Permission to Appeal - December 2024

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Case Name	Justices	PTA	Reasons given
JCPC 2024/0079 - Ritesh Gurroby (Appellant) v The State of Mauritius (Respondent) (Mauritius) Neutral Citation: 2024 SCJ 426	Lord Reed Lord Hamblen Lord Richards	Refused 18 December 2024	PTA is refused on the ground that the appeal does not involve any question of general or public importance or any arguable point of law.
JCPC 2024/0072 - Venkatesen Saminada Chetty (Appellant) v Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) (Mauritius) Neutral Citation: 2023 SCJ 245	Lord Hodge Lord Leggatt Lady Simle	Refused 18 December 2024	It is arguable that there has been a serious miscarriage of justice.
JCPC 2024/0032 - Republic Grains Investments Ltd (Appellant) v CAI Trading LLC (Respondent)(Trinidad and Tobago)	Lord Lloyd-Jones Lord Sales Lady Rose	Refused 14 January 2025	There is no risk that a serious miscarriage of justice may have occurred.
In the following cases, the advice which the Board has given to His Majesty is as indicated below
JCPC 2024/0027 - Deangelo Pratt (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Bahamas)	Lord Hodge Lord Leggatt Lady Simler	Refused 5 February 2025	PTA refused on the basis that the application is premature as there has been no serious miscarriage of justice to date. The question of the fairness of the trial falls to be assessed after the deponing of the witnesses and the trial itself.
JCPC 2024/0028 - Mark Anthony Capron (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Bahamas)	Lord-Lloyd Jones Lord Sales Lady Rose	Refused 5 February 2025	PTA refused, there is no risk that a serious miscarriage of justice may have occurred.
JCPC 2024/0073 - Omar Miller Jr (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Bahamas)	Lord Reed Lord Hamblen Lord Richards	Refused 5 February 2025	PTA is refused on the ground that there is no risk that a serious miscarriage of justice may have occurred.