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JCPC/2025/0063
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment scheduled[2026] UKPC 31Case summary:These appeals concern allegations of clinical negligence following Aeden’s birth. The issues raised for the JCPC’s consideration all concern findings of fact in relation to the cause of Aeden’s cerebral palsy. In Dr Abdulla’s appeal (JCPC/2025/0063), and in Surgi-Med Clinic Co Ltd’s cross-appeal (JCPC/2025/0065/A) (1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to reverse the High Court’s finding of fact as to the timing of Dr Abdulla’s arrival? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to find that causation was inevitably proved against Dr Abdulla, if it was proved that he arrived at 4am? In Aeden Balwah’s appeal (JCPC/2025/0065) (1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to uphold the High Court’s finding that it had not been proved that Surgi-Med Clinic Co Ltd’s breach of duty caused Aeden Balwah’s cerebral palsy?
Linked casesLast updated: 24 August 2026
JCPC/2025/0065/A
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment scheduled[2026] UKPC 31Case summary:These appeals concern allegations of clinical negligence following Aeden’s birth. The issues raised for the JCPC’s consideration all concern findings of fact in relation to the cause of Aeden’s cerebral palsy. In Dr Abdulla’s appeal (JCPC/2025/0063), and in Surgi-Med Clinic Co Ltd’s cross-appeal (JCPC/2025/0065/A) (1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to reverse the High Court’s finding of fact as to the timing of Dr Abdulla’s arrival? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to find that causation was inevitably proved against Dr Abdulla, if it was proved that he arrived at 4am? In Aeden Balwah’s appeal (JCPC/2025/0065) (1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to uphold the High Court’s finding that it had not been proved that Surgi-Med Clinic Co Ltd’s breach of duty caused Aeden Balwah’s cerebral palsy?
Linked casesLast updated: 24 August 2026
JCPC/2025/0065
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment scheduled[2026] UKPC 31Case summary:These appeals concern allegations of clinical negligence following Aeden’s birth. The issues raised for the JCPC’s consideration all concern findings of fact in relation to the cause of Aeden’s cerebral palsy. In Dr Abdulla’s appeal (JCPC/2025/0063), and in Surgi-Med Clinic Co Ltd’s cross-appeal (JCPC/2025/0065/A) (1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to reverse the High Court’s finding of fact as to the timing of Dr Abdulla’s arrival? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to find that causation was inevitably proved against Dr Abdulla, if it was proved that he arrived at 4am? In Aeden Balwah’s appeal (JCPC/2025/0065) (1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to uphold the High Court’s finding that it had not been proved that Surgi-Med Clinic Co Ltd’s breach of duty caused Aeden Balwah’s cerebral palsy?
Linked casesLast updated: 24 August 2026
JCPC/2026/0075
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 24 August 2026
JCPC/2026/0051
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COURT PROCEDURE
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Should the appellant have been granted permission to appeal against the judge’s refusal to admit his amended defence which was four months late?
Last updated: 20 August 2026
JCPC/2026/0073
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 20 August 2026
JCPC/2025/0047
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment given[2026] UKPC 30Case summary:Is there a binding agreement for the grant of a lease?
Last updated: 20 August 2026
JCPC/2026/0074
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 20 August 2026
JCPC/2026/0072
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 20 August 2026
JCPC/2026/0062
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TORT
Appeal issuedCase summary:This appeal concerns a claim in defamation. Was the judge entitled to find malice, and to reject the defence of fair comment?
Last updated: 20 August 2026
JCPC/2026/0060
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Appeal issuedCase summary:Did the deed of conveyance validly convey the land to the appellant?
Last updated: 20 August 2026
JCPC/2024/0064
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment given[2025] UKPC 37Case summary:Under a 1975 agreement, was the Appellant entitled to purchase: (a) a 56.5 acre parcel of land; or (b) a parcel of land of a size yet to be confirmed?
Last updated: 17 August 2026
JCPC/2024/0045
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COURT PROCEDURE
Judgment given[2025] UKPC 45Case summary:Was the Court of Appeal wrong to reduce the costs that the Appellant could recover from the Respondent? In particular, is there a general rule that brief fees for counsel are irrecoverable as costs in habeas corpus applications?
Last updated: 17 August 2026
JCPC/2026/0033
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ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal act in excess of jurisdiction, or in breach of the requirements of natural justice, by deciding the appeal on a basis which was not pleaded? Did the Court of Appeal err in deciding that the appellant’s Direct Private Party Action was automatically extinguished when the Environmental Management Authority informed the appellant that it had commenced its own enforcement proceedings? Did the Court of Appeal err in making a costs order against the appellant?
Last updated: 17 August 2026
JCPC/2024/0086
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CRIME
Judgment given[2026] UKPC 28Case summary:Whether the first instance judge erred in his application of the law as to whether assets were recoverable as property obtained through unlawful conduct.
Last updated: 17 August 2026
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