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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
17 November 2025
Uniform Building Contractors Ltd (Respondent) v The Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lady Rose,
Lord Richards,
Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Coulson
Whether compliance with conditions precedent to payment in a FIDIC contract is essential in order to enable a contractor to recover payment for variations alleged to have been made.
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
18 November 2025
AXA Insurance UK PLC and another (Appellants) v Commissioners of Inland Revenue and another (Respondents)
Lord Hodge,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lady Rose,
Lord Richards
Was the Court of Appeal correct to hold that (A) whether the claims are time-barred has not been finally determined in the Prudential test case, and should be determined in the present proceedings by applying the law as it stands now (“Limitation Issue”); (B) GREA is not entitled to a claim in restitution for payment of unlawful advance corporation tax utilised against lawful tax or repaid before the issue of its claim (“Set-off Issue”); and (C) by 1 April 2010, the Appellants had not pleaded a claim in restitution for the recovery of unlawful tax paid as a result of their inability to offset unused double taxation relief credit (“Pleading Issue”)?
UK Supreme Court
Judgment
19 November 2025
Simkova (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Respondent)
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Sales,
Lord Hamblen,
Lady Rose,
Lord Richards
(i) Is the child element of universal credit (“UC”) a family benefit under article 3(1)(j) of the Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems; and (ii) Is it necessary for the Supreme Court to refer the matter to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) under article 158 of the Withdrawal Agreement?
UK Supreme Court
Judgment
19 November 2025
In the matter of an application by JR87 and another for Judicial Review (Appellant)
Lord Reed,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Stephens
Do religious education and collective worship provided in a school in Northern Ireland breach the rights of a child, and the child’s parents, under Article 2 of the First Protocol (“A2P1”) to the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”) read with Article 9 ECHR?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
20 November 2025
R v BDN (Appellant)
Lord Reed,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Sales,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Richards
(1) Do the terms of s.12(1A) of the Terrorism Act 2000 (“the TA”) represent a disproportionate interference with the appellants’ rights under article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”)? In the event that they do, is it possible to read down the terms of the offence to render them compatible? (2) What is the mental element in relation to the offence under s.12(1A)?
Linked cases
UKSC/2025/0079 R v ABJ (Appellant)
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