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Civil procedure [2025] SCCA 8

Vijay Construction (Proprietary) Limited v Eastern European Engineering Limited ((SCA 15/2024)

Vijay Construction (Proprietary) Limited v Eastern European Engineering Limited ((SCA 15/2024) [2025] (Arising in CC 17/2016) (22 April 2025)) [2025] SCCA 8 (22 April 2025)

The Court of Appeal upheld dismissal of a construction contractor’s plaint, holding the pleadings failed to allege all material facts with certainty.

  • Pleadings
  • Material facts
  • Damages
  • Delict
  • Rent claims
  • Civil-procedure
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Company law [2025] SCSC 56

Petersen v Registrar of International Business Companies (MC 88 of 2024)

Petersen v Registrar of International Business Companies (MC 88 of 2024) [2025] SCSC 56 (17 April 2025)

The Supreme Court of Seychelles restored FINCH S.A. to the Register of International Business Companies, subject to payment of fees and compliance with statutory obligations.

  • Restoration of dissolved company
  • International business companies
  • Compliance with statutory obligations
  • Company-law
  • Restoration-of-dissolved-company
  • International-business-companies
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Criminal law [2025] SCSC 64

R v Ahmed (CR 53 of 2018)

R v Ahmed (CR 53 of 2018) [2025] SCSC 64 (17 April 2025)

Given the accused's advanced age, serious health conditions, and first-offender status, a custodial sentence would pose disproportionate health risks. The court balanced aggravating circumstances with mitigation, applying the totality and proportionality principles to impose suspended concurrent sentences and fines as compensation to victims.

  • Trafficking in persons
  • Sentencing
  • Compensation to victims
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Criminal law [2025] SCSC 58

Exparte: The Government of Seychelles (XP 29 of 2025)

Exparte: The Government of Seychelles (XP 29 of 2025) [2025] SCSC 58 (16 April 2025)

The Supreme Court of Seychelles granted an ex parte interim civil confiscation order over SCR 54,500 cash suspected to be proceeds of drug trafficking and money laundering.

  • Civil confiscation
  • Interim orders
  • Drug trafficking
  • Asset forfeiture
  • Civil-confiscation
  • Interim-orders
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Property law [2025] SCSC 47

Banane v Banane and Ors (MC 43 of 202)

Banane v Banane and Ors (MC 43 of 202) [2025] SCSC 47 (11 April 2025)

The Supreme Court granted a petition for division in kind of parcel V5152, finding the petitioner’s 54.289% share established and the land conveniently divisible.

  • Co-ownership
  • Division in kind
  • Immovable property
  • Judicial sale
  • Division-in-kind
  • Immovable-property
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Constitutional law [2025] SCCC 2

Valabhji v The Republic & Ors (MA 112 of 2024 (Arising in CP 12 of 2022))

Valabhji v The Republic & Ors (MA 112 of 2024 (Arising in CP 12 of 2022)) [2025] SCCC 2 (10 April 2025)

The Constitutional Court of Seychelles allowed an application to file a further affidavit with new evidence supporting an existing petition, finding no prejudice to respondents.

  • Filing of further affidavit
  • Admission of new evidence
  • Procedural fairness
  • Constitutional-law
  • Civil-procedure
  • Further-affidavit
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Criminal law [2025] SCSC 63

R v Hertel (CO 11 of 2025)

R v Hertel (CO 11 of 2025) [2025] SCSC 63 (10 April 2025)

The Supreme Court ordered that remandee Nico Hertel be held at a designated remand centre, separate from convicted prisoners.

  • Remand
  • Rights of remandees
  • Separation from convicts
  • Presumption-of-innocence
  • Pretrial-detention
  • Constitutional-rights
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Criminal procedure [2025] SCSC 51

R v Valabhji & Anor (CO 04 of 2022)

R v Valabhji & Anor (CO 04 of 2022) [2025] SCSC 51 (9 April 2025)

The Supreme Court of Seychelles granted the prosecution more time for an expert handwriting report, ordered disclosure of comparator documents, and refused a longer adjournment.

  • Expert evidence
  • Disclosure
  • Trial adjournment
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Expert-evidence
  • Trial-adjournment
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Civil procedure [2025] SCSC 55

Seychelles Trading Company v Balthilde (MC 2 of 2025)

Seychelles Trading Company v Balthilde (MC 2 of 2025) [2025] SCSC 55 (8 April 2025)

The Supreme Court of Seychelles dismissed an application for extension of time to appeal after the judgment had already been executed and the debt paid.

  • Extension of time
  • Appeal procedure
  • Execution of judgment
  • Extension-of-time
  • Appeal-procedure
  • Execution-of-judgment
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Civil procedure [2025] SCSC 50

Drury v Aux Cayes Fintech Co. Ltd (MC 87 of 2024)

Drury v Aux Cayes Fintech Co. Ltd (MC 87 of 2024) [2025] SCSC 50 (8 April 2025)

The Supreme Court of Seychelles granted a Norwich Pharmacal order requiring the respondent to disclose information about specified crypto deposit addresses and related user accounts.

  • Norwich pharmacal order
  • Disclosure
  • Third party discovery
  • Norwich-pharmacal-order
  • Third-party-discovery
  • Crypto-assets
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