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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
7 October 2026
Director-General, Mauritius Revenue Authority and another (Respondents) v Mauritius Freeport Development Co. Ltd (Appellant) (Mauritius)
Lord Briggs,
Lady Rose,
Lord Doherty
On a proper construction of s24 Income Tax Act, is a person allowed to compute annual allowances in respect of capital expenditure which it has incurred in any year and in any amount which it deems fit (subject to maximum thresholds set out in the Income Tax Regulations)?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
7 October 2026
Michael Farley and 431 others (Respondents) v Paymaster (1836) Limited (trading as Equiniti) (Appellant)
Lord Sales,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Simler
Does a threshold of seriousness apply to claims for damages under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA 2018”)?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
8 October 2026
Wayne Alleyne and 4 others (Appellants) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Reed,
Lord Hamblen,
Lady Rose,
Lord Doherty,
Lord Snowden
Were the appellants entitled to declaratory relief in respect of the breaches of their constitutional rights as identified by the Judge? What is the correct approach that the courts should adopt to the assessment and award of vindicatory (as opposed to compensatory) damages? Have the courts in Trinidad and Tobago adopted an erroneous approach to the assessment of damages awarded for the breach of constitutional rights?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
12 October 2026
Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v Favianna Gajadhar (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Sales,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Leggatt,
Lady Simler,
Lord Snowden
Was the Court of Appeal correct to set aside the trial judge’s findings that the Appellant’s right to property had been deprived under section 4(a) of the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago? If so, was the Court of Appeal entitled to reduce the Appellant’s costs of the appeal by 50%?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
13 October 2026
R v Field (Respondent)
Lord Reed,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Simler
Were the directions given to the jury by the trial judge in this case right in law? Did the Court of Appeal correctly understand and apply R v Kennedy (No 2) [2007] UKHL 38, and should the Supreme Court reconsider that decision?