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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UK Supreme Court
Judgment
18 February 2026
CCC (by her mother and litigation friend MMM) (Appellant) v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Respondent)
Lord Reed,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose
Can a young child claimant recover damages for financial loss caused by her inability to work during the years of expected life she has lost due to the defendant’s clinical negligence (“lost years damages”)?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Judgment
22 February 2026
Lutchmienarine Ragoonanan and 8 others (Respondents) v Vashti Ramlal and 2 others (Appellants) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Reed,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lady Rose
Did the Court of Appeal err in overturning the High Court’s findings of fact in relation to the rights of the Appellants to various parts of the deceased’s estate?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
24 February 2026
Michael Siew Loong Ng (Appellant) v Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (Respondent)
Lord Sales,
Lord Burrows,
Lady Simler
(1) Whether the admissions made by the Appellant before the Disciplinary Committee of the Respondent (the “Disciplinary Committee”) should be vacated on appeal? (2) Whether “new” evidence produced by the Appellant since the original hearing should be admissible?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
2 March 2026
Fay Chang Rhule (Appellant) v Angela Smith and another (Respondents) (Jamaica)
Lord Sales,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Briggs,
Lady Rose,
Lord Richards
Is there a duty on an Attorney-at-Law to look behind a foreign power of attorney which is regular on its face and satisfies the relevant statutory provisions, and contains no express requirement on its face to look behind it?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
10 March 2026
Jim Peter Grant and two others (Respondents) v Glenda Jackman and three others (Appellants) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Briggs,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lady Rose,
Lord Doherty
For the purposes of establishing ownership of a property, does section 16(1) of the Registration of Deeds Act mean that a deed which is registered earlier takes priority over a deed which is registered later, even if the former was executed after the latter?