Current cases
Cases only appear here a few weeks before the appeal is due to be heard by the JCPC.
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| Case ID | Case name | Jurisdiction | Case summary | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JCPC 2018/0068 | The Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs (Respondent) v Maharaj and another (Appellants) (Trinidad & Tobago) | The Court of Appeal of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | TBC | Full case details |
| JCPC 2018/0100 | Lovering and another (Respondents) v Atkinson and others (Appellants) (Guernsey) | The Court of Appeal of Guernsey | On a correct construction, was there a defect in the Respondents’ title to a residential property so as to make the Appellant liable to the Respondent? | Full case details |
| JCPC 2019/0050 | Powell (Appellant) v Spence (Respondent) (Jamaica) | The Court of Appeal of Jamaica | TBC | Full case details |
| JCPC 2018/0102 | Smith (Appellant) v Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (Respondent) | The Disciplinary Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons | (1) Whether it was disproportionate and excessive for the Disciplinary Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (the "Disciplinary Committee") to have directed that the appellant’s name be removed from the Register of Veterinary Surgeons. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2017/0024 | Fund Haven Limited (Appellant) and another v The Executive Director of the Securities Commission of the Bahamas (Respondent) (Bahamas) | The Court of Appeal of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas | Whether the Court of Appeal erred in declining to certify the appellants’ application for permission to appeal under section 21(1) of the Court of Appeal Act as raising a point of law of general public importance. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2017/0088 | Bain (Appellant) v The Queen (Respondent) (Bahamas) | The Court of Appeal of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas | The Appellant appeals both conviction and sentence. In relation to conviction the issues are: (1) Did the conduct of the Appellant’s trial breach Article 20 of the Constitution? | Full case details |
| JCPC 2018/0107 | Attorney General of the Virgin Islands (Respondent) v Global Water Associates Ltd (Appellant) (British Virgin Islands) | The Court of Appeal of the British Virgin Islands | Whether the profits which the Appellant would have made under a Management, Operation and Maintenance Agreement ("MOMA") with the Respondent are too remote in law to be claimed as damages for the Respondent’s breach of a Design Build Agreement ("DBA") entered into at the same time. Whether the arbitrators should have found that the Appellant was entitled to damages for breach of an implied term in the MOMA. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2019/0023 | Forbes and others (Appellants) v Scotiabank (Bahamas) Ltd (Respondent) (Bahamas) | Forbes and others (Appellants) v Scotiabank (Bahamas) Ltd (Respondent) (Bahamas) | Whether the amount of damages awarded to the Appellants was correct. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2019/0026 | Livingston Properties Equities Inc and others (Respondents) v JSC MCC Eurochem and another (Appellants) (British Virgin Islands) | The Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands) | The Appellants commenced proceedings against the Respondents (and other defendants) in the BVI in 2015. The Appellants were initially granted permission to serve the proceedings on the defendants that are located outside of the BVI. The Respondents applied to set aside that permission and challenged the jurisdiction of the BVI court to try the claims. At first instance that application was dismissed but on appeal to the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal that decision was overturned and the EC CoA granted a stay of the proceedings on the basis that Russia was a more appropriate forum. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2019/0024 | Chief Fire Officer and another (Respondents) v Felix-Phillip and others (Appellants) (Trinidad and Tobago) | The Court of Appeal of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | Did the Fire Service act unlawfully in passing over the Appellants for permanent promotion? | Full case details |
| JCPC 2015/0081 | Chief Personnel Officer (Appellant) v Amalgamated Worker's Union (Respondent) (Trinidad & Tobago) | The Court of Appeal of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | (1) Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the Industrial Court had not exceeded its jurisdiction in making the reinstatement and compensation order, where: | Full case details |
| JCPC 2018/0041 | Williams (Appellant) v The Supervisory Authority (Respondent) (Antigua & Barbuda) | The Court of Appeal of Antigua and Barbuda | The central issue in this appeal is whether the civil asset forfeiture regime contravenes fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2019/0099 | Dave Lewin (Director of Complaints of the Independent Commission of Investigations) (Appellant) v Diah and others (Respondents) (Jamaica) | The Court of Appeal of Jamaica | (1) Whether the Independent Commission of Investigations Act (Jamaica) ("ICIA") or any other statute or the common law empowers the Independent Commission of Investigations ("INDECOM"), the Commissioner of INDECOM (the "Commissioner") and/or INDECOM’s investigative staff to arrest and/or initiate a prosecution against any person in respect of any offence arising from a completed or ongoing INDECOM investigation. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2019/0098 | Commissioner of the Independent Commission of Investigations (Appellant) v Police Federation and others (Respondents) (Jamaica) | The Court of Appeal of Jamaica | (1) Whether the Independent Commission of Investigations Act (Jamaica) ("ICIA") or any other statute or the common law empowers the Independent Commission of Investigations ("INDECOM"), the Commissioner of INDECOM (the "Commissioner") and/or INDECOM’s investigative staff to arrest and/or initiate a prosecution against any person in respect of any offence arising from a completed or ongoing INDECOM investigation. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2018/0056 | The Airport Authority (Appellant) v Western Air Ltd (Respondent) (Bahamas) | The Court of Appeal of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas | In the appeal: Whether the Court of Appeal erred by affirming the trial judge’s finding that Airport Authority Limited ("Authority") is liable to Western Air Limited ("Airline") for negligence leading to theft of an aircraft. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2019/0013 | Webb (Appellant) v Webb (Respondent) (Cook Islands) | The Court of Appeal of the Cook Islands | Did the Court of Appeal of the Cook Islands err in determining the Respondent’s appeal in relation to her application for division of matrimonial property under the Matrimonial Property Act 1991-92? | Full case details |
| JCPC 2019/0091 | Ayers-Caesar (Respondent) v Judicial and Legal Service Commission (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago) | The Court of Appeal of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | (1) Whether the Court of Appeal was right to find that the first instance judge had erred in refusing to grant the Respondent leave: (a) to amend her claim; and (b) to cross-examine the Appellant’s deponents. | Full case details |
| JCPC 2018/0065 | Ocean Reef Resorts Ltd (Appellant) v Foster (Respondent) (St Christopher and Nevis) | The Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (St Christopher and Nevis) | The Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (St Christopher and Nevis) | Full case details |
| JCPC 2017/0029 | Boston-Whylly and others (Appellants) v Eleuthera Properties Ltd (Respondent) (Bahamas) | The Court of Appeal of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas | Whether the Court of Appeal was wrong to find that the respondent had established possession over the property so as to give it title ahead of the competing claims of the appellants; whether the original gift violated the rule against perpetuities. | 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 | 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 |
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