Skip to document content Skip to main menu Skip to search

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.

Visit website
https://judicial.tc/
2 judgments
Advanced search
All years
Filters
  • Filters
  • Judges
  • Alphabet
Sort by:
2 judgments
Citation
Judgment date
March 2016
Attorney General TCI v Urban Development Ltd. (CL 97 of 2014) [2016] TCASC 3 (7 March 2016)
Pre-judgment interest awarded from 2010 letter at 2% per annum, halved for the period before the claim was commenced.
Pre-judgment interest — commencement date for interest — effect of letters before action and delay; applicable interest rate where no local base rate exists — consideration of TCIG borrowing rate, LIBOR and US Federal Funds Rate; judicial reduction of interest for unreasonable prosecutorial delay.
 7 March 2016
The Crown v Outten (CR 42 of 2015) [2016] TCASC 7 (4 March 2016)
Mandatory five-year firearms sentence upheld, but early‑plea credit achieved by three years custody plus two‑year suspended term.
Firearms law – unlawful possession of unlicensed firearms – mandatory five‑year minimum sentence; Sentencing – entitlement to credit for early guilty plea and structuring of custodial and suspended terms to reconcile statutory minimum and mitigation; Forfeiture and destruction of seized weapons and ammunition; Sentencing objectives – deterrence, retribution, prevention, rehabilitation.
 4 March 2016