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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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- Imperium Trustees (Jersey) Limited (Respondent) v Jersey Competent Authority and another (Appellants) (Jersey)
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
24 February 2025
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Sales,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Simler
Is the International Co-operation (Protection from Liability) (Jersey) Law 2018 a disproportionate restriction on the right of access to the court and therefore incompatible with article 6(1) of the European Convention of Human Rights?
- Stevens (Respondent) v Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd (In Liquidation) and another (Appellants)
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
25 February 2025
Lord Reed,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Richards
(1) If, in a continuous course of conduct, fiduciaries commit two or more breaches of their duty, can losses from one breach be set-off against gains from another? (2) If so, can the fiduciary and/or his dishonest assistant set-off losses against gains in this case?
- Marie Henri Dominique Galea (Appellant) v The Assessment Review Committee and another (Respondents) (Mauritius)
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
26 February 2025
Lord Sales,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose,
Dame Philippa Whipple
Was a Société, in which the appellant was a partner, engaged in a business within the meaning of the Income Tax Act 1995?
- Waller-Edwards (Appellant) v One Savings Bank Plc (Respondent)
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
27 February 2025
Lord Briggs,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose,
Lady Simler
What is the test for determining if a lender has constructive notice (and is, therefore, put on inquiry) that one party in a non-commercial relationship is being unduly influenced to enter a loan with their partner that will, in part, be used to benefit only their partner?
- R (Appellant) v Layden (Respondent)
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
3 March 2025
Lord Hodge,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Simler
Is the jurisdiction of the Crown Court to retry a defendant under sections 7 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1988 contingent upon the fulfilment of the procedural requirements contained in section 8 of the same act, such that a defendant who has not been arraigned within two months of the date of the order committing him for retrial cannot be lawfully retrial (save with leave of the Court of Appeal)?
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