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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  14 May 2026

  Manhattan Coffee Investment Holding (in liquidation) (Respondent) v Stephen Mbugua Mwagiru (Appellant) (Mauritius)

  Lord Briggs,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lady Rose,

  Lord Richards,

  Lord Doherty

  Did the Court of Appeal err (1) by concluding that the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of Mauritius had granted the Appellant leave under section 154(1)(c) of the Insolvency Act to continue the Plaint in the name and on behalf of the Respondent; and (2) by failing to treat the application as one to enable the Appellant to apply under the Court’s inherent jurisdiction and section 174(3)(a) of the Insolvency Act for leave to continue the Plaint as a derivative claim?

  Linked cases

  JCPC/2025/0044 Manhattan Coffee Investment Holding (in liquidation) (Respondent) v Stephen Mbugua Mwagiru (Appellant) (Mauritius) No 2

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  14 May 2026

  Manhattan Coffee Investment Holding (in liquidation) (Respondent) v Stephen Mbugua Mwagiru (Appellant) (Mauritius) No 2

  Lord Briggs,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lady Rose,

  Lord Richards,

  Lord Doherty

  Did the Court of Appeal err (1) by concluding that the Bankruptcy Division of the Supreme Court of Mauritius lacked jurisdiction to grant leave for the Appellant to continue the Plaint as a derivative claim in the name and on behalf of the Respondent; (2) by holding that the application could not be granted ex parte; and (3) if the application could be granted ex parte, by failing to consider that no prejudice was thereby caused to the Respondent?

  Linked cases

  JCPC/2025/0043 Manhattan Coffee Investment Holding (in liquidation) (Respondent) v Stephen Mbugua Mwagiru (Appellant) (Mauritius)

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• UK Supreme Court

  Hearing

  18 May 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?

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• UK Supreme Court

  Hearing

  20 May 2026

  Forthwell Limited (Appellant) v Pontegadea UK Limited (Respondent)

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Stephens,

  Lady Simler,

  Lord Doherty,

  Lord Hodge

  In what circumstances can a party to a contract recover damages for a breach of that contract in respect of losses that were sustained not by the contracting party itself but by its subsidiary?

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• UK Supreme Court

  Hearing

  21 May 2026

  Rice (Respondent) v Wicked Vision Limited (Appellant)

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Stephens,

  Lady Rose,

  Lady Simler,

  Lord Doherty

  (1) Does section 47B(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (the “ERA”) prevent an employee from bringing a claim under section 47B ERA against a co-worker and/or their employer for being subjected to detriment where that detriment amounts to a dismissal? (2) Were the Court of Appeal bound to apply the earlier decision of Timis v Osipov [2018] EWCA Civ 2321 (“Osipov”) on section 47B(2) ERA in the present appeals and was that decision correctly decided?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2026/0008 Barton Turns Developments Limited (Appellant) v Treadwell (Respondent)

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