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JCPC/2018/0019
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Judgment givenCase summary:Can a statutory tenant under the Land Tenants (Security of Tenure) Act who fails to renew their statutory tenancy rely on proprietary estoppel by acquiescence?
Last updated: 26 March 2025
JCPC/2018/0064
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:The central issue in this appeal is the proper interpretation of section 112(2) of the Companies Law (2013 Revision). The Appellant argues it should be permitted to rectify the Herald Fund SPC (in Official Liquidation) register in the manner he contends.
Last updated: 26 March 2025
JCPC/2024/0012
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Is the Appellant entitled to an order for possession of the disputed land on the basis that the Respondents are trespassers who have not acquired a possessory title by adverse possession?
Last updated: 25 March 2025
JCPC/2025/0005
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ARBITRATION
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal err in holding that: (1) it was not bound to apply the rule in Henry v Geoprosco [1976] 1 QB 726; and (2) the Respondent has not submitted to the jurisdiction of the Pakistan courts?
Last updated: 24 March 2025
JCPC/2024/0016
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Did the Judicial and Legal Services Commission act in breach of section 137 of the Constitution in procuring the Appellant’s resignation as a High Court Judge?
Last updated: 24 March 2025
JCPC/2022/0079
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Should leave to apply for judicial review have been (and should now be) granted? The issues on appeal include: 1. The correct approach to be applied on an appeal from a judge’s refusal to grant leave to apply for judicial review. 2. Whether the Appellants have a sufficiently arguable case for leave to apply for judicial review to be granted. 3. Whether the judge’s refusal to grant leave exceeded the ambit within which reasonable disagreement is possible. 4. Whether there is a relevant decision that the Chief Minister of Anguilla (the First Respondent) or the Executive Council of Anguilla could properly have made which would be the subject of the judicial review.
Last updated: 24 March 2025
JCPC/2024/1001
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:What is the proper approach to the public interest balancing exercise required by section 35 of the Freedom of Information Act (“the FOIA”) where an applicant has requested disclosure of information from a public authority and the public authority considers there to be an applicable exemption?
Last updated: 24 March 2025
JCPC/2019/0014
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COURT PROCEDURE
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) Whether the majority of the Court of Appeal was correct to find that the first instance judge gave reasons for finding the President’s refusal to reinstate the Respondent was reviewable and, if not, whether the that failure to give reasons in fact mattered. (2) Whether the President made any decision or omission in relation to the Respondent’s resignation that is capable of review. (3) Whether, in the circumstances, the President erred in law in refusing to take any steps regarding, or to accede to the Respondent’s request for, reinstatement. (4) Whether the majority of the Court of Appeal was wrong in law in holding that in any event the claim should be allowed to be pursued on public interest grounds. (5) Whether in any event it is necessary for the President, through the Attorney-General, to be a party to the Respondent’s claim.
Last updated: 24 March 2025
JCPC/2025/0019
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 21 March 2025
JCPC/2025/0018
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 21 March 2025
JCPC/2023/0092
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COURT PROCEDURE
WithdrawnCase summary:(1) Under Ukrainian law, was the Appellant validly assigned a Ukrainian bank’s tortious claims against the Respondents? (2) Under Ladd v Marshall [1954] 1 WLR 1489, can new evidence be introduced on appeal if it did not exist at the time of the first-instance hearing? (3) Is the forum conveniens only assessed against circumstances existing at the first-instance hearing/return date or can it be reevaluated on appeal in light of subsequent events? (4) If a court holds that a country is the forum conveniens, is that decision affected by the outbreak of armed conflict in that country? (5) In this case, did the High Court correctly assess the forum conveniens?
Last updated: 20 March 2025
JCPC/2018/0034
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TORT
Judgment givenCase summary:See judgment
Last updated: 20 March 2025
JCPC/2009/0030
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Judgment givenCase summary:Claim to secure the enforcement of a development agreement made in the Turks and Caicos Islands concerning the proposed mixed use development of land extending to 35 acres located at North West Point, Providenciales.
Last updated: 20 March 2025
JCPC/2009/0028
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Judgment givenCase summary:An appeal against the respondent's refusal to grant a joint tenancy agreement to a same sex couple.
Last updated: 20 March 2025
JCPC/2009/0024
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Judgment givenCase summary:A claim to an undivided half interest in a parcel of rural agricultural land at Jalousie, St Lucia.
Last updated: 20 March 2025
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