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JCPC/2024/0014
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Did the delay between the hearing of evidence and the Supreme Court’s judgment (i) breach the Appellants’ right to a fair trial within a reasonable time or (ii) affect the judge’s ability to deal properly with the issues?
Last updated: 8 October 2025
JCPC/2023/0020
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CONSTITUTION
Judgment givenCase 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: 8 October 2025
JCPC/2025/0104
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 8 October 2025
JCPC/2024/0043
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Is an unlicensed business able to enforce a loan contract and charge against the property of a borrower if they default on payment? Was the Court of Appeal entitled to refuse the appellant leave to appeal to the Judicial Committee on the basis that the appeal was devoid of merit and had no prospect of success, where otherwise the appellant would have an appeal as of right?
Last updated: 8 October 2025
JCPC/2025/0103
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 7 October 2025
JCPC/2025/0047
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Appeal issuedCase summary:Is there a binding agreement for the grant of a lease?
Last updated: 7 October 2025
JCPC/2025/0056
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Is the fresh evidence admissible and, if so, should Mr McIntosh’s appeal against conviction be allowed?
Last updated: 7 October 2025
JCPC/2025/0102
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 7 October 2025
JCPC/2024/0031
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NEGLIGENCE
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Can claims for unliquidated damages exceeding $4,000 give rise to appeals to the JCPC as of right under section 23(1) of the Bahamas Court of Appeal Act (the “CA Act”)? (2) Does the rule in Rylands v Fletcher impose strict liability on a landowner and lessor who neither occupies the land, nor owns or controls the dangerous thing? (3) Is the storage of fuel underground a “non-natural use of land” for the purposes of the rule in Rylands v Fletcher?
Last updated: 7 October 2025
JCPC/2024/0050
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COMMERCIAL
Hearing listedCase summary:Whether pleading a case solely on the basis of quantum meruit – and on the absence of a contract – precludes the award of damages for breach of contract (to the party pleading the quantum meruit case).
Last updated: 7 October 2025
JCPC/2024/0063
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TAX
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Supreme Court of Mauritius err in finding that, for the purposes of computing taxable profit arising from the sale of 93 plots following the parcelling of land, it was the value of the land ‘just before its development’, and not its historical cost at the date of acquisition, which should be taken into account pursuant to s.10(3) of the Income Tax Act 1995?
Last updated: 7 October 2025
JCPC/2025/0005
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ARBITRATION
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Did the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal err in holding that: (1) it was not bound to apply the rule in Henry v Geoprosco [1976] 1 QB 726; and (2) the Respondent has not submitted to the jurisdiction of the Pakistan courts?
Last updated: 7 October 2025
JCPC/2025/0060
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FAMILY
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal justified in setting aside the judge’s order which revoked F’s parental rights (i) without a trial, but (ii) on the basis that both M and F consented that the judge should determine the issue without a trial?
Last updated: 6 October 2025
JCPC/2025/0046
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:(1) Does a finding of undue influence meet the definition of fraud in section 141 of the Real Property Act Chap. 56:02 and therefore provide grounds for setting aside the transfer of Mrs Eveyln Ayers’ house to Sanahie’s Holding Limited (“SHL”)? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to uphold the High Court’s finding of fact that the transfer of Mrs Ayers’ house to SHL was obtained by undue influence? (3) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to hold that SHL did not have an appeal as of right under section 109(1)(a) of the Constitution?
Last updated: 6 October 2025
JCPC/2025/0101
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 6 October 2025
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