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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
12 October 2026
Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v Favianna Gajadhar (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Sales,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Leggatt,
Lady Simler,
Lord Snowden
Was the Court of Appeal correct to set aside the trial judge’s findings that the Appellant’s right to property had been deprived under section 4(a) of the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago? If so, was the Court of Appeal entitled to reduce the Appellant’s costs of the appeal by 50%?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
13 October 2026
R v Field (Respondent)
Lord Reed,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Simler
Were the directions given to the jury by the trial judge in this case right in law? Did the Court of Appeal correctly understand and apply R v Kennedy (No 2) [2007] UKHL 38, and should the Supreme Court reconsider that decision?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
13 October 2026
Denise Kitson (Appellant) v Roger Phynn (Respondent) (Jamaica)
Lord Sales,
Lord Briggs,
Lady Rose,
Lord Doherty,
Lord Doherty
(1) Can a solicitor’s right to a lien over their client’s documents for unpaid fees be defeated by the power of a liquidator under section 45 of the Co-operative Societies Act to compel the production of documents? (2) Were there any issues with the service of the warrant for commitment to prison by failing to serve the documents on the Appellant personally?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
14 October 2026
R (on the application of Campbell) (Appellant) v His Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales (Respondent)
Lord Reed,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose,
Lady Simler,
Lord Doherty
(1) Is the exercise of the Attorney General’s power to allow or refuse to allow an application to be made for an inquest to be re-opened amenable to Judicial Review? (2) If so, on what grounds may the Attorney General’s exercise of that power be reviewed?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
19 October 2026
Caribbean Airlines Ltd (Appellant) v Communication Transport and General Workers' Union (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Sales,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Simler
Did the Court of Appeal err in upholding the Industrial Court’s ruling that the Appellant is the successor to British West Indian Airways and therefore bound to recognise the Respondent as one of its recognised majority unions under the Industrial Relations Act?