In West Virginia v. B.P.J., 609 U.S. __ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed the constitutionality of laws determining eligibility for gender-segregated sports based on biological sex assigned at birth. The decision in B.P.J. was combined with the case Little v.

The Offences Against the Person Act criminalizes a wide range of violent acts against individuals, and provides sentencing guidelines for such conduct.

The Sexual Offences Act of 1995 governs sexual offenses in Antigua and Barbuda. In 2004, this Act was amended to repeal provisions permitting a court to commit an accused person for trial without considering certain written statements.

The Married Women’s Property Act allows married women to acquire, hold, and dispose of any real or personal property as her own property in Antigua and Barbuda. The Act also contains provisions governing the disposition of various forms of property owned by married women, including loans, stocks, investments, trusts, life insurance, debts, and liabilities. Additionally, the Act provides that married women are entitled to the same civil and criminal remedies as unmarried women for the protection and security of their separate property. 

The Domestic Violence (Summary Proceedings) Act of 1999 creates various remedies addressing domestic violence, including; protection orders, removing the abuser from the home or workplace, occupation orders granting a right to remain in the household residence, tenancy orders vesting the tenancy in the person who applied for the order, and other orders regarding use of furniture and household effects, the payment of rent, mortgage payments, utilities, counseling, and other means of victim support. 

The Domestic Violence Act 2015 is intended to provide increased protection for victims of domestic violence and provides for the granting of protection orders in Antigua and Barbuda. The Act imposes a duty on police officers to inform victims of the rights specified in the Act, authorizes courts the power to grant interim protection orders, and sets out prohibitions and conditions that may be imposed under protective orders.

The Divorce Act of 1997 governs the dissolution and nullity of marriage and related matters in Antigua & Barbuda. The Act sets out the grounds upon which a court may grant a divorce, it grants courts the authority to order the provision of support for a spouse or children, as well as to make orders regarding custody of children. The Act also outlines the duties of legal advisors and the court in divorce proceedings and the procedures for enforcement of court orders and appeals of court orders or judgments.

McDougal's former intimate partner had ended the relationship with him and had begun a relationship with someone else. The two were subsequently murdered, and McDougal was convicted and sentenced to death for their murders. He appealed on the grounds that the judge failed to instruct the jury to consider self-defense, that the judge permitted the entry of evidence that was the result of an inadmissible confession, that the judge gave erroneous instructions that were later corrected, and that the judge gave an imbalanced summation.

Cornwall was convicted of the murder of an intimate partner and sentenced to death. He appealed the conviction on grounds relating to the admissibility of some of his writings that occurred after the end of the relationship and before the death of the intimate partner, the strength of the circumstantial evidence adduced by the prosecution, and some aspects of the judge’s summation.

Gederon was convicted of the murder of his girlfriend and was subsequently sentenced to death. He appealed the conviction on various grounds including; that the judge erred in refusing to withdraw murder from the jury on the ground that there was no or insufficient evidence of malice aforethought, the judge misdirected the jury on the intent required for murder, the judge misdirected the jury on manslaughter and Gederon should be acquitted, and there was a material irregularity when the jury was put in the charge of police officers giving the impression of bias.