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Constitutional-law

Mukesh Valabhji & Ors v The Commissioner of Police & Ors

The Constitutional Court of Seychelles upheld seizure and detention orders made under section 26 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act and dismissed the petition.

  • Right-to-property
  • Right-to-innocence
  • Lawfulness-of-seizure-and-detention-of-property
  • Constitutional-validity-of-section-26-of-the-prevention-of-terrorism-act
  • Proportionality-and-permissible-limitations
  • Terrorism-law
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Criminal-law [2021] SCSC 845

R v Labrosse (CO 62/2018)

R v Labrosse (CO 62/2018) [2021] SCSC 845 (4 February 2021)

The Supreme Court of Seychelles convicted Israel Labrosse of trafficking in persons, finding recruitment by deception, harbouring, and exploitation of migrant workers.

  • Trafficking-in-persons
  • Forced-labour
  • Exploitation-of-migrant-workers
  • Employment-law
  • Deception-and-misrepresentation
  • Migrant-workers
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Constitutional-law [2020] SCCC 398

Adrienne & Anor v Attorney General (CP 14 of 2019)

Adrienne & Anor v Attorney General (CP 14 of 2019) [2020] SCCC 398 (7 July 2020)

The Constitutional Court of Seychelles upheld 20-year drug sentences, finding no breach of constitutional rights, no mandatory sentencing regime under MODA 2016, and no violation of children’s rights.

  • Sentencing
  • Mandatory-minimum-sentences
  • Proportionality
  • Children's-rights
  • Equal-protection
  • Cruel-and-degrading-treatment
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Civil-procedure [2019] SCSC 1216

Balouchzehi v Seychelles Police & others (CS57/2019)

Balouchzehi v Seychelles Police & others (CS57/2019) [2019] SCSC 1216 (2 June 2019)

The Supreme Court of Seychelles held that the plaintiff had standing to seek repatriation of a deceased crew member’s body and ordered the defendants to bear the costs.

  • Locus-standi
  • Repatriation-of-remains
  • State-liability
  • Custodial-death
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Constitutional-law [2013] SCCC 8

Serret v Attorney-general (CP 4 of 2013)

Serret v Attorney-general (CP 4 of 2013) [2013] SCCC 8 (29 October 2013)

The Constitutional Court of Seychelles awarded Marjorie Serret SR 200,000 in compensation after a prior appeal found her seven-day contempt imprisonment was a serious miscarriage of justice.

  • Compensation-for-miscarriage-of-justice
  • Right-to-fair-trial
  • Damages-for-wrongful-imprisonment
  • Constitutional-law
  • Human-rights
  • Wrongful-imprisonment
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Constitutional-law [2012] SCCA 16

B. Fanchette v The Attorney General (SCA 15 of 2011)

B. Fanchette v The Attorney General (SCA 15 of 2011) [2012] SCCA 16 (31 August 2012)

The Court of Appeal upheld Rs.30,000 in damages for unlawful detention and related constitutional rights violations, finding no pleaded basis to increase the award.

  • Unlawful-detention
  • Damages
  • Right-to-counsel
  • Right-to-be-informed-of-charge
  • Constitutional-law
  • Human-rights
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Tort-law [2012] SCSC 29

Peter Antat v The Attorney general

Peter Antat v The Attorney general (Civil Side No: 46 of 1999) [2012] SCSC 29 (3 June 2012)

The Supreme Court of Seychelles found the plaintiff had been unlawfully arrested, detained, and tortured by SPDF soldiers and awarded SR80,000 plus interest and costs.

  • Unlawful-arrest
  • Torture
  • Moral-damages
  • Vicarious-liability
  • False-imprisonment
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Tort [2009] SCSC 59

Ramkalawan and Others v Government of Seychelles (459 of 2006)

Ramkalawan and Others v Government of Seychelles (459 of 2006) [2009] SCSC 59 (19 November 2009)

The Seychelles Supreme Court awarded damages to 13 plaintiffs injured, arrested, or detained by police during events outside the National Assembly in October 2006.

  • Police-brutality
  • Unlawful-arrest
  • Damages
  • Vicarious-liability
  • Personal-injury
  • False-imprisonment
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