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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  29 July 2026

  Devendranath Hurnam (Appellant) v PV Veerabudren (Respondent) (Mauritius)

  Lord Sales,

  Lord Lloyd-Jones,

  Lord Hamblen,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lord Ericht

  Is the Appellant’s claim against a magistrate under section 6 of the Public Officers’ Protection Act 1957 barred by a principle of judicial immunity and/or the Mauritian Civil Code of Procedure?

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Hearing

  6 October 2026

  Ritchie Capital Management LLC and 6 others (Respondents) v Lancelot Investors Fund, Ltd (In Official Liquidation) (Appellant) (Cayman Islands)

  When a company enters liquidation, does time stop running for the purposes of the Cayman Islands Limitation Act (1996 Revision) in respect of all liabilities, including actions based in tort, or just for submitting ‘proofs’ of debt?

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• UK Supreme Court

  Hearing

  2 November 2026

  Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (Respondent) v Sintra Global Inc and another (Appellants)

  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?

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• UK Supreme Court

  Hearing

  23 November 2026

  The Czech Republic (Respondent) v Diag Human SE and another (Appellants)

  Does “control” for the purposes of Article 1(1)(c) of the investment treaty agreed between the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and the Swiss Confederation dated 5 October 1990 (“BIT”) require that the legal entity be controlled de jure, or is de facto control sufficient? What is the test for “de facto” control for the purposes of Article 1(1)(c) BIT? Did the CA err by holding that CR’s objection to Mr Strava’s claim in respect of breaches of the BIT post-dating the alleged disposal of his interest in the qualifying investments was not an objection to “substantive jurisdiction” under section 30 Arbitration Act 1996? Did the Court of Appeal err by ordering that the full BIT award should be paid to Mr Stava despite finding that Diag Human SE was not a qualifying investor for the purposes of the BIT?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2025/0177 The Czech Republic (Appellant) v Diag Human SE and another (Respondents) No 2

  Legal Issue

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• UK Supreme Court

  Hearing

  2 February 2027

  Massa and others (Respondents) v Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (Appellant)

  Can the tort of unlawful means conspiracy be founded on: 1. a civil wrong that is not independently actionable by the claimant? 2. a breach of contract to which the claimant is not a party? 3. a breach of foreign law? 4. conduct that the defendant did not know to be unlawful?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2026/0034 Massa and others (Respondents) v Ecclestone (Appellant)

  Related case

  UKSC/2026/0035 Massa and others (Respondents) v Formula One Management Limited (Appellant)

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