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UK Supreme Court
Hearing
10 November 2025
Providence Building Services Limited (Respondent) v Hexagon Housing Association Limited (Appellant)
Lord Reed,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Stephens,
Lord Richards
In relation to a contract based on the 2016 edition of the JCT Design and Build Contract, whether – properly construed – a right to terminate under clause 8.9.3 must first have accrued before a contractor can have any right to terminate under clause 8.9.4.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
11 November 2025
Gedeon Mahabir (Appellant) v Public Service Commission and another (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Sales,
Lady Rose,
Lady Simler
What is the correct interpretation of Section 121(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Regulation 168 of the Public Service Commission Regulations (“Reg. 168”) in the context of prison officer promotions?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
17 November 2025
Uniform Building Contractors Ltd (Respondent) v The Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lady Rose,
Lord Richards,
Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Coulson
Whether compliance with conditions precedent to payment in a FIDIC contract is essential in order to enable a contractor to recover payment for variations alleged to have been made.
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
18 November 2025
AXA Insurance UK PLC and another (Appellants) v Commissioners of Inland Revenue and another (Respondents)
Lord Hodge,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lady Rose,
Lord Richards
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”)?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
18 November 2025
Boyd (Respondent) v Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (Appellant)
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Simler,
Sir Declan Morgan
Does the power of the Magistrates’ Court to ‘vary or rescind’ a sentence or order under Article 158A of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 include the power to make a new sentence or other order independent of and additional to a previous sentence or order of that court?