Permission to Appeal -June 2026

Refusal of permission to appeal, and the reasons given for refusing permission to appeal, have no status as a precedent.

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Case Name	Justices	PTA	Reasons given
JCPC/2026/0030 Director of Public Prosecutions (Appellant) v Thierry Pierre Joseph Marie Lagesse and 2 others (Respondents) (Mauritius) Record No 9638	Lord Briggs Lord Burrows Lord Doherty	Refused 29 June 2026	Permission to appeal is refused on the ground that it is not arguable that there has been a serious miscarriage of justice.
In the following cases, the advice which the Board proposes to give to His Majesty is as indicated below
JCPC/2025/0121 Henry Sean Darren Gay (Appellant) v Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) (Bahamas) SCCrApp No. 55 of 2020	Lord Briggs Lady Rose Lord Richards	Refused 03 June 2026	Permission to appeal against conviction and sentence both REFUSED on the ground that it is not arguable in any event that there has been a serious miscarriage of justice.
JCPC/2025/0123 William Forbes (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Bahamas)	Lord Sales Lord Hamblen Lord Doherty	Granted 03 June 2026	Permission to appeal be GRANTED
JCPC/2026/0003 Samuel Johnson (Appellant) v Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (Respondent) (Cayman Islands) Samuel Johnson v Cayman Islands Health Services Authority [2025] CICA (Civ) 15	Lord Lloyd-Jones Lord Leggatt Lord Stephens	Refused 03 June 2026	Permission to appeal should be REFUSED as the application does not raise an arguable point of law.
JCPC/2026/0005 Joel Lewis (Appellant) v Clifford Chambers (Respondent) (Jamaica) [2025] JMCA Civ 7	Lord Briggs Lord Stephens Lady Rose	Refused 03 June 2026	Permission to appeal should be REFUSED as the application does not raise an arguable point of law.
JCPC/2026/0006 David Brandt (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Montserrat)	Lord Reed Lord Burrows Lady Simler	Refused 03 June 2026	Permission to appeal be REFUSED on the ground that it is not arguable that there has been a serious miscarriage of justice.
JCPC/2026/0007 Jahmico Trott (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Bermuda) [2022] CA (Bda) 14 Crim	Lord Sales Lord Burrows Lady Rose	Granted 03 June 2026	Permission to appeal is GRANTED on ground 2 only (i.e. that there should have been no verdict on count 3). Permission to appeal is REFUSED on all other grounds.
JCPC/2026/0010 Fidelity Management Limited (Appellant) v HM Comptroller and another (Respondents) (Guernsey)	Lord Lloyd-Jones Lord Leggatt Lord Burrows	Refused 03 June 2026	Permission to appeal be REFUSED as the application does not raise an arguable point of law.
JCPC/2026/0012 Lisamae Gordon (Appellant) v The General Legal Council (Respondent) (Jamaica) [2025] JMCA Misc 3	Lord Briggs Lord Stephens Lady Rose	Granted 03 June 2026	Permission to appeal should be GRANTED.
JCPC/2026/0015 Jonathan Scott (Appellant) v Linda Harman (Respondent) (Jersey) [2026]JCA030	Lord Sales Lord Hamblen Lord Doherty	Refused 03 June 2026	The application does not raise an arguable point of law or a point of law of general public importance.
JCPC/2026/0016 The Guernsey Financial Services Commission and 2 others (Respondents) v Robin Fuller (Appellant) (Guernsey) [2025]GCA071	Lord Lloyd-Jones Lord Leggatt Lord Burrows	Refused 03 June 2026	Permission to appeal be REFUSED as the application does not raise an arguable point of law.
JCPC/2026/0020 Guernsey Financial Services Commission (Respondent) v Adam Tattersall (Appellant) (Guernsey) Case No. 586	Lord Lloyd-Jones Lord Leggatt Lord Burrows	Refused 03 June 2026	Permission to appeal be REFUSED as the application does not raise an arguable point of law.