Seychelles Case Law

Eden Island Village Management Association v Eden Island Development Company (Seychelles) Limited (MC 59 of 2024)

Eden Island Village Management Association v Eden Island Development Company (Seychelles) Limited (MC 59 of 2024) [2025] SCSC 141 (23 October 2025)

Court

Supreme Court

Case number

MC 59 of 2024

The Supreme Court of Seychelles upheld locus standi and granted a 12-month inhibition over disputed Eden Island parcels, but dismissed the injunction.

• Inhibition orders
• Injunctions
• Locus standi
• Arbitration
• Associations law
• Inhibition-orders

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Tony Lablache & Anor v Josianne Vital SCA 26/2023 (Arising in CA 02 of 2023 out of RB 14/2022))

Tony Lablache & Anor v Josianne Vital SCA 26/2023 (Arising in CA 02 of 2023 out of RB 14/2022)) [2024] SCCA 18 (3 May 2024)

Court

Court of Appeal

Case number

Arising in CA 02 of 2023 out of RB 14/2022)

Court of Appeal appeal arising from a Rent Board matter. The court affirmed dismissal of the challenge and held the CRTA Act barred further appeal.

• Right of appeal
• Jurisdiction of appellate courts
• Capacity to contract
• Locus standi
• Interpretation of 'final and conclusive' clauses
• Statutory interpretation

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Jacintha Volcere & Others v The Attorney General & Others (SCA MA 06/2024) Arising in

Jacintha Volcere & Others v The Attorney General & Others (SCA MA 06/2024) Arising in [2023] SCA 16 of 2023 & SCA 16 of 2023 [2024] (Consolidated) (Appeal from CS 122/2021) ((3 May 2024) (2024) [2024] SCCA 17 (3 May 2024)

Court

Court of Appeal

Case number

2024

The Court of Appeal of Seychelles addressed standing, procedure, and witness age in a challenge to a marriage’s validity, dismissing the appeal.

• Nullity of marriage
• Locus standi
• Procedural form
• Witness qualification
• Reasonable cause of action
• Nullity-of-marriage

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Lablache & Anor v Vital (CA 2 of 2023)

Lablache & Anor v Vital (CA 2 of 2023) [2023] SCSC 652 (14 August 2023)

Court

Supreme Court

Case number

CA 2 of 2023

The lease agreement, though initially invalid due to lack of capacity, was ratified by the Appellants' voluntary performance and conduct after the Respondent became sole owner. The Respondent had locus standi to seek eviction as sole owner, and a valid landlord-tenant relationship existed. The Rent Board orders were correct and appeal dismissed.

Source excerpt

• Validity of lease agreement
• Capacity to contract
• Locus standi
• Eviction
• Ratification of contract

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Eastern European Engineering Limited v Tortrade Limited & Anor (572)

Eastern European Engineering Limited v Tortrade Limited & Anor (572) [2023] SCSC 572 (28 July 2023)

Court

Supreme Court

Case number

572

EEEL's application to intervene was timely and it has sufficient interest in the subject matter, as the assets in dispute may affect its ability to execute its own judgment against Vijay. The modern approach to locus standi allows third parties with a legitimate interest to intervene, even absent privity of contract.

Source excerpt

• Intervention
• Locus standi
• Privity of contract

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Ernestine (in his capacity as Executor to the Estate of the late Leon Augustine Ernestine) v The Government of Seychelles & Anor (CP 2 of 2021)

Ernestine (in his capacity as Executor to the Estate of the late Leon Augustine Ernestine) v The Government of Seychelles & Anor (CP 2 of 2021) [2023] SCCC 2 (14 March 2023)

Court

Constitutional Court

Case number

CP 2 of 2021

The petition is dismissed because the application was filed 27 years after the expiry of the 12-month period prescribed by paragraph 14(1)(a) of Schedule 7 of the Constitution, and the deceased had already accepted monetary compensation for the compulsory acquisition of the land in 1995, extinguishing any further claim. There is no evidence of continued negotiations or protest, and no leave of court was obtained to file out of time.

Source excerpt

• Compulsory acquisition of land
• Compensation for compulsory acquisition
• Limitation period for constitutional claims
• Finality of compensation
• Locus standi

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Perolari v Perolari & Anor (CS 35 of 2021)

Perolari v Perolari & Anor (CS 35 of 2021) [2023] SCSC 93 (3 February 2023)

Court

Supreme Court

Case number

CS 35 of 2021

The Supreme Court of Seychelles declined to decide preliminary objections before trial, finding the locus standi and no-cause-of-action points required evidence.

• Locus standi
• Usufructuary interest
• Reasonable cause of action
• Frivolous and vexatious pleadings
• Eviction
• Civil-procedure

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Ex-parte Liquidity Technologies Ltd v Saint Bitts LLC (MA 196 of 2022)

Ex-parte Liquidity Technologies Ltd v Saint Bitts LLC (MA 196 of 2022) [2022] SCSC 1000 (15 November 2022)

Court

Supreme Court

Case number

MA 196 of 2022

The Supreme Court of Seychelles refused leave to intervene in a company arrangement dispute, finding only an indirect financial interest and no locus standi.

• Intervention
• Scheme of arrangement
• Locus standi
• Creditor rights
• Locus-standi
• Scheme-of-arrangement

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Assemblies of God of Seychelles v The Attorney General (MA 48 of 2021 (Arising in MC 17 of 2021))

Assemblies of God of Seychelles v The Attorney General (MA 48 of 2021 (Arising in MC 17 of 2021)) [2022] SCSC 1143 (14 October 2022)

Court

Supreme Court

Case number

MA 48 of 2021 (Arising in MC 17 of 2021)

The Supreme Court of Seychelles refused leave for judicial review, finding the application was filed out of time and no arguable case or good faith was shown.

• Judicial review
• Leave to proceed
• Limitation periods
• Locus standi
• Good faith
• Arguable case

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Laine & Ors v Bastienne & Ors (SCA 67 of 2019; SCA 74 of 2019)

Laine & Ors v Bastienne & Ors (SCA 67 of 2019; SCA 74 of 2019) [2022] SCCA 51 (19 August 2022)

Court

Court of Appeal

Case number

SCA 67 of 2019 ; SCA 74 of 2019

The appeal is dismissed because the plaint was verbose, unintelligible, failed to comply with rules of pleading, and constituted an abuse of process. The trial judge correctly struck out and dismissed the suit.

Source excerpt

• Abuse of process
• Locus standi
• Joinder of causes of action
• Pleading standards

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