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JCPC/2023/0105
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CRIME
Judgment givenCase summary:Does the Court of Appeal have jurisdiction to hear an appeal from a decision of the High Court on whether to grant bail to a person charged with murder?
Last updated: 14 January 2025
JCPC/2022/0062
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment scheduledCase summary:The validity under Antiguan law of a Rights Agreement adopted on 28 March 2016 by the board of the Respondent company without shareholder approval.
Linked casesLast updated: 10 January 2025
JCPC/2022/0041
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment scheduledCase summary:This case concerns the validity under Antiguan law of an AGM vote and a Rights Agreement. In particular, the Privy Council is asked to decide: 1. whether the incumbent board was validly removed and new board validly elected by shareholder votes at an AGM held on 6 February 2018; and 2. whether the Rights Agreement was validly adopted by the Company Board on 28 March 2016 as a matter of Antiguan law.
Linked casesLast updated: 10 January 2025
JCPC/2023/0071
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INSOLVENCY
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Is a Court of Appeal decision which is based solely on a summary of the High Court's reasons valid notwithstanding the existence of a detailed judgment expanding on those reasons? What is the correct approach to assessing liquidators' remuneration and expenses?
Last updated: 10 January 2025
JCPC/2023/0008
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Was the agreement for the sale of an interest in land binding and enforceable? (2) Following that determination, what is the appropriate relief?
Last updated: 9 January 2025
JCPC/2024/0006
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INSOLVENCY
Hearing listedCase summary:When a court considers whether a claimant should be permitted to appeal the decision of a foreign court, must it take into account the fact that the foreign appellate court’s decision has, in fact, already heard and allowed the appeal in question?
Last updated: 8 January 2025
JCPC/2024/0031
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NEGLIGENCE
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Can claims for unliquidated damages exceeding $4,000 give rise to appeals to the JCPC as of right under section 23(1) of the Bahamas Court of Appeal Act (the “CA Act”)? (2) Does the rule in Rylands v Fletcher impose strict liability on a landowner and lessor who neither occupies the land, nor owns or controls the dangerous thing? (3) Is the storage of fuel underground a “non-natural use of land” for the purposes of the rule in Rylands v Fletcher?
Last updated: 8 January 2025
JCPC/2023/0095
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CONSTITUTION
Hearing listedCase summary:Is section 37(3) of the Immigration (Transition) Act (2021 Revision) incompatible with the right to private and family life under section 9 of the Bill of Rights?
Last updated: 8 January 2025
JCPC/2023/0073
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CONSTITUTION
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in setting aside a test case agreement and consent order agreed between the parties?
Linked casesLast updated: 8 January 2025
JCPC/2023/0072
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CONSTITUTION
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in setting aside a test case agreement and consent order agreed between the parties?
Linked casesLast updated: 8 January 2025
JCPC/2024/0023
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ARBITRATION
Hearing listedCase summary:The appeal concerns the refusal of an ex parte application for an injunction. The appeal must be heard in private so as to avoid the risk of the anticipated respondents having notice of the proceedings, which would enable them to defeat the purpose of the proceedings.
Last updated: 3 January 2025
JCPC/2024/0033
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:To be updated in due course
Last updated: 3 January 2025
JCPC/2024/0044
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:To be updated in due course
Last updated: 3 January 2025
JCPC/2023/0096
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TAX
Hearing listedCase summary:To be updated in due course
Last updated: 3 January 2025
JCPC/2024/0009
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase summary:To be updated in due course
Last updated: 3 January 2025
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