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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  11 May 2026

  Ian Green and another (Respondents) v Public Service Commission (Appellant) No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Lord Lloyd-Jones,

  Lord Briggs,

  Lord Burrows,

  Lord Doherty,

  Sir Anthony Smellie

  Whether the Court of Appeal erred in: (a) Finding the Appellant acted unreasonably in failing to consider the Respondent for promotion? (b) Finding that the Appellant’s decision of 21 April 2015 was arrived at by a process outside of that prescribed by the Public Service Commission Regulations? (c) Finding no interference between Regulation 8 of the Fire Service (Terms and Conditions of Employment) Regulations 1998 and section 121 and 129 of the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago. (d) Holding that Regulation 8 is non-binding on the Appellant unless and until specifically adopted and incorporated into the Public Service (Commission) Regulation. (e) making findings as to the role of the Chief Personnel Officer without affording them an opportunity to be heard. (f) Not placing sufficient weight on the Board’s decisions in The Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue v Finbar Boland and ors [2023] UKPC 27 and Ramsahai v Teaching Service Commission [2011] UKPC 26? (g) finding that if there had been a claim for constitutional relief, and a breach of a constitutional right has been found, it should not matter that the breach found is not the particular breach in respect of which the claim is made? (h) finding that there was a breach of the Respondent’s right to protection of the law under section 4(b) of the Constitution, in circumstances where the Respondent did not claim such relief.

  Linked cases

  JCPC/2024/0087 Ian Green (Respondent) v Public Service Commission (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  11 May 2026

  Ian Green (Respondent) v Public Service Commission (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Lord Lloyd-Jones,

  Lord Briggs,

  Lord Burrows,

  Lord Doherty,

  Sir Anthony Smellie

  Whether the Court of Appeal erred in: (a) Finding the Appellant acted unreasonably in failing to consider the Respondent for promotion? (b) Finding that the Appellant’s decision of 21 April 2015 was arrived at by a process outside of that prescribed by the Public Service Commission Regulations? (c) Finding no interference between Regulation 8 of the Fire Service (Terms and Conditions of Employment) Regulations 1998 and section 121 and 129 of the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago. (d) Holding that Regulation 8 is non-binding on the Appellant unless and until specifically adopted and incorporated into the Public Service (Commission) Regulation. (e) making findings as to the role of the Chief Personnel Officer without affording them an opportunity to be heard. (f) Not placing sufficient weight on the Board’s decisions in The Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue v Finbar Boland and ors [2023] UKPC 27 and Ramsahai v Teaching Service Commission [2011] UKPC 26? (g) finding that if there had been a claim for constitutional relief, and a breach of a constitutional right has been found, it should not matter that the breach found is not the particular breach in respect of which the claim is made? (h) finding that there was a breach of the Respondent’s right to protection of the law under section 4(b) of the Constitution, in circumstances where the Respondent did not claim such relief.

  Linked cases

  JCPC/2024/0088 Ian Green and another (Respondents) v Public Service Commission (Appellant) No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago)

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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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