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UK Supreme Court
Hearing
20 May 2026
Forthwell Limited (Appellant) v Pontegadea UK Limited (Respondent)
Lord Reed,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Simler,
Lord Doherty,
Lord Hodge
In what circumstances can a party to a contract recover damages for a breach of that contract in respect of losses that were sustained not by the contracting party itself but by its subsidiary?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
21 May 2026
Barton Turns Developments Limited (Appellant) v Treadwell (Respondent)
(1) Does section 47B(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (the “ERA”) prevent an employee from bringing a claim under section 47B ERA against a co-worker and/or their employer for being subjected to detriment where that detriment amounts to a dismissal? (2) Were the Court of Appeal bound to apply the earlier decision of Timis v Osipov [2018] EWCA Civ 2321 (“Osipov”) on section 47B(2) ERA in the present appeals and was that decision correctly decided?
Linked cases
UKSC/2026/0005 Rice (Respondent) v Wicked Vision Limited (Appellant)
Legal Issue
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
21 May 2026
Rice (Respondent) v Wicked Vision Limited (Appellant)
Lord Reed,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose,
Lady Simler,
Lord Doherty
(1) Does section 47B(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (the “ERA”) prevent an employee from bringing a claim under section 47B ERA against a co-worker and/or their employer for being subjected to detriment where that detriment amounts to a dismissal? (2) Were the Court of Appeal bound to apply the earlier decision of Timis v Osipov [2018] EWCA Civ 2321 (“Osipov”) on section 47B(2) ERA in the present appeals and was that decision correctly decided?
Linked cases
UKSC/2026/0008 Barton Turns Developments Limited (Appellant) v Treadwell (Respondent)
Legal Issue
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Judgment
22 May 2026
Uriah Woods (Appellant) v The State (Respondent) No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Reed,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Doherty,
Sir Anthony Smellie
(1) Should fresh psychiatric evidence regarding the appellant, obtained after his conviction for murder, be admitted and considered by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council? (2) Does the fresh psychiatric evidence show that the appellant was not guilty of murder but of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility or, alternatively, that the appellant was not fit to plead or stand trial? (3) Did the trial judge materially misdirect the jury as to the elements of the defence of provocation?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
8 July 2026
The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago and others (Respondents) v Jason Jones (Appellant) (Trinidad & Tobago)
Lord Reed,
Lord Sales,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Briggs,
Lady Rose
Do sections 13 and 16 of the Sexual Offences Act 1986 (the “Act”) repeal and re-enact sections 59, 60 and 61 of the Offence Against the Person Act 1925 and so fall within section 6 of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (the “Constitution”)? Do sections 13 and 16 of the Act infringe the fundamental rights guaranteed by section 4 of the Constitution? Are sections 13 and 16 of the Act reasonably justifiable, in whole or in part, in a society which has proper respect for the rights and freedoms of the individual?