Permission to Appeal - November 2021
| Case Name | Justices | PTA | Reasons given |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic Services Agency (Appellant) v
Fazal Abdul Ghany (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
JCPC 2021/0001 Neutral Citation Number TT [2020] CA 45 |
Lord Hodge Lord Sales Lord Leggatt |
Refused 10 November 2021 |
Permission to appeal be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law. |
| Frank Aubert (Appellant) v
The State of Mauritius (Respondent) (Mauritius)
JCPC 2021/0011 Neutral Citation Number [2020] SCJ 214 |
Lord Lloyd-Jones Lord Kitchin Lady Rose |
Refused 16 November 2021 |
Permission to appeal be refused because there is no risk that a serious miscarriage of justice has occurred in this case. |
| Marie Amiee Chantal Anne (Appellant) v
The State of Mauritius (Respondent) (Mauritius)
JCPC 2020/0093 Neutral Citation Number [2019] SCJ 145 |
Lord Hodge Lord Sales Lord Leggatt |
Refused 17 November 2021 |
Permission to appeal be refused because the application does not raise a genuine question concerning the interpretation of the Constitution and there is no basis for the grant of special leave on the ground of a serious miscarriage of justice. |
| Chabelal Khimraj (Appellant) v
Rajkumar Ramadhar (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
JCPC 2021/0005 Neutral Citation Number S160 of 2002 |
Lord Briggs Lord Hamblen Lord Stephens |
Refused 17 November 2021 |
Permission to appeal be refused because the application does not raise a point of principle or practice of general public importance or arguable point of law. |
| Devendranath Hurnam (Appellant) v
Honourable Attorney General and another (Respondents) (Mauritius)
JCPC 2021/0062 Neutral Citation Number SCR No 118413 [5A/1019/19] |
Lord Briggs Lord Hamblen Lord Stephens |
Refused 17 November 2021 |
Permission to appeal be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law of general public importance. |
| In the following cases, the advice which the Board proposes to give to Her Majesty is as indicated below | |||
| Junkanoo Estates Ltd and others (Appellants) v UBS (Bahamas) Ltd (In voluntary liquidation) (Respondent) (Bahamas)
JCPC 2020/0075 No number given |
Lord Hodge Lord Sales Lord Leggatt |
Refused 10 November 2021 |
Permission to appeal and a stay of execution should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law. The Applicants in addition should have applied for leave to the Court of Appeal. |
| Philip Allington Mitchell and another (Appellants) v Finance Corporation of Bahamas Ltd (Respondent) (Bahamas) JCPC 2021/0059 Neutral Citation Number [PTA/106-132] |
Lord Lloyd-Jones Lord Kitchin Lady Rose |
Refused 10 November 2021 |
Permission to appeal should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law. Furthermore, the appeal is devoid of merit and has no prospect of success and is an abuse of process. |
| Rohan Gidarisingh (Appellant) v
The Queen (Respondent) (Cayman Islands)
JCPC 2021/0056 Neutral Citation Number SC#6083/2014 |
Lord Lloyd-Jones Lord Kitchin Lady Rose |
Refused 10 November 2021 |
Permission to appeal should be refused because there is no risk that a serious miscarriage of justice has occurred in this case. |
| Marilyn Hamilton (Appellant) v
Advantage General Insurance Company Ltd (formerly United General Insurance Company Ltd) (Respondent) (Jamaica)
JCPC 2020/0077 Neutral Citation Number [2019] JMCA App 29 |
Lord Briggs Lord Hamblen Lord Stephens |
Refused 10 November 2021 |
Permission to appeal should be refused because it does not raise an arguable point of law and, as this is not an appeal as of right because it is not an appeal from a final order of the court below. |
| In the matter of M (Guernsey)
JCPC 2021/0087 Civil Division Appeal Number 547 |
Lord Briggs Lord Hamblen Lord Stephens |
Refused 10 November 2021 |
Permission to appeal should be refused. This is not an appeal as of right, because the amount of the order for costs is not part of any amount in dispute and there is no arguable point of law of general public importance. |