Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

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UK Supreme Court
Hearing
17 March 2026
R (on the application of Bano) (Appellant) v London Borough of Waltham Forest (Respondent)
Lord Reed,
Lord Sales,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose
Whether a local authority’s duty to house homeless applicants under section 193 of the Housing Act 1996 ends by operation of law or whether the local authority is required to make a decision that the duty has ended.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Judgment
17 March 2026
Fay Chang Rhule (Appellant) v Angela Smith and another (Respondents) (Jamaica)
Lord Sales,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Hamblen,
Lady Rose
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
19 March 2026
Manhattan Coffee Investment Holding (in liquidation) (Respondent) v Stephen Mbugua Mwagiru (Appellant) (Mauritius)
Lord Briggs,
Lord Leggatt,
Lady Rose,
Lord Richards,
Lord Doherty
Did the Court of Appeal err (1) by concluding that the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of Mauritius had granted the Appellant leave under section 154(1)(c) of the Insolvency Act to continue the Plaint in the name and on behalf of the Respondent; and (2) by failing to treat the application as one to enable the Appellant to apply under the Court’s inherent jurisdiction and section 174(3)(a) of the Insolvency Act for leave to continue the Plaint as a derivative claim?
Linked cases
JCPC/2025/0044 Manhattan Coffee Investment Holding (in liquidation) (Respondent) v Stephen Mbugua Mwagiru (Appellant) (Mauritius) No 2
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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Judgment
19 March 2026
A and 6 others (Appellants) v C and 13 others (Respondents)
Lord Reed,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose,
Lord Richards
In exercising the Consent Powers, do the Protectors have the Wider Role or the Narrow Role?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
24 March 2026
Richard Taylor Assistant Superintendent of Police (Respondent) v Natalie Natasha Spring and another (Appellants) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Reed,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Stephens,
Lord Doherty
Did the Court of Appeal err in its interpretation of the Civil Asset Recovery and Management and Unexplained Wealth Act No.8 of 2019 (the “Act”) in finding that the Preliminary Unexplained Wealth Order (“PUWO”) originally imposed under that Act and then set aside by the High Court could be reinstated, including as against the Estate of Sheldon Spring?