Former Public Services Association (PSA) president Watson Duke has been denied conditional leave to challenge at the UK-based Privy Council, the local court’s rulings in his challenge to have the union pay him a pension while he pursues a lawsuit over its refusal to pay it.

Justices of Appeal Gillian Lucky, Mira Dean-Armorer and Vasheist Kokaram ruled on September 22 that Duke’s appeal raised no point of general public importance or required clarification by the Privy Council.

Duke sought to take his challenge to the apex court after the Court of Appeal in January ruled that the High Court correctly refused to grant Duke an injunction in 2024.