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JCPC/2025/0069
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VETERINARY SURGEONS
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Whether the admissions made by the Appellant before the Disciplinary Committee of the Respondent (the “Disciplinary Committee”) should be vacated on appeal? (2) Whether “new” evidence produced by the Appellant since the original hearing should be admissible?
Last updated: 17 February 2026
JCPC/2025/0004
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TORT
Hearing listedCase summary:Is there a duty on an Attorney-at-Law to look behind a foreign power of attorney which is regular on its face and satisfies the relevant statutory provisions, and contains no express requirement on its face to look behind it?
Last updated: 17 February 2026
JCPC/2024/0102
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase summary:For the purposes of establishing ownership of a property, does section 16(1) of the Registration of Deeds Act mean that a deed which is registered earlier takes priority over a deed which is registered later, even if the former was executed after the latter?
Last updated: 17 February 2026
JCPC/2025/0007
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COURT PROCEDURE
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in striking out the Appellant’s appeal for want of prosecution and/or abuse of process?
Last updated: 17 February 2026
JCPC/2024/0075
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EMPLOYMENT
Awaiting JudgmentCase 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: 17 February 2026
JCPC/2024/0054
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Judgment scheduledCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in overturning the High Court’s findings of fact in relation to the rights of the Appellants to various parts of the deceased’s estate?
Last updated: 17 February 2026
JCPC/2024/0069
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CONSTITUTION
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in holding that a claim for judicial review was available to the Respondent and that the statutory scheme governing disciplinary proceedings did not provide an effective alternative remedy for her jurisdictional complaint?
Last updated: 17 February 2026
JCPC/2026/0012
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 16 February 2026
JCPC/2019/0118
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COURT PROCEDURE
Awaiting hearing dateCase summary:Whether the Supreme Court of Mauritius was correct to find the Appellant, Mr. Stephen Anthony Aldridge, liable for having breached the Companies Act 2001 for having debited the bank account of the Respondent, Mordaunt Estates Ltd., and credited his own account for the sum of GBP 615,000.
Last updated: 16 February 2026
JCPC/2025/0031/A
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CRIME
Appeal issuedCase summary:(1) In respect of the appeal, did the Court of Appeal err in finding: (i) that there was no case to answer because no documents were properly admitted as evidence? (ii) a miscarriage of justice had occurred because the prosecution had shown documents to the jury that had not been tendered into evidence? (2) In respect of the cross-appeal, did the Court of Appeal err in failing to acquit the Respondent under section 39(2) of the Supreme Court Act?
Linked casesLast updated: 16 February 2026
JCPC/2025/0088
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NEGLIGENCE
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the trial judge err in dismissing LBEP’s application to permit five of its members to be added as parties to the claim and allowed to represent La Brea Environment Protectors' (“LBEP”) remaining members? Did the Court of Appeal err in upholding the trial judge’s ruling?
Last updated: 13 February 2026
JCPC/2026/0011
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 13 February 2026
JCPC/2025/0031
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CRIME
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in finding: (i) that there was no case to answer because no documents were properly admitted as evidence? (ii) a miscarriage of justice had occurred because the prosecution had shown documents to the jury that had not been tendered into evidence?
Last updated: 13 February 2026
JCPC/2026/0010
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 12 February 2026
JCPC/2025/0080
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COURT PROCEDURE
Case closedCase summary:Whether the Court of appeal erred in allowing the appeal and awarding Mr Lowe damages of $3,653,956.24 plus interest thereon calculated at the rate of 6% per annum.
Last updated: 11 February 2026
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