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The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
We are the final court of appeal in the UK for civil cases, and for criminal cases from England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Supreme Court hears cases of the greatest public or constitutional importance affecting the whole population.
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- Ricardo Farrington (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Bahamas)
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Judgment
22 April 2025
Lord Hodge,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Stephens,
Dame Janice Pereira
Should the Appellant be re-sentenced for murder in light of the Privy Council's decision in Bowe and another v The Queen [2006] UKPC 10?
- Methanex Trinidad (Titan) Unlimited (Appellant) v The Board of Inland Revenue (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Judgment
22 April 2025
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Hamblen,
Lady Rose,
Lord Richards,
Lady Simler
Should dividends paid by the appellant to its sole shareholder, incorporated in Barbados, be subject to withholding tax at a rate of 5% if identical amounts were subsequently transferred, ultimately, to a parent company incorporated in Canada?
- Standish (Appellant) v Standish (Respondent)
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
30 April 2025
Lord Reed,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Simler
When does non-matrimonial property become matrimonial property in the context of financial remedy proceedings, and how should the sharing principle be applied to such property?
- Cayman Shores Development Ltd and another (Respondents) v The Proprietors, Strata Plan No.79 (known as Lion's Court) and others (Appellants) (Cayman Islands)
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
30 April 2025
Lord Hodge,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Sales,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Richards
Are rights to play golf, tennis and to enjoy facilities on certain land in Grand Cayman and associated restrictive agreements binding upon the current owners of that land?
- Garet O Finlayson and another (Appellants) v Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation (Respondent) (Bahamas)
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
6 May 2025
Lord Sales,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose
Did the courts below err in finding that the respondent had not breached its duty to take reasonable care to sell a secured asset for the best price reasonably obtainable, in order to settle a debt owed by the appellants to the respondent?
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- Abbasi and another (Respondents) v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Appellant)
9 April 2025
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