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Criminal law [2024] SCSC 20

R v Diallo (CO 82 of 2023)

R v Diallo (CO 82 of 2023) [2024] SCSC 20 (19 March 2024)

Sentencing after a guilty plea for importing 452 grams of cocaine. The Supreme Court imposed 7 years’ imprisonment, with remand time deducted and remission allowed.

  • Importation of controlled drugs
  • Sentencing
  • Mitigation
  • Remission
  • Aggravating and mitigating factors
  • Drug-offences
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Content Filtered [2024] SCSC 95

R v Bastienne (CR 54 of 2017)

R v Bastienne (CR 54 of 2017) [2024] SCSC 95 (18 March 2024)

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Family law [2024] SCSC 39

Ex parte FJ (XP 2 of 2024)

Ex parte FJ (XP 2 of 2024) [2024] SCSC 39 (15 March 2024)

The court found that the petitioner was in a qualifying relationship with the deceased based on evidence of long-term cohabitation, joint property ownership, and children, satisfying the requirements of Article 761 of the Civil Code of Seychelles.

  • Qualifying relationship
  • Declaration of relationship
  • Appointment of executor
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Family law [2024] SCSC 22

Fideria v Vidot (CS 30 of 2021)

Fideria v Vidot (CS 30 of 2021) [2024] SCSC 22 (15 March 2024)

The Supreme Court of Seychelles held that a 2020 Civil Code provision did not apply retrospectively and resolved a cohabiting couple’s house dispute by equity.

  • Cohabitation property rights
  • Equitable distribution
  • Loan repayment
  • Child welfare
  • Cohabitation-property-rights
  • Equitable-distribution
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Constitutional law [2024] SCSC 139

Fanchette v Public Service Appeal Board (MA 49 of 2023)

Fanchette v Public Service Appeal Board (MA 49 of 2023) [2024] SCSC 139 (14 March 2024)

The Supreme Court refused leave for judicial review and dismissed an amended petition, holding the application was wrongly brought by notice of motion and could not be amended under the applicable rules.

  • Supervisory jurisdiction
  • Judicial review
  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Judicial-review
  • Supervisory-jurisdiction
  • Amendment-of-pleadings
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Criminal law [2024] SCSC 18

R v Louise (CO 52 of 2022)

R v Louise (CO 52 of 2022) [2024] SCSC 18 (11 March 2024)

The court acquitted Markus Louise of attempted murder but convicted him of acts intended to cause grievous harm after rejecting self-defence.

  • Attempted murder
  • Grievous harm
  • Self-defence
  • Mens rea
  • Assault
  • Criminal-law
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Criminal law [2024] SCSC 27

R v Valabhji & Ors (CO 4 of 2022)

R v Valabhji & Ors (CO 4 of 2022) [2024] SCSC 27 (8 March 2024)

Interlocutory ruling on disclosure in a criminal trial. The court ordered disclosure of VPH employee identities, authority basis, and GOP records, but refused broader collateral requests.

  • Disclosure
  • Fair trial
  • Investigation procedure
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Fair-trial
  • Investigation-procedure
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Case law [2024] SCSC 33

FIFCO v FSA (CS 4 of 2020)

FIFCO v FSA (CS 4 of 2020) [2024] SCSC 33 (6 March 2024)

Supreme Court of Seychelles judgment in FIFCO v FSA, case CS 4 of 2020, decided on 6 March 2024.

  • Legal-procedure
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Case law [2024] SCSC 31

R v Valabhji & Ors (CO 4 of 2022)

R v Valabhji & Ors (CO 4 of 2022) [2024] SCSC 31 (6 March 2024)

Supreme Court of Seychelles judgment in R v Valabhji & Ors, issued on 6 March 2024 under neutral citation [2024] SCSC 31.

  • Legal-procedure
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Civil procedure [2024] SCSC 29

Ex parte X-Trim Fitness Centre (Pty) (MA 46 of 2024)

Ex parte X-Trim Fitness Centre (Pty) (MA 46 of 2024) [2024] SCSC 29 (4 March 2024)

The Supreme Court refused to extend time for a bank guarantee, maintain cancellation of a warrant of levy, or allow a gym to reopen pending compliance.

  • Execution of judgments
  • Bank guarantee
  • Stay of execution
  • Equitable relief
  • Execution-of-judgments
  • Bank-guarantees
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