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• JCPC/2025/0036

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  TORT

  Christopher Isaac Singh (A minor, suing by his mother and next friend, Nicole Singh Nee Mohammed) (Respondent) v Dr Prakashbhan Persad (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Was the Court of Appeal correct to interfere with the High Court’s finding that the appellant doctor was not negligent?

  Last updated: 13 August 2025

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• JCPC/2024/1001

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  PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  Devant Maharaj (Appellant) v National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Hearing listed
  Case 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: 13 August 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0047

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  PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  Attorney General of the Cayman Islands and another (Respondents) v Shelliann Bush (Appellant) (Cayman Islands)
  Judgment scheduled
  Case summary:

  Did the refusal by the Second Respondent to investigate the Appellant’s complaint of unfair dismissal by her employer, a charitable organisation, under the Labour Act (2021 Revision) breach her right to a fair hearing under section 7(1) of the Bill of Rights?

  Last updated: 13 August 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0039

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Antigua and Barbuda Transport Board (Respondent) v Anderson Carty (Appellant) (Antigua and Barbuda)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err in setting aside awards of exemplary damages and costs for an unfair dismissal that had been found to be “harsh and oppressive”?

  Last updated: 13 August 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0082

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  COURT PROCEDURE

  Anthony Noel Hosein (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 12 August 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0081

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  CRIME

  The King (Appellant) v Clayton Stanfield Green (Respondent) (Turks and Caicos Islands)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 6 August 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0022

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  CRIME

  Uriah Woods (Appellant) v The State (Respondent) No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  (1) Should fresh psychiatric evidence regarding the appellant, obtained after his conviction for murder, be admitted and considered by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council? (2) Does the fresh psychiatric evidence show that the appellant was not guilty of murder but of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility or, alternatively, that the appellant was not fit to plead or stand trial? (3) Did the trial judge materially misdirect the jury as to the elements of the defence of provocation?

  Last updated: 6 August 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0023

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  CONSTITUTION

  Warns Quarry Company Limited and another (Appellants) v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago and another (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 5 August 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0064

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Christo Gift and another (Respondents) v Dr Keith Rowley (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Under a 1975 agreement, was the Appellant entitled to purchase: (a) a 56.5 acre parcel of land; or (b) a parcel of land of a size yet to be confirmed?

  Last updated: 5 August 2025

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• JCPC/2023/0089

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  LANDLORD AND TENANT

  Lutchmee Narain Dhunnoo (Respondent) v Shyam Kumar Cheekooree (Appellant) (Mauritius)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Did the Supreme Court of Mauritius err in concluding that the appellant’s grounds of appeal were not on points of law? Did the Fair Rent Tribunal err in accepting the evidence of the respondent’s valuer’s evidence? Did the Fair Rent Tribunal err by taking into account evidence of rental values from 2017?

  Last updated: 5 August 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0080

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  COURT PROCEDURE

  Paymaster (Jamaica) Limited (Respondent) v Paul Lowe (Appellant) (Jamaica)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 5 August 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0055/A

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  HongKong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (Respondent) v Bettas Limited (Appellant) (Bahamas)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 4 August 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0079

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  WZ (Appellant) v His Majesty's Attorney General (Respondent) (Jersey)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 4 August 2025

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• JCPC/2025/0078

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  Aaron Lindsay (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Bahamas)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 4 August 2025

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• JCPC/2024/0009

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Jardine Strategic Limited (Appellant) v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd and 80 others (Respondents) (Bermuda)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Did the Court of Appeal err in refusing to strike out fair value appraisal claims by parties that had acquired shares with the knowledge that the company would shortly be amalgamated into another company, and what is the proper approach to identifying fair value?

  Last updated: 4 August 2025

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