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JCPC/2025/0021
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in holding that certain payments from EHL to EIC should be credited against the liability of Mr Flowers to pay equitable compensation for dishonest breaches of fiduciary duty and/or damages for breaches of common law?
Linked casesLast updated: 30 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0020
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in ruling that neither clause 11.4 nor the common law relating to public policy meant that the Icebreaker policies were void or unenforceable or otherwise provided EIC with a defence to the claims by policyholders?
Linked casesLast updated: 30 April 2026
JCPC/2025/0029
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EMPLOYMENT
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Does the definition of “Annual Basic Salary” in the employment contract between the Appellant and the Respondent (and the annex to that contract) violate the End of the Year Gratuity Act 2001 (“EYGA”)?
Last updated: 30 April 2026
JCPC/2023/0007
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CONSTITUTIONS
Judgment givenCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in: - failing to apply the established case law and principles in relation to the Respondent's challenge of the DPP's decision to continue the prosecution and/or in relation to whether the criminal trial judge had sufficient and appropriate tools to deal with the Respondents' complaints; - concluding that the DPP's decision to allow the criminal trial process to deal with the Respondent's complaints was so exceptional as to be reviewable on the grounds of irrationality and/or abuse of process; - concluding that it was unnecessary to the High Court's reasoning to make a finding that the DPP's sole eyewitness had committed perjury; and - concluding that the High Court was correct to have granted leave for judicial review.
Last updated: 30 April 2026
JCPC/2026/0034
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 29 April 2026
JCPC/2024/0085
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TORT
Hearing listedCase summary:Whether the Court of Appeal erred by: (1) Holding the Appellants do not have a statutory right of appeal to the Privy Council. (2) Ruling that Mrs Bethel was unlawfully detained between 1 am and 3 pm on Saturday 13 December 2014; (3) Ruling that the State (or some of the appellants) are vicariously liable for the acts of Mr Bastian.
Last updated: 29 April 2026
JCPC/2023/0087
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CONSTITUTION
Hearing listedCase summary:Is the Appellant’s claim against a magistrate under section 6 of the Public Officers’ Protection Act 1957 barred by a principle of judicial immunity and/or the Mauritian Civil Code of Procedure?
Last updated: 29 April 2026
JCPC/2023/0067
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:(i) Was the Court of Appeal wrong because it did not overturn the decision of the trial judge to strike out Mr Hosein’s constitutional claim on the basis of various factors, in particular the availability of a parallel remedy and the delay in bringing proceedings? (ii) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to conclude there was no evidence of apparent bias on the part of the trial judge?
Last updated: 29 April 2026
JCPC/2023/0103
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CRIME
Judgment givenCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in its interpretation of the Civil Asset Recovery and Management and Unexplained Wealth Act No.8 of 2019 (the “Act”) in finding that the Preliminary Unexplained Wealth Order (“PUWO”) originally imposed under that Act and then set aside by the High Court could be reinstated, including as against the Estate of Sheldon Spring?
Last updated: 29 April 2026
JCPC/2024/0040
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CRIME
Judgment givenCase summary:In what circumstances can a person make an application for redress under section 15 of the Bermuda Constitution in respect of an alleged breach of fundamental rights, where the breach complained of arises retrospectively following the decision of a court.
Last updated: 29 April 2026
JCPC/2026/0033
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 28 April 2026
JCPC/2026/0032
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 28 April 2026
JCPC/2023/0042
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TAX
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) On what basis is the Board of Inland Revenue entitled to raise a tax assessment following receipt of an individual's income tax return? (2) Can the Board of Inland Revenue recover unpaid income tax directly from an employee following an employer's failure to deduct the correct amount of tax under the statutory pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) regime?
Last updated: 27 April 2026
JCPC/2026/0031
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 27 April 2026
JCPC/2023/0040
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether an appeal to the Privy Council lies as of right or only with leave in relation to an order striking out an appeal for want of due prosecution and refusing an application for extending time. Relatedly, is an order striking out an appeal for want of due prosecution and refusing an application for extending time a final or an interlocutory order?
Last updated: 27 April 2026
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