Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Judgment
22 May 2026
Uriah Woods (Appellant) v The State (Respondent) No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Reed,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Doherty,
Sir Anthony Smellie
(1) Should fresh psychiatric evidence regarding the appellant, obtained after his conviction for murder, be admitted and considered by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council? (2) Does the fresh psychiatric evidence show that the appellant was not guilty of murder but of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility or, alternatively, that the appellant was not fit to plead or stand trial? (3) Did the trial judge materially misdirect the jury as to the elements of the defence of provocation?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
9 June 2026
The Manchester Ship Canal Company Limited (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and another (Respondents)
Lord Reed,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose
Was the Secretary of State (“SSEFRA”) wrong to approve a compulsory purchase order in a form in which the rights authorised to be compulsorily acquired appear to include an unbounded private law right to discharge “water, soil and effluent” into a canal, even where the discharge occurs in such a way as to amount to a criminal offence and/or a nuisance?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
11 June 2026
R (on the application of Foodrise Ltd (formerly Global Feedback Limited)) (Appellant) v His Majesty's Treasury and others (Respondents)
Lord Sales,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lady Simler,
Lord Doherty
Does the judicial review claim fall within the scope of Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention so that the Appellant can access costs protection under Part IX of CPR 46?
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?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
15 July 2026
Margot Serra and 5 others (Appellants) v His Majesty’s Attorney General for Gibraltar (Respondent)
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lady Simler,
Lord Snowden
Whether the first instance judge erred in his application of the law as to whether assets were recoverable as property obtained through unlawful conduct.