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Permission to Appeal - December 2021

Permission to Appeal - December 2021
Case Name Justices PTA Reasons given
Mala Ragoonanan (Appellant) v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
JCPC 2021/0006
Lord Briggs
Lord Kitchin
Lord Burrows
Refused
7 December 2021
Permission to appeal be refused because this is a purely procedural appeal which raises no point of law of general public importance. There is no appeal as of right and an appeal would not have any prospect of success.
Dimple Sholay (Appellant) v The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Welfare (Respondent) (Mauritius)
JCPC 2021/0098
Neutral Citation Number [2021] SCJ 86
Lord Reed
Lord Leggatt
Lord Stephens
Refused
10 December 2021
Permission to appeal be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law.
In the following cases, the advice which the Board proposes to give to Her Majesty is as indicated below
HEB Enterprises Ltd and another (Respondents) v Bernice Richards (as Personal Representative of the Estate of Anthony Richards, Deceased) (Appellant) (Cayman Islands)
JCPC 2020/0087
Neutral Citation Number [2018] (2) CILR 84
Lord Reed
Lady Arden
Lord Burrows
Granted
15 December 2021
N/A
Marlan Irodea Higgins (Executor for the late Mr Egbert Higgins) (Appellant) v Attorney General of Jamaica and 3 others (Respondents) (Jamaica)
JCPC 2020/0067
Lord Reed
Lady Arden
Lord Burrows
Refused
15 December 2021
Permission to appeal should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law of general public importance.
Robert Tantular (Appellant) v Her Majesty's Attorney General (Jersey)
JCPC 2021/0010
Lord Hodge
Lord Sales
Lord Burrows
Granted
15 December 2021
N/A
Tan Chi Fang and 3 others (Respondents) v Her Majesty's Attorney General (Appellant) (Jersey)
JCPC 2020/0012
Cross-Appeal

Tan Chi Fang and 3 others (Respondents) v Her Majesty's Attorney General (Appellant) (Jersey) No 2
JCPC 2020/0018
Cross-Appeal
Lord Hodge
Lord Sales
Lord Burrows
Refused
15 December 2021
Permission to cross-appeal should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law.
Sean Bruey (Appellant) v Attorney General and others (Respondents) (Bahamas)
JCPC 2020/0071
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lord Kitchin
Lady Rose
Refused
15 December 2021
Permission to appeal should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law.
Sean Bruey AKA Shawn Saunders (Appellant) v Attorney General (Respondent) No 2 (Bahamas)
JCPC 2020/0071
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lord Kitchin
Lady Rose
Refused
15 December 2021
Permission to appeal should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law of general public importance which should be considered by the Judicial Committee at this time. The Board should not necessarily be taken as endorsing the views expressed by the Court of Appeal on successive application.
Roger Watson (Appellant) v The Queen (Respondent) (Bahamas)
JCPC 2020/0090
Lord Briggs
Lord Hamblen
Lord Stephens
Granted
15 December 2021
N/A