1)(a) of the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984 applies to the BVI companies’ claims (2016/216)... | Full case details |
| JCPC 2016/0081 | Investec Trust (Guernsey) Limited and others (Respondents) v Glenalla Properties Limited and others (Appellants) (Guernsey) | The Court of Appeal of Guernsey | (1) Whether Article 32(1)(a) of the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984 applies to the BVI companies’ claims (2016/216)... | Full case details |
| JCPC 2016/0080 | Investec Trust (Guernsey) Limited and others (Respondents) v Rawlinson and Hunter Trustees S.A. (Appellant) Guernsey) | The Court of Appeal of Guensey | (1) Whether Article 32(1)(a) of the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984 applies to the BVI companies’ claims (2016/216)... | Full case details |
| JCPC 2016/0035 | Investec Trust (Guernsey) Limited and another (Appellant) v Rawlinson and Hunter Trustees S.A and another (Respondent) (Guernsey) | The Court of Appeal of Guernsey | (1) Whether Article 32(1)(a) of the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984 applies to the BVI companies’ claims (2016/216)... | Full case details |
| JCPC 2016/0018 | Investec Trust (Guernsey) Limited and others (Respondents) v Rawlinson and Hunter Trustees S.A (Appellant) (Guernsey) | The Court of Appeal of Guernsey | (1) Whether Article 32(1)(a) of the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984 applies to the BVI companies’ claims (2016/216)... | Full case details |
| JCPC 2016/0017 | Investec Trust (Guernsey) Limited and others (Respondents) v Rawlinson and others (Appellant) (Guernsey) | The Court of Appeal of Guernsey | (1) Whether Article 32(1)(a) of the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984 applies to the BVI companies’ claims (2016/216)... | Full case details |
| JCPC 2016/0016 | Investec Trust (Guernsey) Limited and others (Respondents) v Glenalla Properties Limited and others (Appellant) (Guernsey) | The Court of Appeal of Guernsey | (1) Whether Article 32(1)(a) of the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984 applies to the BVI companies’ claims (2016/216)... | 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 |
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