Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

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• UK Supreme Court

  Hearing

  14 October 2026

  R (on the application of Campbell) (Appellant) v His Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales (Respondent)

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Lloyd-Jones,

  Lord Burrows,

  Lord Stephens,

  Lady Rose,

  Lady Simler,

  Lord Doherty

  (1) Is the exercise of the Attorney General’s power to allow or refuse to allow an application to be made for an inquest to be re-opened amenable to Judicial Review? (2) If so, on what grounds may the Attorney General’s exercise of that power be reviewed?

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Hearing

  20 October 2026

  Christopher J. Kelshall (in his capacity as the liquidator of ArcelorMittal Point Lisas Limited - in voluntary Liquidation) (Respondent) v The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Lord Briggs,

  Lord Stephens,

  Lady Rose,

  Lady Simler,

  Lord Doherty

  (1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to hold that a ‘take or pay’ provision in two expired gas contracts had been incorporated into a subsequent agreement for the continued provision of gas on the same terms? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to hold that the appellant had failed to prove its debt?

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Hearing

  22 October 2026

  Servol Limited (Appellant) v Early Childhood Teachers Trade Union (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Lord Briggs,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lord Burrows,

  Lord Stephens,

  Lady Simler

  Does the Industrial Court have jurisdiction to decide that a failure to provide for retirement benefits constitutes a breach of good industrial relations practices for which an award was justifiable under the Industrial Relations Act 1972, section 10(3)?

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Hearing

  26 October 2026

  Oilfield Workers' Trade Union (Appellant) v Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited and another (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Lord Hamblen,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lord Burrows,

  Lady Rose,

  Lord Snowden

  Did the Court of Appeal err in finding that the respondent did not commit an industrial relations offence under section 40(1) of the Industrial Relations Act Chap 88:01?

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• UK Supreme Court

  Hearing

  27 October 2026

  In the matter of an application by Bridie Brown for Judicial Review

  Lord Sales,

  Lord Hamblen,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lord Stephens,

  Lord Snowden

  In summary, did the Court of Appeal err by: (1) Concluding that the ministerial advice was deficient, in a way which failed to apply the correct standard of Wednesbury irrationality; and then not permitting the Appellant to reconsider the decision in light of full and fresh advice from officials addressing the matters identified by the Court of Appeal. (2) Assuming the role of decision-maker in this case and overstepping its constitutional boundaries. (3) Failing to properly consider what is characterised as the ‘floodgates argument’. (4) Taking into account its recent decision in Dillon, despite that decision being subject of an ongoing appeal to the Supreme Court, and the relevant part of the decision being a section 4 Human Rights Act (“HRA”) declaration that did not change the law. (5) Ignoring the scheme for remedial action under the HRA, and or the Appellant’s appeal rights in relation to Dillon. (6) Concluding, in both its consideration of the substantive appeal and in relation to remedy, that this case was an exceptional one that could be distinguished from other similar Troubles related cases. (7) Concluding that the choice faced by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (“SOSNI”), when considering the appropriate investigative mechanism to discharge the Article 2 European Convention of Human Rights (“ECHR”) investigative obligation, was a “binary one” meaning that the only lawful option available was to order a Public Inquiry. (8) Then ordering the mandatory holding of a public inquiry.

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