Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  13 August 2025

  Antigua and Barbuda Transport Board (Respondent) v Anderson Carty (Appellant) (Antigua and Barbuda)

  Lord Lloyd-Jones,

  Lord Hamblen,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lady Rose,

  Lady Simler

  Did the Court of Appeal err in setting aside awards of exemplary damages and costs for an unfair dismissal that had been found to be “harsh and oppressive”?

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• UK Supreme Court

  Hearing

  20 October 2025

  A Reference by the Attorney General of Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998

  “Whether the Minister of Health has power to revise the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice issued under s.288 of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (‘the 2016 Act’) so as to provide that, in the context of the delivery of care and treatment, individuals aged 16 and over with impaired decision-making may be understood to be consenting to confinement through the expression of wishes and feelings, so that their circumstances do not fall within the scope of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR)’)”

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Hearing

  28 October 2025

  Christopher Isaac Singh (A minor, suing by his mother and next friend, Nicole Singh Nee Mohammed) (Respondent) v Dr Prakashbhan Persad (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Was the Court of Appeal correct to interfere with the High Court’s finding that the appellant doctor was not negligent?

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• UK Supreme Court

  Hearing

  4 November 2025

  Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) v Kolicaj (Respondent)

  (1) Was it procedurally unfair for the Secretary of State for the Home Department to deprive Mr Kolicaj of his British citizenship without affording him an opportunity to make representations? (2) Did the Court of Appeal act in excess of jurisdiction by quashing the deprivation order made against Mr Kolicaj?

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• UK Supreme Court

  Hearing

  18 November 2025

  AXA Insurance UK PLC and another (Appellants) v Commissioners of Inland Revenue and another (Respondents)

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Hamblen,

  Lady Rose

  Was the Court of Appeal correct to hold that (A) whether the claims are time-barred has not been finally determined in the Prudential test case, and should be determined in the present proceedings by applying the law as it stands now (“Limitation Issue”); (B) GREA is not entitled to a claim in restitution for payment of unlawful advance corporation tax utilised against lawful tax or repaid before the issue of its claim (“Set-off Issue”); and (C) by 1 April 2010, the Appellants had not pleaded a claim in restitution for the recovery of unlawful tax paid as a result of their inability to offset unused double taxation relief credit (“Pleading Issue”)?

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