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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UK Supreme Court
Judgment
21 October 2026
ScottishPower (SCPL) Limited and others (Respondents) v Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Appellant)
Lord Reed,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose,
Lady Simler,
Lord Doherty
Does the rule preventing the deduction of penalty payments for the purpose of calculating taxable profits encompass payments made to consumers/consumer organisations in settlement of regulatory investigations?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
21 October 2026
The Chief Constable of Sussex Police and another (Respondents) v XGY (Appellant)
Lord Reed,
Lord Sales,
Lady Rose,
Lord Doherty,
Lord Snowden
Is the CPS advocate immune from suit in respect of anything said or done in the course of a bail hearing, including the disclosure of a vulnerable person’s confidential address to their abusive ex-partner? Does that immunity extend to the police, who included the Appellant’s address in the file for the CPS? If the common law immunity does exist and apply, does it bar claims under the Human Rights Act 1998 and Data Protection Act 2018? Did the Court of Appeal err in reinstating the summary disposal of the Appellant’s Human Rights Act claims?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
22 October 2026
Servol Limited (Appellant) v Early Childhood Teachers Trade Union (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Briggs,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Simler
Does the Industrial Court have jurisdiction to decide that a failure to provide for retirement benefits constitutes a breach of good industrial relations practices for which an award was justifiable under the Industrial Relations Act 1972, section 10(3)?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
26 October 2026
Oilfield Workers' Trade Union (Appellant) v Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited and another (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Burrows,
Lady Rose,
Lord Snowden
Did the Court of Appeal err in finding that the respondent did not commit an industrial relations offence under section 40(1) of the Industrial Relations Act Chap 88:01?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
26 October 2026
Martin Phillip Revenales (Appellant) v Eric Charles and 5 others (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Stephens
Is the claimant entitled to an order vesting in him title to the land owned by the second defendant, based on the claimant’s occupation of the land for over 16 years?