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JCPC/2023/0116
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in not ordering that VAT be paid on the prescribed costs ordered to be paid in circumstances where the appellant's attorneys were registered for VAT but the appellant was not?
Last updated: 20 February 2025
JCPC/2025/0015
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 19 February 2025
JCPC/2025/0005
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Did the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal err in holding that: (1) it was not bound to apply the rule in Henry v Geoprosco [1976] 1 QB 726; and (2) the Respondent has not submitted to the jurisdiction of the Pakistan courts?
Last updated: 18 February 2025
JCPC/2021/0066
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CONTRACT
Judgment givenCase summary:The case concerns the interpretation of a clause in two design and construction contracts entitling a contractor to obtain reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred prior to termination. The issue is whether charges incurred by the appellant, due to the cancellation of purchase orders for the supply of equipment made with a third party, were 'a cost or liability which in the circumstances was reasonably incurred in the expectation of completing works'?
Last updated: 18 February 2025
JCPC/2025/0014
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 17 February 2025
JCPC/2025/0003
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 17 February 2025
JCPC/2024/0044
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:Is the International Co-operation (Protection from Liability) (Jersey) Law 2018 a disproportionate restriction on the right of access to the court and therefore incompatible with article 6(1) of the European Convention of Human Rights?
Last updated: 17 February 2025
JCPC/2023/0096
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TAX
Hearing listedCase summary:Was a Société, in which the appellant was a partner, engaged in a business within the meaning of the Income Tax Act 1995?
Last updated: 17 February 2025
JCPC/2024/0009
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase 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: 17 February 2025
JCPC/2024/0077
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Hearing listedCase summary:What (if any) is the scope of the joint interest privilege enjoyed by the shareholders and former shareholders of Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited (the “First Appellant”) over legal advice obtained by the First Appellant? Can a company assert privilege over its legal advice against a shareholder only where litigation privilege is established, or from the time that the interests of the company and shareholder became adverse?
Last updated: 17 February 2025
JCPC/2023/0119
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Does the Law of Property and Conveyancing (Condominium) Act 1965 (the “1965 Act”) prohibit the delegation of the Respondent’s statutory duties? (2) Do “contributions” under the 1965 Act include management fees charged by a third party carrying out the Respondent’s statutory management functions? (3) Did the trial judge err in refusing to award interest on the damages awarded to the Appellants?
Last updated: 17 February 2025
JCPC/2023/0114
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal wrong to hold that (i) there was no binding agreement to pay an additional sum under the contract for services in the absence of approval by the Respondent’s board, and (ii) in the alternative, there was no consideration for a separate agreement to pay the additional sum?
Last updated: 17 February 2025
JCPC/2024/0005
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CONSTITUTION
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Governor of the Cayman Islands have the power by reason of section 81 of the Cayman Islands Constitution Order 2009 (the “Constitution”) to enact the Civil Partnership Law 2020? If not, what is the appropriate relief?
Last updated: 17 February 2025
JCPC/2024/0012
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase summary:Is the Appellant entitled to an order for possession of the disputed land on the basis that the Respondents are trespassers who have not acquired a possessory title by adverse possession?
Last updated: 17 February 2025
JCPC/2024/0001
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Awaiting hearing dateCase summary:Does the Water and Sewerage Ordinance (No.32 of 1994) (the “Ordinance”), on its true construction, permit the appointment of more than one water undertaker for any specific area?
Last updated: 17 February 2025
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