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JCPC/2023/0067
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:(i) Was the Court of Appeal wrong because it did not overturn the decision of the trial judge to strike out Mr Hosein’s constitutional claim on the basis of various factors, in particular the availability of a parallel remedy and the delay in bringing proceedings? (ii) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to conclude there was no evidence of apparent bias on the part of the trial judge?
Last updated: 26 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0087
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EMPLOYMENT
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in finding that the respondent did not commit an industrial relations offence under section 40(1) of the Industrial Relations Act Chap 88:01?
Last updated: 26 March 2026
JCPC/2024/1004
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EMPLOYMENT
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in upholding the Industrial Court’s ruling that the Appellant is the successor to British West Indian Airways and therefore bound to recognise the Respondent as one of its recognised majority unions under the Industrial Relations Act?
Last updated: 26 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0113
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TAX
Hearing listedCase summary:On a proper construction of s24 Income Tax Act, is a person allowed to compute annual allowances in respect of capital expenditure which it has incurred in any year and in any amount which it deems fit (subject to maximum thresholds set out in the Income Tax Regulations)?
Last updated: 26 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0039
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INSOLVENCY
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to hold that a ‘take or pay’ provision in two expired gas contracts had been incorporated into a subsequent agreement for the continued provision of gas on the same terms? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to hold that the appellant had failed to prove its debt?
Last updated: 26 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0085
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CONSTITUTION
Hearing listedCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal correct to set aside the trial judge’s findings that the Appellant’s right to property had been deprived under section 4(a) of the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago? If so, was the Court of Appeal entitled to reduce the Appellant’s costs of the appeal by 50%?
Last updated: 26 March 2026
JCPC/2021/0116
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ENVIRONMENT/PLANNING
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the Court of Appeal was correct to conclude that the Appellants did not have standing to pursue judicial review proceedings against a decision to grant a development permit for the construction of a new airport runway.
Last updated: 25 March 2026
JCPC/2023/0103
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CRIME
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in its interpretation of the Civil Asset Recovery and Management and Unexplained Wealth Act No.8 of 2019 (the “Act”) in finding that the Preliminary Unexplained Wealth Order (“PUWO”) originally imposed under that Act and then set aside by the High Court could be reinstated, including as against the Estate of Sheldon Spring?
Last updated: 25 March 2026
JCPC/2026/0006
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Whether the Court of Appeal erred in: (1) not treating as inadmissible the evidence found in searching the appellant’s cell phone; (2) holding that no jury direction had to be given on accomplice evidence; and (3) not requiring direction to the jury in respect of the transcript given to them, such that the appellant’s conviction is unsafe.
Last updated: 24 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0044
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INSOLVENCY
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err (1) by concluding that the Bankruptcy Division of the Supreme Court of Mauritius lacked jurisdiction to grant leave for the Appellant to continue the Plaint as a derivative claim in the name and on behalf of the Respondent; (2) by holding that the application could not be granted ex parte; and (3) if the application could be granted ex parte, by failing to consider that no prejudice was thereby caused to the Respondent?
Linked casesLast updated: 23 March 2026
JCPC/2025/0043
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INSOLVENCY
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err (1) by concluding that the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of Mauritius had granted the Appellant leave under section 154(1)(c) of the Insolvency Act to continue the Plaint in the name and on behalf of the Respondent; and (2) by failing to treat the application as one to enable the Appellant to apply under the Court’s inherent jurisdiction and section 174(3)(a) of the Insolvency Act for leave to continue the Plaint as a derivative claim?
Linked casesLast updated: 23 March 2026
JCPC/2019/0077
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CONSTITUTIONS
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether Bermudian legislation providing that only marriages between a man and a woman will be recognised as such in law infringes the Bermudian constitution.
Last updated: 23 March 2026
JCPC/2026/0025
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 23 March 2026
JCPC/2026/0024
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CONSTITUTION
Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 23 March 2026
JCPC/2024/1003
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TAX
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 23 March 2026
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