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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
9 July 2026
Warren Cassell (Respondent) v The King (Appellant) (Montserrat)
Lord Briggs,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Snowden
Did the Court of Appeal err in finding: (i) that there was no case to answer because no documents were properly admitted as evidence? (ii) a miscarriage of justice had occurred because the prosecution had shown documents to the jury that had not been tendered into evidence?
Linked cases
JCPC/2025/0031/A Warren Cassell (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Montserrat) No 2
Cross Appeal
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
14 July 2026
Dominic Pitilal (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Reed,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lady Rose,
Lord Doherty
1) Was the President’s Proclamation No 8 of 2011 of a state of public emergency contrary to the Constitution and therefore unlawful? 2) Were the Regulations issued under this Proclamation justified by reference to the state of public emergency? 3) If so, were the arrests and detentions of the appellants under these Regulations nonetheless unlawful?
Linked cases
JCPC/2025/0074 Ashmeed Mohammed (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Legal Issue
JCPC/2025/0073 Earl Elie (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Legal Issue
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
14 July 2026
Ashmeed Mohammed (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Reed,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lady Rose,
Lord Doherty
1) Was the President’s Proclamation No 8 of 2011 of a state of public emergency contrary to the Constitution and therefore unlawful? 2) Were the Regulations issued under this Proclamation justified by reference to the state of public emergency? 3) If so, were the arrests and detentions of the appellants under these Regulations nonetheless unlawful?
Linked cases
JCPC/2025/0072 Dominic Pitilal (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Legal Issue
JCPC/2025/0073 Earl Elie (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Legal Issue
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
14 July 2026
Earl Elie (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Reed,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lady Rose,
Lord Doherty
1) Was the President’s Proclamation No 8 of 2011 of a state of public emergency contrary to the Constitution and therefore unlawful? 2) Were the Regulations issued under this Proclamation justified by reference to the state of public emergency? 3) If so, were the arrests and detentions of the appellants under these Regulations nonetheless unlawful?
Linked cases
JCPC/2025/0072 Dominic Pitilal (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Legal Issue
JCPC/2025/0074 Ashmeed Mohammed (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Legal Issue
UK Supreme Court
Judgment
14 July 2026
R (Respondent) v McCafferty and others (Appellants)
Lord Reed,
Lord Sales,
Lord Leggatt,
Lady Simler,
Lord Doherty
Does obstructing access to, and exit from, a private site by blocking a private road leading up to it involve an interference with “rights that may be exercised or enjoyed by the public at large” for the purposes of the statutory offence of public nuisance?