THE UK-based Privy Council has refused permission for the estate of the late caretaker of Copperhole, Monos Island, to challenge a Court of Appeal decision that dismissed a claim for possession rights to property occupied by the Roman Catholic Church.

On April 30, Lords Briggs, Hamblen and Burrows declined the application brought by Martha Joseph, legal representative of Lorna and Dean Joseph’s estate, and their relatives. The decision was posted on the Privy Council’s website on May 7.

The Joseph's sought to appeal the unanimous ruling by Justices of Appeal Prakash Moosai, Vasheist Kokaram, and Carla Brown-Antoine, who upheld the 2008 High Court decision by then-Justice Eleanor Donaldson-Honeywell. The Court of Appeal found no grounds to overturn her findings.