Permission to Appeal - May 2022
| Case Name | Justices | PTA | Reasons given |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dohruvanand Dussoye (Appellant) v
The State of Mauritius (Respondent) (Mauritius)
JCPC 2022/0004 Neutral Citation Number [2020] SCJ 249 |
Lord Briggs Lord Hamblen Lord Leggatt |
Refused 3 May 2022 |
Permission to appeal be refused because there is no risk that a serious miscarriage of justice has occurred in this case. There was no arguable error of law. |
| Louis Edgar Christian Tonta (Appellant) v
The State of Mauritius (Respondent) (Mauritius)
JCPC 2021/0101 Neutral Citation Number [2020] SCJ 197 |
Lord Briggs Lord Hamblen Lord Leggatt |
Refused 13 May 2022 |
Permission to appeal be refused because there is no risk that a serious miscarriage of justice has occurred in this case. There was no arguable error of law. |
| Ian Green (Appellant) v
Public Service Commission (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
JCPC 2019/0019 |
Lord Kitchin Lord Burrows Lady Rose |
Refused 12 May 2022 |
Permission to appeal be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law. The proposed appeal is devoid of merit. |
| In the following cases, the advice which the Board proposes to give to Her Majesty is as indicated below | |||
| Baron Ernie Jefferson Jacob (Appellant) v
Desiree Josephine Jacob (Respondent) (Cayman Islands)
JCPC 2022/0031 |
Lord Reed Lord Sales Lord Stephens |
Refused 11 May 2022 |
Permission to appeal should be refused as the appeal does not raise an arguable point of law. |
| Neil Bryan Gordon Johnson (Respondent) v
Dana Teressa Smith (Appellant) (Cayman Islands)
JCPC 2021/0088 |
Lord Reed Lord Sales Lord Stephens |
Refused 11 May 2022 |
Permission for an extension of time should be refused, and permission to appeal should be refused on the ground that the appeal is out of time. The proposed appeal does not in any event raise an arguable point of law. |
| Essar Global Fund Ltd and another (Appellants) v Arcelormittal North America Holdings LLC (Respondent) (Cayman Islands)
JCPC 2021/0051 |
Lord Reed Lord Sales Lord Stephens |
Refused 11 May 2022 |
Permission to appeal should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law. The Court of Appeal was right for the reasons they gave. |
| Andrey Titarenko (Appellant) v
Paul B Dennis QC (Chairman of the Disciplinary Tribunal) (Respondent) (British Virgin Islands)
JCPC 2021/0082 |
Lord Briggs Lord Hamblen Lord Leggatt |
Refused 11 May 2022 |
Permission to appeal should be refused because the appeal does not raise an arguable point of law. |
| Lee Martin-Cramp (Appellant) v
The Queen (Respondent) (Antigua and Barbuda)
JCPC 2021/0055 |
Lord Briggs Lord Hamblen Lord Leggatt |
Refused 11 May 2022 |
Permission to appeal be refused because there is no risk that a serious miscarriage of justice has occurred in this case. There was no arguable error of law. |
| Mark Oscar Gibson (Appellant) v
The Bank of Bahamas Ltd (Respondent) (Bahamas)
JCPC 2021/0057 Neutral Citation Number SCCivApp No 43 of 2020 |
Lord Kitchin Lord Burrows Lady Rose |
Refused 11 May 2022 |
Permission to appeal be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law. |
| Lea Lilly Perry and another (Appellants) v
Lopag Trust Reg and 2 others (Respondents) (Cayman Islands)
JCPC 2022/0009 Neutral Citation Number CICA (Civil) Appeal 16 of 2020 (FSD 205 of 2014 (NSJ)) |
Lord Kitchin Lord Burrows Lady Rose |
Refused 11 May 2022 |
Permission to appeal should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law. |
| Jason McCoy (Respondent) v
Attorney General of the Cayman Islands (Appellant) (Cayman Islands)
JCPC 2022/0019 Neutral Citation Number CICA No. 1 of 2021 Garfield Ritch (Respondent) v Attorney General of the Cayman Islands (Appellant) (Cayman Islands) JCPC 2022/20 Neutral Citation Number CICA No.2 of 2021 |
Lord Kitchin Lord Burrows Lady Rose |
Refused 11 May 2022 |
Permission to appeal should be refused because the applications do not raise an arguable point of law. |