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JCPC/2025/0036
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TORT
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal correct to interfere with the High Court’s finding that the appellant doctor was not negligent?
Last updated: 29 October 2025
JCPC/2023/0048
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CRIME
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Having found the appellant guilty of damage and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, but having acquitted him of armed robbery, had the jury been misdirected by the judge and did they deliver inconsistent verdicts as a result? If so, is the appellant’s conviction unsafe?
Last updated: 28 October 2025
JCPC/2020/0072
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TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) Whether the Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands (“TCI”) bars a Supreme Court judge located outside the territorial boundaries of the TCI from presiding over and determining proceedings including criminal trials? (2) Whether Regulation 4(6) of the Emergency Powers (Covid-19) (Court Proceedings) Regulations 2020 goes no further than providing that a TCI Supreme Court judge located abroad could be deemed to be sitting in the TCI and presiding over and determining proceedings, including criminal trials, taking place in the TCI? (3) Whether this reading of Regulation 4(6) is compatible with the Constitution? (4) Whether Regulation 4(6), though framed in general terms, would in practice only apply to the Appellants’ criminal trial? (5) Having regard to the stage of the trial which had been reached, whether the application of Regulation 4(6) so as to enable the judge to resume conduct of the Appellants’ trial from Jamaica would create an inequality of arms between the prosecution and the defence, contrary to the Appellants’ right to a fair trial?
Last updated: 27 October 2025
JCPC/2025/0070
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INSOLVENCY
Appeal issuedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in dismissing the application on the basis that the sole director of the company failed to provide evidence that he was authorised to represent the company in proceedings?
Last updated: 24 October 2025
JCPC/2024/0050
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment scheduledCase 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: 24 October 2025
JCPC/2023/0109
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment scheduledCase summary:In what circumstances are Commissioners to a Commission of Enquiry required to give notice to individuals that it intends to criticise them in its report?
Last updated: 24 October 2025
JCPC/2024/0075
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EMPLOYMENT
Hearing listedCase summary:Did an attorney’s conduct of refunding the deposit in full solely to a co-client as co-purchaser following the cancellation of a sale agreement amount to a breach of Canon IV(s) of the Legal Profession (Canons of Professional Ethics) Rules 1978? If so, what is the appropriate sanction and what rules of due process apply to disciplinary proceedings?
Last updated: 22 October 2025
JCPC/2024/0092
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COMMERCIAL
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in finding that the termination notice period given by the Respondents was reasonable?
Last updated: 22 October 2025
JCPC/2022/0011
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CONSTITUTION
Hearing listedCase summary:What is the correct interpretation of Section 121(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Regulation 168 of the Public Service Commission Regulations (“Reg. 168”) in the context of prison officer promotions?
Last updated: 22 October 2025
JCPC/2024/0062
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COMMERCIAL
Hearing listedCase summary:Whether compliance with conditions precedent to payment in a FIDIC contract is essential in order to enable a contractor to recover payment for variations alleged to have been made.
Last updated: 22 October 2025
JCPC/2024/0018
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EMPLOYMENT
Hearing listedCase summary:Was the Supreme Court of Mauritius correct in holding that the Respondent bank was legally entitled to stop remunerating the Appellant in the course of disciplinary proceedings against him, pursuant to section 37(7)(b) of the Employment Rights Act 2008?
Last updated: 22 October 2025
JCPC/2024/0094
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase summary:In exercising the Consent Powers, do the Protectors have the Wider Role or the Narrow Role?
Last updated: 22 October 2025
JCPC/2025/0107
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 21 October 2025
JCPC/2024/0095
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:Last updated: 21 October 2025
JCPC/2025/0038
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COMMERCIAL
Appeal issuedCase summary:Did the Supreme Court err in refusing to exercise its discretion to grant the Appellants permission to appeal out of time?
Last updated: 20 October 2025
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