Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Upcoming

• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Hearing

  26 November 2025

  A and 6 others (Appellants) v C and 13 others (Respondents)

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Briggs,

  Lord Stephens,

  Lady Rose,

  Lord Richards

  In exercising the Consent Powers, do the Protectors have the Wider Role or the Narrow Role?

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  27 November 2025

  Aquapoint LP (in Official Liquidation) (Appellant) v Xiaohu Fan (Respondent) (Cayman Islands)

  Lord Sales,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lord Burrows,

  Lord Richards,

  Dame Janice Pereira

  1) Whether the just and equitable winding-up jurisdiction may be used to alter, amend or supplement the normal effect of the law of contract in circumstances where the parties have entered into a contract regulating their relationship and where that contract expressly makes provision for the matter or matters giving rise to the Respondent’s complain. (2) Whether the Respondent’s complaint is governed exclusively by the law of contract. (3)Whether it was a breach of the duty to act in good faith for the General Partner to rely on entire-agreement clause in the 2017 Agreement to decline to give effect to assurances made outside of that Agreement. (4) Whether the reliance by the General Partner on the terms of the 2017 Agreement in not transferring the shares was misconduct in the management and affairs of the Partnership giving rise to a loss of trust and confidence as to justify the making of a winding up order on the just and equitable ground. (5) Whether the General Partner has breached its duty to act in good faith by refusing to transfer the shares in Legend Cayman to the Respondent so as to justify the making of a winding up order on the just and equitable ground. (6) Whether there is an adequate alternative remedy available to the Respondent by bringing an action for breach of duty under Section 19(1), Exempted Limited Partnership Act.

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Hearing

  24 February 2026

  Michael Siew Loong Ng (Appellant) v Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (Respondent)

  (1) Whether the admissions made by the Appellant before the Disciplinary Committee of the Respondent (the “Disciplinary Committee”) should be vacated on appeal? (2) Whether “new” evidence produced by the Appellant since the original hearing should be admissible?

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• UK Supreme Court

  Hearing

  24 February 2026

  In the matter of Waldorf Production UK Plc and In the matter of the Companies Act 2006

  What is the correct approach to the treatment of creditors who would be “out of the money” (would not receive a payout) in the “relevant alternative” to a restructuring plan sanctioned under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006?

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• UK Supreme Court

  Hearing

  2 March 2026

  Forthwell Limited (Appellant) v Pontegadea UK Limited (Respondent)

  In what circumstances can a party to a contract recover damages for a breach of that contract in respect of losses that were sustained not by the contracting party itself but by its subsidiary?

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