Seychelles Case Law

Parekh v Attorney General ((SCA CL 01/2025)

Parekh v Attorney General ((SCA CL 01/2025) [2025] (Arising in CP 07/2023)(18 August 2025)) [2025] SCCA 13 (18 August 2025)

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Court of Appeal

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(SCA CL 01/2025) [2025] (Arising in CP 07/2023)(18 August 2025)

The application for recusal is refused because the appellant failed to establish any reasonable apprehension of bias; prior judicial involvement in the appellant's criminal appeal does not, without more, amount to apparent bias. The appeal against the Constitutional Court's judgment is dismissed as time-barred under Rule 18 of the Court of Appeal Rules. The Constitutional Court was not the proper forum to challenge a Court of Appeal judgment, and the application constituted an abuse of process. The appellant is bound by the acts of his counsel, and no contravention of Article 19(2)(h) was est…

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• Judicial recusal
• Apparent bias
• Jurisdiction
• Abuse of process
• Finality of judgments
• Right to silence

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Jean-Charles & Anor v The Republic (SCA CR 10 of 2022; SCA CR 13 of 2022)

Jean-Charles & Anor v The Republic (SCA CR 10 of 2022; SCA CR 13 of 2022) [2023] SCCA 6 (26 April 2023)

Court

Court of Appeal

Case number

SCA CR 10 of 2022 ; SCA CR 13 of 2022

The convictions were supported by direct and circumstantial evidence, including accomplice testimony, corroborated by phone records and medical evidence. The trial judge's summing up was balanced and in accordance with the law. The charges were sufficiently particularized, and the appellants' rights to a fair trial and to silence were not violated. The jury was properly directed on all material issues, and the verdicts were not unsafe or unreasonable.

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• Murder
• Counselling or procuring to commit murder
• Accomplice evidence
• Right to silence
• Summing up by judge
• Circumstantial evidence

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R v Labiche & Anor (CO 26 of 2021)

R v Labiche & Anor (CO 26 of 2021) [2023] SCSC 129 (16 February 2023)

Court

Supreme Court

Case number

CO 26 of 2021

The Supreme Court of Seychelles admitted a 2nd accused’s caution statement after finding it was voluntarily given and no constitutional rights were breached.

• Right to silence
• Right to counsel
• Admissibility of evidence
• Voluntariness of confession
• Criminal-law
• Constitutional-law

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R vs Nenese (CO 15.2011)

R vs Nenese (CO 15.2011) [2013] SCSC 106 (27 November 2013)

Court

Supreme Court

Case number

CO 15.2011

The Supreme Court of Seychelles convicted Jose Nenesse of robbery with aggravation after finding he was identified through CCTV, witnesses, and recovered cash.

• Robbery with aggravation
• Identification evidence
• Use of cctv evidence
• Burden of proof
• Right to silence
• Criminal-law

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