Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
15 April 2026
Unicomer (St Vincent) Ltd (Appellant) v Appeal Commissioners and another (Respondents) (St Vincent and the Grenadines)
(1) Is an arrangement under which the appellant obtained insurance from an insurer who reinsured the risk with an entity related to the appellant, such that 95% of the premiums were ultimately received by that related entity, a transaction falling within the meaning of section 23 of the Income Tax Act, Chapter 435 (“ITA”)? (2) Is the appellant required to pay withholding tax on the premiums received by its related entity pursuant to section 66 of the ITA? (3) Are profits made by the appellant from hire-purchase agreements taxable at the time the agreements were entered into or upon receipt of the hirer’s instalments under section 9 of the ITA?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
21 April 2026
R v McCafferty and others (Appellants)
Did individuals charged with an offence contrary to section 78(1) and (4) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Court Act 2022 (“the 2022 Act”) of the 2022 Act have “no case to answer”, on the basis that there was no evidence before the jury of an essential element of the offence?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
23 April 2026
Wycliffe Baird (Appellant) v David Goldgar and four others (Respondents) (St Christopher and Nevis)
Lord Reed,
Lord Hamblen,
Lady Simler,
Lord Doherty,
Dame Sarah Falk
Did the Court of Appeal err in striking out the Appellant’s appeal for want of prosecution and/or abuse of process?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
27 April 2026
Tesla, Inc and another (Appellants) v Interdigital Patent Holdings and others (Respondents)
Do the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction to determine disputes as to what licence terms are fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory at the request of an implementor rather than a patent owner, where the licence is offered by an intermediary as part of a pool or platform of patents?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
5 May 2026
The Estate of Claudia Edwards Bethel (Respondent) v Attorney General of The Bahamas and another (Appellants) (The Bahamas)
Lord Reed,
Lord Sales,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Burrows,
Dame Amanda Yip
Whether the Court of Appeal erred by: (1) Holding the Appellants do not have a statutory right of appeal to the Privy Council. (2) Ruling that Mrs Bethel was unlawfully detained between 1 am and 3 pm on Saturday 13 December 2014; (3) Ruling that the State (or some of the appellants) are vicariously liable for the acts of Mr Bastian.