Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

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UK Supreme Court
Judgment
2 June 2026
A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998
Lord Reed,
Lord Hodge,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Sales,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose,
Lady Simler
Does the Minister of Health for Northern Ireland have the power to revise the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice (“the Code”) so that persons aged 16 and over who lack capacity to make decisions about their care and treatment can give valid consent to their confinement through the expression of their wishes and feelings?
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.