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UK Supreme Court
Hearing
24 March 2025
R v Perry (Appellant)
Lord Reed,
Lord Hodge,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt
The issues in this appeal can be grouped into three questions: (1)As certified by the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland, is the interpretation of a defence statement provided under Part 1 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 a question of law for the trial judge? (2)Was the search of the appellant’s property lawful and if not what are the consequences of that unlawfulness? (3)Does the application to the appellant of the sentencing regime provided for by article 15A of the Terorism Act 2002 breach Article 7 of the European Convention of Human Rights?
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UKSC/2024/0058 R v Perry (Appellant) No 2
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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
24 March 2025
Keith Rolle and another (Respondents) v Raymond Meadows (Appellant)
Lord Sales,
Lord Stephens,
Lord Richards,
Lady Simler,
Dame Janice Pereira
Is the Appellant entitled to an order for possession of the disputed land on the basis that the Respondents are trespassers who have not acquired a possessory title by adverse possession?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Judgment
24 March 2025
National Bank of Anguilla (Private Banking and Trust) Ltd (in Administration) and another (Appellants) v Chief Minister of Anguilla and 3 others (Respondents) (Anguilla)
Lord Reed,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose
Should leave to apply for judicial review have been (and should now be) granted? The issues on appeal include: 1. The correct approach to be applied on an appeal from a judge’s refusal to grant leave to apply for judicial review. 2. Whether the Appellants have a sufficiently arguable case for leave to apply for judicial review to be granted. 3. Whether the judge’s refusal to grant leave exceeded the ambit within which reasonable disagreement is possible. 4. Whether there is a relevant decision that the Chief Minister of Anguilla (the First Respondent) or the Executive Council of Anguilla could properly have made which would be the subject of the judicial review.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Judgment
24 March 2025
Marcia Ayers-Caesar (Respondent) v The Judicial and Legal Service Commission (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Reed,
Lord Hodge,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose,
Lady Simler
Did the Judicial and Legal Services Commission act in breach of section 137 of the Constitution in procuring the Appellant’s resignation as a High Court Judge?
UK Supreme Court
Judgment
26 March 2025
R (on the application of The Spitalfields Historic Building Trust) (Appellant) v London Borough of Tower Hamlets and another (Respondents)
Lord Reed,
Lord Sales,
Lord Hamblen,
Lady Rose,
Lord Richards
Is it lawful for a local authority's constitution to restrict voting by members on a deferred application for planning permission to those who had been present at the meeting(s) at which the application had previously been considered?