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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  24 November 2025

  Deon Watson (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Bahamas)

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Hodge,

  Lord Hamblen,

  Lord Stephens,

  Lady Simler

  Having found the appellant guilty of damage and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, but having acquitted him of armed robbery, had the jury been misdirected by the judge and did they deliver inconsistent verdicts as a result? If so, is the appellant’s conviction unsafe?

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  24 November 2025

  IGCF SPV 21 Limited (Respondent) v Al Jomaih Power Limited and another (Appellants) (Cayman Islands)

  Lord Sales,

  Lord Hamblen,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lord Burrows

  Did the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal err in holding that: (1) it was not bound to apply the rule in Henry v Geoprosco [1976] 1 QB 726; and (2) the Respondent has not submitted to the jurisdiction of the Pakistan courts?

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  24 November 2025

  Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Ltd (Appellant) v Bidzina Ivanishvili and 6 others (Respondents) (Bermuda)

  Lord Hodge,

  Lord Briggs,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lord Richards,

  Lady Simler

  Is it a requirement of the tort of deceit that the claimant be aware of the making of the representations on which the claim is based? Does the claim for misrepresentation fail since it was brought after the expiry of the Georgian limitation period?

  Linked cases

  JCPC/2024/0035 Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Ltd (Respondent) v Bidzina Ivanishvili and 6 others (Appellants) No 2 (Bermuda)

  Cross-appeal

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  24 November 2025

  Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Ltd (Respondent) v Bidzina Ivanishvili and 6 others (Appellants) No 2 (Bermuda)

  Lord Hodge,

  Lord Briggs,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lord Richards,

  Lady Simler

  On the correct interpretation of the policies, what contractual obligations did CS Life owe to the policyholder? Did the Respondents choose a discretionary mandate as their investment alternative? What measure should the Chief Justice have adopted as the measure of investment performance if CS Life had complied with its contractual duty of investment? What are the correct start and end dates for the assessment of damages for breach of the contractual duty of investment? Did CS Life owe fiduciary duties to the Respondents after the policies commenced?

  Linked cases

  JCPC/2024/0022 Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Ltd (Appellant) v Bidzina Ivanishvili and 6 others (Respondents) (Bermuda)

  Cross-appeal

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• UK Supreme Court

  Judgment

  24 November 2025

  Mitchell and another (Joint Liquidators of MBI International & Partners Inc (In Liquidation)) (Appellants) v Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber and others (Respondents) No 2

  Lord Hodge,

  Lord Briggs,

  Lord Sales,

  Lord Stephens,

  Lord Richards

  (1) When is a former director of a company liable as an intermeddler? (2) Is the original transfer of Shares to the Company subject to an unpaid vendor’s lien? (3) Is the quantum of equitable compensation for misappropriated property to be ascertained by reference to the date of misappropriation or the date of judgment? (4) Which party bears the burden for proving that the claimant has or has not suffered loss on a counterfactual scenario?

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