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JCPC/2026/0032
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TORT
Appeal issuedCase summary:Was the Appellant entitled to damages for pecuniary loss, given his evidence was unchallenged by the Respondent? When determining the period of unlawful detention for which the Appellant should be compensated, was the Court of Appeal correct to exclude any periods for which such detention would have been lawful had his constitutional rights not been breached? Did the Court of Appeal erroneously apply a fixed rate of compensation when assessing the quantum of damages to be awarded for unlawful detention? Were the vindicatory and constitutional damages awarded to the Appellant inordinately low, given the gravity of the constitutional breach?
Last updated: 25 September 2026
JCPC/2026/0053
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INSOLVENCY
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:How should Joint Liquidators of a digital assets exchange company treat unclaimed digital assets deposited by customers?
Last updated: 25 September 2026
JCPC/2025/0119
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase summary:Was the appellant entitled to terminate the contract for the sale of a parcel of land without making time of the essence?
Last updated: 25 September 2026
JCPC/2026/0059
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COURT PROCEDURE
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Was the Appellant under a regulatory obligation to investigate the cause of the fire on the Respondent’s premises? If so, does compliance with that obligation, along with the anticipation of litigation, mean that the investigation was conducted for a “dual purpose” such that the Appellant has failed to establish litigation privilege over any documents relating to the investigation?
Last updated: 25 September 2026
JCPC/2026/0077
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FAMILY
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Is there a route of appeal directly from the Isle of Man High Court to the JCPC?
Linked casesLast updated: 25 September 2026
JCPC/2026/0084
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Case summary:Last updated: 24 September 2026
JCPC/2025/0098
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INSOLVENCY
Case closedCase summary:When a company enters liquidation, does time stop running for the purposes of the Cayman Islands Limitation Act (1996 Revision) in respect of all liabilities, including actions based in tort, or just for submitting ‘proofs’ of debt?
Last updated: 24 September 2026
JCPC/2026/0008
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Does the Appeal Division have jurisdiction to grant leave to appeal to the Privy Council pursuant to section 24(1)(a) of the High Court Act 1991 if it has refused permission to appeal (to itself) from the High Court? Does the JCPC have jurisdiction to grant special leave to appeal in circumstances where the Appeal Division has refused to grant permission to appeal to itself from a ruling of the High Court? Did the Deemster err in his construction and application of section 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991?
Linked casesLast updated: 23 September 2026
JCPC/2024/1004
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EMPLOYMENT
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in upholding the Industrial Court’s ruling that the Appellant is the successor to British West Indian Airways and therefore bound to recognise the Respondent as one of its recognised majority unions under the Industrial Relations Act?
Last updated: 23 September 2026
JCPC/2025/0024
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CONSTITUTION
Hearing listedCase summary:Were the appellants entitled to declaratory relief in respect of the breaches of their constitutional rights as identified by the Judge? What is the correct approach that the courts should adopt to the assessment and award of vindicatory (as opposed to compensatory) damages? Have the courts in Trinidad and Tobago adopted an erroneous approach to the assessment of damages awarded for the breach of constitutional rights?
Last updated: 23 September 2026
JCPC/2025/0085
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CONSTITUTION
Hearing listedCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal correct to set aside the trial judge’s findings that the Appellant’s right to property had been deprived under section 4(a) of the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago? If so, was the Court of Appeal entitled to reduce the Appellant’s costs of the appeal by 50%?
Last updated: 23 September 2026
JCPC/2025/0113
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TAX
Hearing listedCase summary:On a proper construction of s24 Income Tax Act, is a person allowed to compute annual allowances in respect of capital expenditure which it has incurred in any year and in any amount which it deems fit (subject to maximum thresholds set out in the Income Tax Regulations)?
Last updated: 23 September 2026
JCPC/2025/0064
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TORT
Hearing listedCase summary:Can the appellant claim damages for loss of earnings?
Last updated: 23 September 2026
JCPC/2026/0067
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COMMERCIAL
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Should the High Court have permitted the co-defendant insurer to participate in a final hearing on the assessment of the quantum of damages in a running down action?
Last updated: 22 September 2026
JCPC/2024/0068
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Hearing listedCase summary:Whether the mandatory testing regime 1. breached the Appellant's constitutional right to not be searched without his consent; 2. were not based on lawful authority; 3. breached the principle of legality.
Last updated: 21 September 2026
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