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Civil-procedure [2025] SCSC 123

Tankov v Eden Island Village Management Association (MA 78 of 2025 (Arising out of CC 04 of 2025))

Tankov v Eden Island Village Management Association (MA 78 of 2025 (Arising out of CC 04 of 2025)) [2025] SCSC 123 (9 September 2025)

Court
Supreme Court
Case number
MA 78 of 2025 (Arising out of CC 04 of 2025)

The Supreme Court dismissed an application for a mandatory interim injunction to compel breakwater repairs at Eden Island, finding damages adequate and the balance of convenience against relief.

  • Interim-injunctions
  • Mandatory-injunctions
  • Jurisdiction
  • Arbitration-clauses
  • Common-areas-definition
  • Interim-relief
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Civil-procedure [2025] SCSC 121

Tankov v Village Management Association (CC 04 of 2025)

Tankov v Village Management Association (CC 04 of 2025) [2025] SCSC 121 (9 September 2025)

Court
Supreme Court
Case number
CC 04 of 2025

The Supreme Court refused to decline jurisdiction on a preliminary arbitration objection because the defendant did not show readiness and willingness to arbitrate.

  • Arbitration-clauses
  • Jurisdiction
  • Stay-of-proceedings
  • Contractual-obligations
  • Arbitration-clause
  • Interim-relief
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Commercial-law [2025] SCSC 122

Alysé Company (Pty) Ltd v Eden Island Management Association (CC 5 of 2025)

Alysé Company (Pty) Ltd v Eden Island Management Association (CC 5 of 2025) [2025] SCSC 122 (9 September 2025)

Court
Supreme Court
Case number
CC 5 of 2025

The Supreme Court dismissed a plea to decline jurisdiction under an arbitration clause, holding the defendant had not shown readiness and willingness to arbitrate.

  • Arbitration-clause
  • Jurisdiction
  • Interim-relief
  • Civil-procedure
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Succession-law [2025] SCSC 101

Hunt v Denousse (MA 27/2025 (Arising in MC 23/2023))

Hunt v Denousse (MA 27/2025 (Arising in MC 23/2023)) [2025] SCSC 101 (22 July 2025)

Court
Supreme Court
Case number
MA 27/2025 (Arising in MC 23/2023)

The Supreme Court granted a co-executor’s application to evict an occupant from estate property, finding the occupation unauthorized and contrary to prior court orders.

  • Eviction
  • Estate-administration
  • Co-executors'-powers
  • Trespass
  • Jurisdiction
  • Co-executors-powers
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Criminal-law [2025] SCSC 117

R v Valabhji & Ors (CO 04 of 2022)

R v Valabhji & Ors (CO 04 of 2022) [2025] SCSC 117 (27 May 2025)

Court
Supreme Court
Case number
CO 04 of 2022

The Supreme Court dismissed a recusal motion in a criminal case, holding it had no jurisdiction to review interlocutory rulings or grant constitutional remedies.

  • Recusal-of-judge
  • Fair-hearing
  • Jurisdiction
  • Judicial-recusal
  • Interlocutory-applications
  • Criminal-procedure
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Civil-procedure [2025] SCSC 12

MUA Limited v Mazu (PTY) LTD (CA 20 of 2022)

MUA Limited v Mazu (PTY) LTD (CA 20 of 2022) [2025] SCSC 12 (12 February 2025)

Court
Supreme Court
Case number
CA 20 of 2022

The Supreme Court held the appeal was deemed withdrawn because the memorandum of appeal was fundamentally defective under the Courts Act (Appeal Rules).

  • Appeal-withdrawal
  • Memorandum-of-appeal
  • Jurisdiction
  • Civil-procedure
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Civil-procedure [2024] SCSC 157

Maria v Pelisier (MA 280 of 2023)

Maria v Pelisier (MA 280 of 2023) [2024] SCSC 157 (29 July 2024)

Court
Supreme Court
Case number
MA 280 of 2023

The Supreme Court partly allowed an application to amend a plaint, permitting allegations of poor workmanship but excluding unsupported damages claims.

  • Amendment-of-pleadings
  • Affidavit-requirements
  • Jurisdiction
  • Damages
  • Civil-procedure
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Private-international-law [2024] SCSC 132

Ex-parte Meron Amare (XP 10 of 2023)

Ex-parte Meron Amare (XP 10 of 2023) [2024] SCSC 132 (19 June 2024)

Court
Supreme Court
Case number
XP 10 of 2023

The Supreme Court of Seychelles declared executory an Ethiopian divorce judgment and property settlement, allowing enforcement for a Seychelles condominium transfer.

  • Recognition-and-enforcement-of-foreign-judgments
  • Divorce
  • Matrimonial-property-settlement
  • Service-of-process
  • Public-policy
  • Fraud
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Constitutional-law [2024] SCCC 1

Valabhji & Anor v Republic & Ors (CP 6 of 2023)

Valabhji & Anor v Republic & Ors (CP 6 of 2023) [2024] SCCC 1 (12 June 2024)

Court
Constitutional Court
Case number
CP 6 of 2023

The Constitutional Court dismissed a petition about fair-trial rights and legal representation, holding it was moot, improperly brought, and vexatious.

  • Right-to-fair-trial
  • Right-to-legal-representation
  • Due-process
  • Jurisdiction
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Constitutional-law
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Civil-procedure [2024] SCSC 14

Jolicoeur v Leon & Anor (MA 302 of 2023 (Arising in CS 121 of 2021))

Jolicoeur v Leon & Anor (MA 302 of 2023 (Arising in CS 121 of 2021)) [2024] SCSC 14 (14 February 2024)

Court
Supreme Court
Case number
MA 302 of 2023 (Arising in CS 121 of 2021)

The Supreme Court granted leave to amend a plaint to reflect sale of a damaged vehicle, finding no abuse of process or impermissible change in the nature of the suit.

  • Amendment-of-pleadings
  • Jurisdiction
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Costs
  • Civil-procedure
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