Did you know?

In the 1920s, it was said that people living on a quarter of the planet could bring their appeals to the JCPC (including Canada, Australia, New Zealand India and parts of Africa).
Today, a total of 27 Commonwealth countries, UK overseas territories and crown dependencies use the JCPC as their final court of appeal.
In addition, the court can hear appeals of decisions taken by the Court of Admiralty of the Cinque Ports - a court which covers disputes arising from seafaring between the south coast of England and a point just off the French coast, and last sat in 1914.
Famous cases heard by the JCPC in the past include Edwards vs Canada, when five women challenged the wording of a piece of law about election to the Canadian Senate; "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?". The Canadian Supreme Court ruled it did not, but was over-ruled by the JCPC.
In 1939, the writers of a famous music-hall song, The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo sued 20th Century Fox (who had bought out a film of exactly the same name) for breach of copyright. The JCPC turned down their appeal saying: "The two things are completely different...the thing said to be passed off must resemble the thing for which it is passed off. A frying-pan cannot be passed off as a kettle."