Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

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UK Supreme Court
Hearing
21 April 2026
R v McCafferty and others (Appellants)
Lord Reed,
Lord Sales,
Lord Leggatt,
Lady Simler,
Lord Doherty
Did individuals charged with an offence contrary to section 78(1) and (4) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Court Act 2022 (“the 2022 Act”) of the 2022 Act have “no case to answer”, on the basis that there was no evidence before the jury of an essential element of the offence?
UK Supreme Court
Judgment
22 April 2026
Bath Racecourse Company Ltd and others (Appellants) v Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE and others (Respondents)
Lord Reed,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Burrows
Do 'furlough' payments paid by the UK Government under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”) to policyholders fall to be deducted from the amounts otherwise payable by insurers in claims for "business interruption" losses suffered because of the Covid-19 pandemic?
Linked cases
UKSC/2025/0067 Gatwick Investment Ltd and others (Appellants) v Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE (Respondent)
Legal Issue
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
23 April 2026
Wycliffe Baird (Appellant) v David Goldgar and four others (Respondents) (St Christopher and Nevis)
Lord Reed,
Lord Hamblen,
Lady Simler,
Lord Doherty,
Dame Sarah Falk
Did the Court of Appeal err in striking out the Appellant’s appeal for want of prosecution and/or abuse of process?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
27 April 2026
Tesla, Inc and another (Appellants) v Interdigital Patent Holdings and others (Respondents)
Lord Sales,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Kitchin
Do the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction to determine disputes as to what licence terms are fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory at the request of an implementor rather than a patent owner, where the licence is offered by an intermediary as part of a pool or platform of patents?
Linked cases
UKSC/2025/0058/A Tesla, Inc and others (Respondents) v InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc and another (Appellants) No 2
Cross Appeal
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
7 May 2026
Augustine (Appellant) v Data Cars Limited (Respondent)
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Richards,
Lady Simler
Does Regulation 5 of the Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (the “Part-Time Workers Regulations”) apply if a worker’s part-time status is an effective cause, but not the sole cause, of their less favourable treatment?