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 Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
20 January 2025
Kenneth M Krys (as Liquidator of Fairfield Sentry Ltd (In Liquidation)) (Appellant) v Farnum Place LLC (Respondent) (Virgin Islands)
Lord Sales,
Lady Rose,
Lord Richards
When a court considers whether a claimant should be permitted to appeal the decision of a foreign court, must it take into account the fact that the foreign appellate court’s decision has, in fact, already heard and allowed the appeal in question?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
21 January 2025
Brown (Respondent) v Ridley and another (Appellants)
Lord Briggs,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose,
Lady Simler
What is the period of ten years in which an applicant for registration as the owner of land over on the basis of adverse possession must hold the reasonable belief that they were the owner of that land under paragraph 5(4)(c) of Schedule 6 of the Land Registration Act 2002?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
21 January 2025
(EX PARTE) (Appellant) .
Lord Reed,
Lord Hodge,
Lord Sales,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Richards
The appeal concerns the refusal of an ex parte application for an injunction. The appeal must be heard in private so as to avoid the risk of the anticipated respondents having notice of the proceedings, which would enable them to defeat the purpose of the proceedings.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
22 January 2025
Nirmal Mahadeo (Appellant) v Candice Mahadeo (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Simler,
Lord Justice Moylan
(1) Was the agreement for the sale of an interest in land binding and enforceable? (2) Following that determination, what is the appropriate relief?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
27 January 2025
Rubis Bahamas Ltd (Appellant) v Lillian Antionette Russell (Respondent) (The Bahamas)
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose,
Lord Richards,
Lady Simler
(1) Can claims for unliquidated damages exceeding $4,000 give rise to appeals to the JCPC as of right under section 23(1) of the Bahamas Court of Appeal Act (the “CA Act”)? (2) Does the rule in Rylands v Fletcher impose strict liability on a landowner and lessor who neither occupies the land, nor owns or controls the dangerous thing? (3) Is the storage of fuel underground a “non-natural use of land” for the purposes of the rule in Rylands v Fletcher?