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The Privy Council upheld Mrs Turnquest’s documentary title to the Mangrove Cay land and rejected Water and Sewerage Corporation’s adverse possession claim.
The Privy Council held that Crown land in St Helena can be acquired by prescription under the Registered Land Ordinance 1980; the appeal was allowed.
The Privy Council restored dismissal of a medical negligence claim, holding the Court of Appeal should not have overturned the trial judge’s finding on timing or entered judgment on causation.
The Privy Council held there was no binding agreement for a lease of Crown land in Paradise Island because the deal remained subject to ministerial execution.
The Privy Council held that a Mauritian Intermediate Court judge had immunity from damages for words or gestures made in open court within jurisdiction.
The Privy Council dismissed a Gibraltar civil recovery appeal, holding it was really a challenge to concurrent findings that property was obtained through drug trafficking.
The Privy Council dismissed Mauritius Revenue Authority’s appeal, holding that the relevant exemption turns on where the core activities generating the exempt interest income are carried out.
The Privy Council partly allowed Unicomer’s tax appeal, remitting the anti-avoidance and withholding tax issues, but dismissed the appeal on hire purchase income accrual.
The Privy Council held that the employment contract validly provided for 13 instalments, including the statutory end-of-year gratuity, so the appeal failed.
The Board held that Mrs Bethel’s arrest and initial detention were unlawful and that Mr Bastian’s employers were vicariously liable for his detention and rapes.
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