Permission to Appeal - May 2023

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Case Name	Justices	PTA	Reasons given
Savitri Moonsammy-Motilal (Appellant) v Gregory Laing and 2 others (Respondents) (Trinidad & Tobago) JCPC 2023/0015	Lord Kitchin Lord Leggatt Lord Burrows	Refused 9 June 2023	Permission to appeal be refused:On ground 1 (the recusal issue) because the appeal is wholly devoid of meritOn ground 2 because this is a challenge to concurrent findings of fact by the courts below
In the following cases, the advice which the Board has given to His Majesty is as indicated below
Darius James Pearce (Appellant) v His Majesty's Attorney General (Respondent) (Jersey) JCPC 2022/0080	Lord Briggs Lord Hamblen Lady Rose	Refused 20 May 2023	Permission to appeal be refused because there is no risk that a serious miscarriage of justice has occurred, on conviction or sentence.
Donna Dorsett-Major (Appellant) v Director of Public Prosecutions and another (Respondents) (Bahamas) JCPC 2023/0013	Lord Lloyd-Jones Lord Hamblen Lord Leggatt	Granted on ground 1 only 23 May 2023	Permission to appeal be granted limited to ground 1 only