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Judicial sittings for Hilary Term 2023

View UKSC Hilary Term sittings

Wednesday 11th January – Wednesday 5th April (Sititngs commernce: 11:00am Monday, 10:30am on Tuesday - Thursday)

Judicial sittings for Hilary Term 2023
Date Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Justices
Wednesday 11th January Start of Term
Thursday 12th January James Miller (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Bahamas)
JCPC 2019/0115
Courtroom 3
1 day
L Lloyd–Jones
L Burrows
L Stephens
L Rose
L Turnbull (Scotland)
Tuesday 17th January Attorney General (Appellant) v Shannon Tyreck Rolle and 4 others (Respondents) (Bahamas)
JCPC 2022/0015
Courtroom 3
1 day
L Lloyd–Jones
L Leggatt
L Burrows
L Stephens
Sir Mark Horner (NI)
Wednesday 18th January Lea Lilly Perry and another (Appellants) v Lopag Trust Reg and another (Respondents) No 2 (Cayman Islands)
JCPC 2022/0014
Courtroom 1
2 days
L Hodge
L Lloyd–Jones
L Briggs
L Kitchin
L Sales
L Stephens
L Richards
Wednesday 25th January Tafari Morrison (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Jamaica)
JCPC 2021/0041
Courtroom 3
1.5 days
L Reed
L Sales
L Stephens
L Rose
Sir Declan Morgan
Wednesday 1st February Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v Harridath Maharaj (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
JCPC 2021/0046
Courtroom 3
1 day
L Briggs
L Kitchin
L Burrows
L Rose
L Richards
Tuesday 7th February Douglas Ngumi (Appellant) v The Attorney General of The Bahamas and 3 others (Respondents) (Bahamas)
JCPC 2022/0036
Courtroom 3
1 day
L Briggs
L Kitchin
L Sales
L Richards
Dame Ingrid Simler
Wednesday 8th February Tan Chi Fang and 3 others (Respondents) v His Majesty’s Attorney General (Appellant) (Jersey)
JCPC 2020/0012
Tan Chi Fang and 3 others (Respondents) v His Majesty’s Attorney General (Appellant) (Jersey) No 2
JCPC 2020/0018
Robert Tantular (Appellant) v His Majesty’s Attorney General (Jersey)
JCPC 2021/0010
Courtroom 3
1.5 days
L Sales
L Hamblen
L Leggatt
L Stephens
L Rose
Tuesday 14th February Rodriguez Jean Pierre (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Bahamas)
JCPC 2021/0105
Courtroom 3
1 day
L Lloyd–Jones
L Sales
L Hamblen
L Rose
L Richards
Monday 27th February Ernest Hilaire (Appellant) v Allen Chastanet (Respondent) (Saint Lucia)
JCPC 2021/0007
Courtroom 3
The Board will sit at 1.00pm until 4.00pm
3 hours
L Lloyd–Jones
L Leggatt
L Burrows
L Stephens
L Rose
Wednesday 1st March Charles Edward Porter and another (Respondents) v Robert Stokes (Personal Representative of the Estate of Walter Edward Stokes, deceased) (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
JCPC 2021/0032
Courtroom 3
1 day
L Briggs
L Kitchin
L Sales
L Burrows
L Rose
Wednesday 15th March Ravi Balgobin Maharaj (Appellant) v The Cabinet of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and another (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
JCPC 2023/0016
Courtroom 1
1 day
L Reed
L Hodge
L Briggs
L Kitchin
L Richards
Tuesday 21st March Winston Finzi (Appellant) v Jamaican Redevelopment Foundation Inc. and others (Respondents) (Jamaica)
JCPC 2020/0016
Courtroom 3
1 day
L Lloyd–Jones
L Hamblen
L Leggatt
L Rose
L Richards
Wednesday 22nd March Traille Caribbean Ltd (Appellant) v Cable & Wireless Jamaica Ltd T/A Lime (Respondent) (Jamaica)
JCPC 2021/0028
Courtroom 3
1 day
L Briggs
L Kitchin
L Hamblen
L Burrows
L Richards
Monday 27th March The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Social Development and Family Services and another (Respondents) v Ruth Peters (Appellant) (Trinidad & Tobago)
JCPC 2021/0021
Courtroom 3
1 day
L Briggs
L Sales
L Hamblen
L Burrows
L Stephens
Tuesday 28th March Vincent Ariste (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Bahamas)

JCPC 2019/0010
Courtroom 3
1 day
L Lloyd–Jones
L Kitchin
L Hamblen
L Leggatt
L Burrows
Wednesday 5th April Last day of term