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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
2 November 2026
Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v FR (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Reed,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Simler
Has the Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago breached the constitutional rights of the appellant as a victim of crime, by failing to prosecute the individual accused of assaulting her within a reasonable period of time?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
2 November 2026
Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (Respondent) v Sintra Global Inc and another (Appellants)
Lord Sales,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Burrows,
Lady Rose,
Lord Snowden
When a taxpayer appeals against an HMRC penalty on the basis that the underlying tax claimed is not owed, does the burden rest on the taxpayer to prove that he or she is not liable to pay the underlying tax?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
3 November 2026
Lowe (Appellant) v The Governors of Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse (Respondent)
Lord Reed,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lady Simler,
Lord Doherty
(1) Is the Information Requirement in Article 2(1)(g)(vi) of the Housing (Tenancy Deposits) (Prescribed Information) Order 2007 (“the 2007 Order”) satisfied where the landlord makes reference to a clause in a tenancy agreement that is not attached and which differs in numbering from the actual tenancy agreement? (2) Is the Confirmation Requirement in Article 2(1)(g)(vii) of the 2007 Order satisfied where the landlord signs a covering letter enclosing the certificate, rather than the certificate itself?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
4 November 2026
R (on the application of Ammori) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)
Lord Reed,
Lord Sales,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Stephens
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?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
10 November 2026
R (on the application of L1T FM Holdings UK Limited and another) (Appellants) v Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Cabinet Office (formerly the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Respondent)
Lord Reed,
Lord Sales,
Lord Briggs,
Lady Simler,
Lord Snowden
Whether the state is entitled, in light of Article 1 of the First Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights (“A1P1”), to deprive a person of their possessions in the public interest without paying, or ensuring they recover, market value for those possessions, in circumstances where the policy objective of the deprivation measure is not undermined or diminished by ensuring market value is recovered.