Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
16 February 2026
Avaria Niles (Respondent) v Judicial and Legal Service Commission and another (Appellants) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Sales,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Burrows,
Lady Simler,
Lord Justice Colton
Did the Court of Appeal err in holding that a claim for judicial review was available to the Respondent and that the statutory scheme governing disciplinary proceedings did not provide an effective alternative remedy for her jurisdictional complaint?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
17 February 2026
Carleen McFarlane (Appellant) v General Legal Council (Respondent) (Jamaica)
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Richards,
Lady Simler
Did an attorney’s conduct of refunding the deposit in full solely to a co-client as co-purchaser following the cancellation of a sale agreement amount to a breach of Canon IV(s) of the Legal Profession (Canons of Professional Ethics) Rules 1978? If so, what is the appropriate sanction and what rules of due process apply to disciplinary proceedings?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
18 February 2026
Wycliffe Baird (Appellant) v David Goldgar and four others (Respondents) (St Christopher and Nevis)
Lord Reed,
Lord Hamblen,
Lady Simler,
Lord Doherty,
Dame Sarah Falk
Did the Court of Appeal err in striking out the Appellant’s appeal for want of prosecution and/or abuse of process?
UK Supreme Court
Judgment
18 February 2026
CCC (by her mother and litigation friend MMM) (Appellant) v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Respondent)
Lord Reed,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose
Can a young child claimant recover damages for financial loss caused by her inability to work during the years of expected life she has lost due to the defendant’s clinical negligence (“lost years damages”)?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
24 February 2026
Michael Siew Loong Ng (Appellant) v Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (Respondent)
Lord Sales,
Lord Burrows,
Lady Simler
(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?