Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  12 August 2026

  Margot Serra and 5 others (Appellants) v His Majesty’s Attorney General for Gibraltar (Respondent)

  Lord Lloyd-Jones,

  Lady Simler,

  Lord Snowden

  Whether the first instance judge erred in his application of the law as to whether assets were recoverable as property obtained through unlawful conduct.

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• UK Supreme Court

  Judgment

  12 August 2026

  Augustine (Appellant) v Data Cars Limited (Respondent)

  Lord Lloyd-Jones,

  Lord Hamblen,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lord Richards,

  Lady Simler

  Does Regulation 5 of the Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (the “Part-Time Workers Regulations”) apply if a worker’s part-time status is an effective cause, but not the sole cause, of their less favourable treatment?

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• UK Supreme Court

  Hearing

  4 November 2026

  R (on the application of Ammori) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)

  Was the decision of the Secretary of State for the Home Department to proscribe Palestine Action under section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2000 lawful?

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• UK Supreme Court

  Hearing

  12 January 2027

  Townsend (Appellant) v Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (Respondent)

  Is there an obligation on an NHS commissioning body to apply to the Court of Protection to resolve disputes about medical treatment (including life-sustaining treatment) where the treatment sought on behalf of an incapacitated patient is not being offered by the patient’s treating clinicians because they have concluded that such treatment is clinically inappropriate? Was the Court of Appeal wrong not to order interim relief under section 48 Mental Capacity Act 2005?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2026/0044 Townsend (Respondent) v Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (Appellant)

  Legal Issue

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• UK Supreme Court

  Hearing

  12 January 2027

  Townsend (Respondent) v Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (Appellant)

  Is there an obligation on an NHS commissioning body to apply to the Court of Protection to resolve disputes about medical treatment (including life-sustaining treatment) where the treatment sought on behalf of an incapacitated patient is not being offered by the patient’s treating clinicians because they have concluded that such treatment is clinically inappropriate?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2026/0050 Townsend (Appellant) v Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (Respondent)

  Legal Issue

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