Permission to Appeal - May 2021

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Case Name	Justices	PTA	Reasons given
Webb and another (Appellants) v Henry (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago) JCPC 2020/0059	Lord Briggs Lady Arden Lord Hamblen	Refused 14 May 2021	Permission to appeal be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law of general public importance.
In the following cases, the advice which the Board proposes to give to Her Majesty is as indicated below
Hot Pancakes Ltd and another (Respondents) v Murphy and another (Appellants) (Bahamas) JCPC 2021/0009	Lord Reed Lord Kitchin Lady Rose	Refused 26 May 2021	Permission to appeal should be refused because the appeal does not raise an arguable point of law of general public importance which the Board should consider at this time.
Her Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland (Respondent) v Ibrahim and others (Appellants) (Cyprus) JCPC 2018/0036	Lord Reed Lord Kitchin Lady Rose	Refused 26 May 2021	Permission to appeal should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law of general public importance.
Matthias (Appellant) v Antigua Commercial Bank (Respondent) (Antigua and Barbuda) JCPC 2020/0056	Lord Reed Lord Kitchin Lady Rose	Refused 26 May 2021	Permission to appeal should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law
Hapgood (Appellant) v Commissioner of Police and another (Respondents) (Anguilla) JCPC 2020/0062	Lord Reed Lord Kitchin Lady Rose	Refused 26 May 2021	Permission to appeal should be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law of general public importance which the Board should consider at this time.
Fang and others (Respondents) vHer Majesty's Attorney General (Appellant) (Jersey) JCPC 2020/0012 Fang and others (Respondents) v Her Majesty's Attorney General (Appellant) (Jersey) No 2 JCPC 2020/0018	Lord Hodge Lord Sales Lady Burrows	Granted 26 May 2021	N/A
Smith and another (Appellants) vThe Queen (Respondent) (Bahamas) JCPC 2019/0045	Lord Briggs Lady Arden Lord Hamblen	Refused 26 May 2021	Permission to appeal should be refused because the appeal does not raise an arguable point of law and there is no risk that a serious miscarriage of justice has occurred in this case.