Mohammed (Appellant) v Gomez and others (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago)

Case summary

Case ID

JCPC/2018/0019

Jurisdiction

Trinidad and Tobago

Parties

Appellant(s)

Ashmeed Mohammed

Respondent(s)

Mary Gomez, Shaira Mohammed, David Sammy, Ms Rosina Mohammed (as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Shaira Mohammed)

Issue

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?

Facts

The dispute relates to three parcels of land, each of which the Respondents claim title to respectively. The question before the Court of Appeal was whether the Appellant and his predecessors in title, by their lack of objection to the Respondents’ occupation are estopped from arguing that the Respondents' statutory tenancies have not been renewed.

Date of issue

1 February 2018

Judgment details

Judgment date

19 December 2019

Neutral citation

[2019] UKPC 46

Judgment links

Appeal

Justices

Lady Hale

Lord Wilson

Lord Carnwath

Lord Lloyd-Jones

Lady Arden

Hearing dates

Start date

22 October 2019

End date

22 October 2019

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