Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

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UK Supreme Court
Hearing
13 October 2026
R v Field (Respondent)
Lord Reed,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Simler
Were the directions given to the jury by the trial judge in this case right in law? Did the Court of Appeal correctly understand and apply R v Kennedy (No 2) [2007] UKHL 38, and should the Supreme Court reconsider that decision?
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?
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?
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)?
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?