Permission to Appeal - July 2022
| Case Name | Justices | PTA | Reasons given |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Simmons (Appellant) v
Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
JCPC 2021/0112 |
Lord Reed Lord Burrows Lady Rose |
Refused 18 July 2022 |
Permission to appeal be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law. |
| Maharaj 2002 Ltd (Appellant) v
Pan American Life Insurance Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
JCPC 2021/0078 Neutral Citation Number Civil Appeal No P078 of 2017 |
Lord Reed Lord Burrows Lady Rose |
Refused 18 July 2022 |
Permission to appeal be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law. The appeal is devoid of merit. |
| Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 – All Saints Spring Park Parochial Church Council
JCPC 2021/0114 |
Lord Hodge Lord Sales Lady Rose |
Granted/Refused 14 July 2022 |
Permission to appeal be granted on grounds 1) indirect discrimination, 2) public sector equality duty under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 and 3) relevance of race inequality to the scheme’s purpose Permission to appeal is refused on Ground 4 (mismanagement) |
| Wayne Lum Young (Appellant) v
Scotiabank Trinidad and Tobago Ltd (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
JCPC 2021/0072 |
Lord Briggs Lord Leggatt Lord Stephens |
Refused 18 July 2022 |
Permission to appeal be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law of general public importance. |
| Kevin Ramsaran (Appellant) v
Brandon Joseph PC #19339 (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
JCPC 2022/0032 Neutral Citation Number Mag App S005/2020 |
Lord Briggs Lord Leggatt Lord Stephens |
Refused 18 July 2022 |
Permission to appeal be refused because there is no risk that a serious miscarriage of justice has occurred in this case. There is no constitutional claim. |
| Sonomed Holdings Ltd and 2 others (Appellants) v
Royal Bank (RBC) Trinidad Ltd and 3 others (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago)
JCPC 2021/0094 Neutral Citation Number P-346 of 2020 |
Lord Briggs Lord Leggatt Lord Stephens |
Refused 18 July 2022 |
Permission to appeal be refused because the application has no appeal as of right and does not raise an arguable point of law. |
| Jean Steven St Pierre (Appellant) v
The State (Respondent) (Mauritius)
JCPC 2021/0080 Neutral Citation Number [2021] SCJ 176 |
Lord Kitchin Lord Hamblen Lord Burrows |
Refused 18 July 2022 |
Permission to appeal be refused because there is no risk that a serious miscarriage of justice has occurred; and the proposed appeal is devoid of merit and has no prospect of success. |
| In the following cases, the advice which the Board proposes to give to Her Majesty is as indicated below | |||
| Showa Holdings Co Ltd (Appellant) v
Nicholas Gronow and John Ayres (as Receivers of APF Group Co Ltd) and another (Respondents) (British Virgin Islands)
JCPC 2021/0086 Neutral Citation Number BVI HCMAP [2020] 0031 |
Lord Reed Lord Burrows Lady Rose |
Refused 19 July 2022 |
Permission to appeal should be refused as the appeal does not raise an arguable point of law. |
| Hermitage One Ltd (Appellant) v
Heda Airlines Ltd (Respondent) (Isle of Man)
JCPC 2021/0115 |
Lord Reed Lord Burrows Lady Rose |
Refused 19 July 2022 |
Permission to appeal should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law of general public importance. |
| John Mussington and another (Appellants) v
Development Control Authority and 2 others (Respondents) (Antigua and Barbuda)
JCPC 2021/0116 Neutral Citation Number ANUHCVAP [2020] 0005 |
Lord Reed Lord Burrows Lady Rose |
Granted 19 July 2022 |
N/A |
| Chen Mei–huan (Appellant) v
Victory Success Holdings Ltd (Respondent) (British Virgin Islands)
JCPC 2021/0073 |
Lord Hodge Lord Sales Lady Rose |
Refused 19 July 2022 |
Permission to appeal should be refused because the appeal does not raise an arguable point of law. |
| Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska (Appellant) v
Vladimir Anatolevich Chernukhin and another (Respondents) (Jersey)
JCPC 2021/0103 |
Lord Hodge Lord Sales Lady Rose |
Refused 19 July 2022 |
Permission to appeal should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law. |
| Camilla de Bourbon des Deux Siciles (Appellant) v
BNP Paribas Jersey Trust Corporation Ltd (Respondent) (Jersey)
JCPC 2021/0081 [2021] JCA 163 |
Lord Briggs Lord Leggatt Lord Stephens |
Refused 19 July 2022 |
Permission to appeal should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law. The self–incrimination point, and the prison in default point were not run in the court below. It would not be appropriate to consider them for the first time before the Board. |
| JJW Ltd (in liquidation) (Appellant) v
Aareal Bank AG and another (Respondents) (Guernsey)
JCPC 2021/0083 [2021] GCA 021 |
Lord Briggs Lord Leggatt Lord Stephens |
Refused 19 July 2022 |
Permission to appeal should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law of general public importance. |
| Freeport Container Port Ltd (Appellant) v
Jermaine Campbell (Respondent) (Bahamas)
JCPC 2021/0111 |
Lord Briggs Lord Leggatt Lord Stephens |
Refused 19 July 2022 |
Permission to appeal be refused. If (which the Board does not decide) there is an appeal as of right, it is devoid of merit. There are concurrent findings in the court below that the writ was issued in time. |
| Arnage Holdings Ltd and 3 others (Appellants) v
Walkers (a firm) (Respondent) (Cayman Islands)
JCPC 2022/0006 Neutral Citation Number CICA (Civil) Appeal 5 of 2020 (FSD 105 of 2014 (DDJ)) |
Lord Briggs Lord Leggatt Lord Stephens |
Refused 19 July 2022 |
Permission to appeal should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law. |
| Edwardo Ferguson aka Kofhe Goodman (Appellant) v The Queen (Respondent) (Bahamas)
JCPC 2022/0021 |
Lord Kitchin Lord Hamblen Lord Burrows |
Refused 19 July 2022 |
Permission to appeal be refused because there is no risk that a serious miscarriage of Justice has occurred; and the proposed appeal is devoid of merit and has no prospect of success. |
| Attorney General (Appellant) v
Jonathan Reid and 3 others (Respondents) (Bahamas)
JCPC 2021/0095 |
Lord Kitchin Lord Hamblen Lord Burrows |
Granted 19 July 2022 |
N/A |
| Alexander Sweeting (Appellant) v
The Queen (Respondent) (Bahamas)
JCPC 2022/0003 |
Lord Kitchin Lord Hamblen Lord Burrows |
Refused 19 July 2022 |
Permission to appeal be refused because there is no risk that a serious miscarriage of justice has occurred; and the proposed appeal is devoid of merit and has no prospect of success. |
| Omar Archer (Appellant) v
Commissioner of Police and another (Respondents) (Bahamas)
JCPC 2021/0107 Neutral Citation Number SCCivApp. No 84 of 2020 |
Lord Kitchin Lord Hamblen Lord Burrows |
Refused 19 July 2022 |
Permission to appeal be refused because none of the proposed grounds of appeal raises an arguable point of law and each is devoid of merit and has no real prospect of success. |