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Supreme Court of Turks and Caicos Islands

The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters; appellate jurisdiction over appeals from the Magistrate’s Court and other statutory bodies such as the National Insurance Board and the Liquor Licensing Board; and supervisory jurisdiction over lower adjudicatory bodies and the actions of government.

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January 2016
Attorney General TCI v Urban Development Ltd. (CL 97 of 2014) [2016] TCASC 4 (28 January 2016)
Pre-judgment interest awarded from letter before action but reduced for claimant's delay; commercial rate requires evidential proof.
Pre-judgment interest — discretion to award interest — plaintiff's unreasonable delay may reduce or limit interest; commercial disputes — statutory rate not necessarily appropriate — court may apply commercial borrowing rate but requires evidence of relevant lending rates.
 28 January 2016
The Crown v Francis (CR 16 of 2015) [2016] TCASC 15 (14 January 2016)
Court applied mandatory five-year firearms minimum but reduced active custody to three years with two years suspended for guilty plea credit.
Firearms offences – keeping unlicensed ammunition – mandatory minimum sentence under Firearms Ordinance s.3(1) – application of R v Avis sentencing principles – guilty plea credit – structuring custodial and suspended sentences – forfeiture and destruction of seized items.
 14 January 2016