Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

This is the final court of appeal for the UK overseas territories and Crown dependencies. It also serves those Commonwealth countries that have retained the appeal to His Majesty in Council or, in the case of republics, to the Judicial Committee.

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The Court will be closed on December 25th and 26th and January 1st. The last entry time on December 31st will be at 13:00, while on 29th, 30th, and January 2nd, the last entry will be at 16:00

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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
26 January 2026
Ian Green and another (Respondents) v Public Service Commission (Appellant) No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Doherty,
Sir Anthony Smellie

Linked cases
JCPC/2024/0087 Ian Green (Respondent) v Public Service Commission (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Legal issue
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
26 January 2026
Ian Green (Respondent) v Public Service Commission (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Doherty,
Sir Anthony Smellie

Linked cases
JCPC/2024/0088 Ian Green and another (Respondents) v Public Service Commission (Appellant) No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago)
Legal issue
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
27 January 2026
Akbars Restaurant (Middlesbrough) Limited (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)
Lord Sales,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lady Rose,
Lady Simler
The principal issue concerns the validity of a civil penalty notice issued by the Secretary of State for the Home Department under section 15 of the Immigration Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. In view of the requirement under s.15(6)(a) that a notice must “state why the Secretary of State thinks the employer is liable to the penalty”, is the penalty notice invalid if it does not identify which of the grounds in s.15(1) applies (i.e. by specifying the circumstances in which a person subject to immigration control has no right to work)?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
28 January 2026
Uriah Woods (Appellant) v The State (Respondent) No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Reed,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Stephens,
Sir Anthony Smellie
(1) Should fresh psychiatric evidence regarding the appellant, obtained after his conviction for murder, be admitted and considered by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council? (2) Does the fresh psychiatric evidence show that the appellant was not guilty of murder but of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility or, alternatively, that the appellant was not fit to plead or stand trial? (3) Did the trial judge materially misdirect the jury as to the elements of the defence of provocation?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
28 January 2026
Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Respondent) v BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP (Appellant)
Lord Briggs,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Richards,
Lady Simler
Are certain members of BlueCrest LLP to be treated as employees for tax purposes?