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
1 July 2026
Skatteforvaltningen (The Danish Customs and Tax Administration) (Appellant) v MCML Ltd (previously known as ED&F Man Capital Markets Ltd) (Respondent)
Lord Sales,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lady Rose,
Lady Simler,
Lord Doherty
Is a claim brought by SKAT against EDFM barred by issue estoppel because of the dismissal of an earlier claim brought by SKAT against EDFM?
UK Supreme Court
Judgment
1 July 2026
Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Respondent) v BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP (Appellant)
Lord Briggs,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Richards,
Lady Simler
Are certain members of BlueCrest LLP to be treated as employees for tax purposes?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
2 July 2026
In the Petition of DM No 2

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UKSC/2026/0074 In the Petition of DM No1
Legal Issue
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
2 July 2026
In the Petition of DM No1

Linked cases
UKSC/2026/0080 In the Petition of DM No 2
Legal Issue
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
8 July 2026
The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago and others (Respondents) v Jason Jones (Appellant) (Trinidad & Tobago)
Lord Reed,
Lord Sales,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Briggs,
Lady Rose
Do sections 13 and 16 of the Sexual Offences Act 1986 (the “Act”) repeal and re-enact sections 59, 60 and 61 of the Offence Against the Person Act 1925 and so fall within section 6 of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (the “Constitution”)? Do sections 13 and 16 of the Act infringe the fundamental rights guaranteed by section 4 of the Constitution? Are sections 13 and 16 of the Act reasonably justifiable, in whole or in part, in a society which has proper respect for the rights and freedoms of the individual?