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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
This is the final court of appeal for the UK overseas territories and Crown dependencies. It also serves those Commonwealth countries that have retained the appeal to His Majesty in Council or, in the case of republics, to the Judicial Committee.
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- Ritchie Capital Management LLC and 6 others (Respondents) v Lancelot Investors Fund, Ltd (In Official Liquidation) (Appellant) (Cayman Islands)
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
6 October 2026
When a company enters liquidation, does time stop running for the purposes of the Cayman Islands Limitation Act (1996 Revision) in respect of all liabilities, including actions based in tort, or just for submitting ‘proofs’ of debt?
- R (on the application of Ammori) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
4 November 2026
Was the decision of the Secretary of State for the Home Department to proscribe Palestine Action under section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2000 lawful?
- Gryffyn Benevides (a minor, by Jason Benevides, her father and next friend) (Appellant) v Minister for Education (Respondent) (Bermuda)
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
11 November 2026
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Burrows,
Lady Simler
Whether the mandatory testing regime 1. breached the Appellant's constitutional right to not be searched without his consent; 2. were not based on lawful authority; 3. breached the principle of legality.
- Townsend (Appellant) v Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (Respondent)
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
12 January 2027
Is there an obligation on an NHS commissioning body to apply to the Court of Protection to resolve disputes about medical treatment (including life-sustaining treatment) where the treatment sought on behalf of an incapacitated patient is not being offered by the patient’s treating clinicians because they have concluded that such treatment is clinically inappropriate? Was the Court of Appeal wrong not to order interim relief under section 48 Mental Capacity Act 2005?
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- Townsend (Respondent) v Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (Appellant)
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
12 January 2027
Is there an obligation on an NHS commissioning body to apply to the Court of Protection to resolve disputes about medical treatment (including life-sustaining treatment) where the treatment sought on behalf of an incapacitated patient is not being offered by the patient’s treating clinicians because they have concluded that such treatment is clinically inappropriate?
Linked cases
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LATEST JUDGMENTS
28 August 2026
Aeden Balwah (by Shelly-Ann Balwah, his Mother and Next Friend) (Appellant) v Surgi-Med Clinic Co Limited and another (Respondents) No 2 (Trinidad & Tobago)- Aeden Balwah (by Shelly-Ann Balwah, his Mother and Next Friend) and another (Respondents) v Marwan Ahmad Alsayed Abdulla (Appellant) (Trinidad & Tobago)
- Aeden Balwah (by Shelly-Ann Balwah, his Mother and Next Friend) (Respondent) v Surgi-Med Clinic Co Limited (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
20 August 2026
Paradise Island Lighthouse and Beach Club Company Limited (Appellant) v The Attorney General of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas (Respondent) (Bahamas)12 August 2026
Margot Serra and Ors (Appellants) v Attorney General for Gibraltar (Respondent)