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• JCPC/2025/0003

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Martha Joseph and another (Appellants) v Roman Catholic Archbishop of Port of Spain and another (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal refused
  Case summary:

  (1) Whether the Court of Appeal was correct that the appellants’ counterclaim for adverse possession against the second respondent was not procedurally compliant and was in fact an ancillary claim? (2) Whether the trial judge was wrong not to make a declaration in favour of the appellants for adverse possession of the annex on the second respondent’s property?

  Last updated: 8 May 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0001

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Old Fort Bay Company Limited (Appellant) v Old Fort Bay Company Limited and another (Respondents) (The Bahamas)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Whether certain areas of land in a residential development are “common areas”, who owns the land in question, and whether the developer is entitled to expand a marina in the development.

  Last updated: 8 May 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0037

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  COURT PROCEDURE

  Bank of Nevis International Limited (Appellant) v Selecta Insurance and Reinsurance Company (Caribbean) Limited (Respondent) (St Christopher and Nevis)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 7 May 2025

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• JCPC/2018/0038

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Ryan-Cox (on her own behalf and as representative of Theobalds Cox deceased) (Appellant) v Cox (as representative of Rhona aka Lorna Mary Cox) (Respondent) (St Lucia)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Whether the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal erred in holding that the deceased was entitled to dispose of his property to his wife and children by testamentary disposition, having stipulated in a marriage covenant that there shall be no dower.

  Last updated: 7 May 2025

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• JCPC/2017/0048

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  CONSTITUTIONS

  The Minister of Home Affairs and another (Respondents) v Barbosa (Appellant) (Bermuda)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Is the list of deemed “belongers” in section 11(5) of the Constitution of Bermuda an exclusive list such that it excludes non-naturalised British Overseas Territories (“BOT”) citizens who acquired citizenship by virtue of their connection to Bermuda?

  Last updated: 7 May 2025

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• JCPC/2023/0115

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Garet O Finlayson and another (Appellants) v Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation (Respondent) (Bahamas)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  Did the courts below err in finding that the respondent had not breached its duty to take reasonable care to sell a secured asset for the best price reasonably obtainable, in order to settle a debt owed by the appellants to the respondent?

  Last updated: 7 May 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0036

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  Christopher Isaac Singh (A minor, suing by his mother and next friend, Nicole Singh Nee Mohammed) (Respondent) v Dr Prakashbhan Persad (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 6 May 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0035

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  Camla James Morrison (Appellant) v Sutherland Global Services Jamaica PLC Limited (Respondent)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 6 May 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0033

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Chad Antoine (Appellant) v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 2 May 2025

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• JCPC/2023/0097

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Cayman Shores Development Ltd and another (Respondents) v The Proprietors, Strata Plan No.79 (known as Lion's Court) and others (Appellants) (Cayman Islands)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  Are rights to play golf, tennis and to enjoy facilities on certain land in Grand Cayman and associated restrictive agreements binding upon the current owners of that land?

  Last updated: 2 May 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0032

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  The Commissioner of Police (Respondent) v Towfeek Ali and another (Appellants) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 29 April 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0031

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  Warren Cassell (Respondent) v The King (Appellant) (Montserrat)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 29 April 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0030

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  Bay Capital Investments Ltd (Appellant) v Harry Hassomal Mohinani (Respondent) (Mauritius)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 28 April 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0029

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  Luc Guilliey (Appellant) v OCAPAC Mauritius Holding Ltd (Respondent) (Mauritius)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 28 April 2025

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• JCPC/2023/0095

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  CONSTITUTION

  Attorney General of the Cayman Islands and another (Appellants) v Joey Delosa Buray and another (Respondents), Zanna Me-Waakie Jones Hunter intervening (Cayman Islands)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Is section 37(3) of the Immigration (Transition) Act (2021 Revision) incompatible with the right to private and family life under section 9 of the Bill of Rights?

  Last updated: 28 April 2025

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