Court of Appeal of Turks and Caicos Islands

The Court of Appeal currently sits in sessions on Providenciales and the Court is made up of at least 3 Judges of Appeal.

It has the jurisdiction assigned to it by the Court of Appeal Ordinance. It considers appeals from the Supreme Court and the Labour Tribunal. It also sits as a Constitutional Court, considering questions that may be referred to it by the Attorney General under the Attorney General’s Reference of Questions Ordinance.

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Judgment date
December 2020
Respondents ordered to pay appeal costs; assessment remitted to judge to determine sums and costs below.
Costs — Advance Reservations meaning — protective offers under Order 22 r.14 — offers may be considered but effect postponable pending assessment — liability on advance reservations; assessment remitted to trial judge — appellate costs awarded to appellants; below costs to be assessed.
31 December 2020
31 December 2020
31 December 2020
31 December 2020
November 2020
26 November 2020
October 2020
Applicant entitled to payment for 116 days accumulated leave vested as at 16 February 1998; later circular not retrospective.
Public service leave law — Interpretation of General Orders 1998 (Orders 8.1.17, 8.1.21) — Transitional vesting of accumulated leave as at 16 February 1998 — Prospective effect of March 4, 2011 Circular capping payable accumulated leave — Appropriate remedy and remittance for assessment where quantum disputed.
2 October 2020
Court departed from the usual costs rule, ordering each party to bear own costs because the appeal raised public‑interest issues.
Costs — departure from rule that costs follow the event where issues are of general public importance — construction of Regulation 4(6) — application for costs below where no recorded costs order and no appeal on that point.
2 October 2020
August 2020
31 August 2020
January 2020
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