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Case law [2024] SCSC 138

Jupiter v Bonne (CS 3 of 2023)

Jupiter v Bonne (CS 3 of 2023) [2024] SCSC 138 (8 July 2024)

Supreme Court of Seychelles judgment in Jupiter v Bonne, case CS 3 of 2023, decided on 8 July 2024 and reported as [2024] SCSC 138.

  • Legal-procedure
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Civil procedure [2024] SCSC 106

Execujet Aviation Pty Ltd v Euro Aviation Ltd & Anor (MA 125 of 2024)

Execujet Aviation Pty Ltd v Euro Aviation Ltd & Anor (MA 125 of 2024) [2024] SCSC 106 (5 July 2024)

The supporting affidavit was defective as the jurat was split across two pages, contrary to mandatory procedural rules. Without a valid affidavit, the Notice of Motion was unsupported by evidence and had to be dismissed. Even if considered on merits, the applicant failed to demonstrate inadequacy of damages or that the balance of convenience favoured granting the injunction.

  • Affidavit formalities
  • Interlocutory injunction
  • Vat refunds
  • Agency law
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Civil procedure [2024] SCSC 130

Ex Parte Labrosse & Anor (MA 103 of 2024)

Ex Parte Labrosse & Anor (MA 103 of 2024) [2024] SCSC 130 (5 July 2024)

The Supreme Court of Seychelles found the pleadings in an interlocutory injunction application were poorly drafted, but granted leave to amend rather than dismissing the matter.

  • Interlocutory injunction
  • Proper parties
  • Corporate personality
  • Pleadings amendment
  • Interlocutory-injunction
  • Proper-parties
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Criminal law [2024] SCSC 129

R v Athanase (CO 66 of 2020)

R v Athanase (CO 66 of 2020) [2024] SCSC 129 (28 June 2024)

The Supreme Court of Seychelles sentenced the accused to 4 years’ imprisonment for manslaughter by gross negligence arising from a fatal road incident.

  • Manslaughter
  • Gross negligence
  • Dangerous driving
  • Sentencing
  • Gross-negligence
  • Dangerous-driving
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Tort law [2024] SCSC 134

Bill v Public Utilities Corporation (CS 140 of 2022)

Bill v Public Utilities Corporation (CS 140 of 2022) [2024] SCSC 134 (27 June 2024)

The Supreme Court of Seychelles held PUC liable for electrocution from a live wire on a public pole, rejected prescription and notice objections, and awarded damages.

  • Faute
  • Electrocution
  • Public utilities liability
  • Damages assessment
  • Prescription
  • Tort-law
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Fisheries law [2024] SCSC 115

R v Padmasiri (CM 88 of 2024 (Arising in CO 45 of 2024))

R v Padmasiri (CM 88 of 2024 (Arising in CO 45 of 2024)) [2024] SCSC 115 (27 June 2024)

The Supreme Court of Seychelles granted an unopposed motion to sell and destroy seized perishable fishing items under section 54 of the Fisheries Act, 2014.

  • Sale and disposal of perishables
  • Seizure of perishable goods
  • Fisheries-law
  • Seizure-of-perishable-goods
  • Sale-of-perishables
  • Criminal-procedure
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Criminal law [2024] SCSC 103

R v Bonne & Ors (CR 35 of 2023)

R v Bonne & Ors (CR 35 of 2023) [2024] SCSC 103 (27 June 2024)

Sentencing after guilty pleas for heroin trafficking-related offences in Seychelles, with custodial terms for two accused and a suspended sentence for a third.

  • Drug offences
  • Sentencing
  • Mitigation and aggravation
  • Drug-offences
  • Guilty-plea-sentencing
  • Misuse-of-drugs-act
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Administrative law [2024] SCSC 146

Gregoire's Company Limited v Attorney General & Anor (MC 27 of 2021)

Gregoire's Company Limited v Attorney General & Anor (MC 27 of 2021) [2024] SCSC 146 (21 June 2024)

Judicial review of a Minister’s decision to allow an out-of-time employment grievance was dismissed; the Court found no procedural unfairness or Wednesbury irrationality.

  • Judicial review
  • Procedural fairness
  • Unreasonableness
  • Employment grievance procedure
  • Natural justice
  • Judicial-review
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Criminal law [2024] SCSC 133

R v Priyankara Fernando (CM 83 of 2024 (Arising in CR 41 of 2024))

R v Priyankara Fernando (CM 83 of 2024 (Arising in CR 41 of 2024)) [2024] SCSC 133 (21 June 2024)

The Supreme Court of Seychelles ordered sale of 54 kg of salted catch and destruction of 119 sharks and 2 kg of shark fins seized in an illegal fishing case.

  • Sale and disposal of perishables
  • Seizure of illegal catch
  • Destruction of unfit foodstuff
  • Sale-and-destruction-of-perishables
  • Fisheries-act
  • Seizure-of-illegal-catch
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