Permission to Appeal - December 2021
| Case Name | Justices | PTA | Reasons given |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mala Ragoonanan (Appellant) v
Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
JCPC 2021/0006 |
Lord Briggs Lord Kitchin Lord Burrows |
Refused 7 December 2021 |
Permission to appeal be refused because this is a purely procedural appeal which raises no point of law of general public importance. There is no appeal as of right and an appeal would not have any prospect of success. |
| Dimple Sholay (Appellant) v
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Welfare (Respondent) (Mauritius)
JCPC 2021/0098 Neutral Citation Number [2021] SCJ 86 |
Lord Reed Lord Leggatt Lord Stephens |
Refused 10 December 2021 |
Permission to appeal be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law. |
| In the following cases, the advice which the Board proposes to give to Her Majesty is as indicated below | |||
| HEB Enterprises Ltd and another (Respondents) v
Bernice Richards (as Personal Representative of the Estate of Anthony Richards, Deceased) (Appellant) (Cayman Islands)
JCPC 2020/0087 Neutral Citation Number [2018] (2) CILR 84 |
Lord Reed Lady Arden Lord Burrows |
Granted 15 December 2021 |
N/A |
| Marlan Irodea Higgins (Executor for the late Mr Egbert Higgins) (Appellant) v
Attorney General of Jamaica and 3 others (Respondents) (Jamaica)
JCPC 2020/0067 |
Lord Reed Lady Arden Lord Burrows |
Refused 15 December 2021 |
Permission to appeal should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law of general public importance. |
| Robert Tantular (Appellant) v
Her Majesty's Attorney General (Jersey)
JCPC 2021/0010 |
Lord Hodge Lord Sales Lord Burrows |
Granted 15 December 2021 |
N/A |
| Tan Chi Fang and 3 others (Respondents) v
Her Majesty's Attorney General (Appellant) (Jersey)
JCPC 2020/0012 Cross-Appeal Tan Chi Fang and 3 others (Respondents) v Her Majesty's Attorney General (Appellant) (Jersey) No 2 JCPC 2020/0018 Cross-Appeal |
Lord Hodge Lord Sales Lord Burrows |
Refused 15 December 2021 |
Permission to cross-appeal should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law. |
| Sean Bruey (Appellant) v
Attorney General and others (Respondents) (Bahamas) JCPC 2020/0071 |
Lord Lloyd-Jones Lord Kitchin Lady Rose |
Refused 15 December 2021 |
Permission to appeal should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law. |
| Sean Bruey AKA Shawn Saunders (Appellant) v
Attorney General (Respondent) No 2 (Bahamas)
JCPC 2020/0071 |
Lord Lloyd-Jones Lord Kitchin Lady Rose |
Refused 15 December 2021 |
Permission to appeal should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law of general public importance which should be considered by the Judicial Committee at this time. The Board should not necessarily be taken as endorsing the views expressed by the Court of Appeal on successive application. |
| Roger Watson (Appellant) v
The Queen (Respondent) (Bahamas)
JCPC 2020/0090 |
Lord Briggs Lord Hamblen Lord Stephens |
Granted 15 December 2021 |
N/A |