Court Sittings

The Term Dates for year 2026 are below: Hilary: Monday 12 January to Wednesday 1 April Easter: Tuesday 14 April to Friday 22 May Trinity: Tuesday 2 June to Friday 31 July Michaelmas: Thursday 1 October to Monday 21 December

Hilary Term 2026

Monday, 12 January to Wednesday, 1 April
(Sittings commence: 11:00am Monday, 10:30am on Tuesday – Thursday)

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Hearing Start DateHearing End DateCourtroom Case IDCase DetailsJustices
12-Jan-20261SWEARING IN
26-Jan-202627-Jan-20263JCPC/2024/0087


and 

JCPC/2024/0088
Ian Green (Respondent) v Public Service Commission (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)

and

Ian Green and another (Respondents) v Public Service Commission (Appellant) No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago)

1.5 days

*Note adjusted times - 1 - 3 PM / 3.20 -5.50 PM
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lord Briggs
Lord Burrows
Lord Doherty
Sir Anthony Smellie
27-Jan-202627-Jan-20261UKSC/2025/0024Akbars Restaurant (Middlesbrough) Limited (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)

1 day

Lord Sales
Lord Hamblen
Lord Leggatt
Lady Rose
Lady Simler
28-Jan-202629-Jan-20261UKSC/2025/0028Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Respondent) v BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP (Appellant)

1.5 days
Lord Briggs
Lord Hamblen
Lord Burrows
Lord Richards
Lady Simler
28-Jan-202629-Jan-20263JCPC/2025/0022Uriah Woods (Appellant) v The State (Respondent) No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago)

2 days
Lord Reed
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lord Leggatt
Lord Stephens
Sir Anthony Smellie
03-Feb-202604-Feb-20261UKSC/2025/0069Orsted West of Duddon Sands (UK) Limited and others (Respondents) v Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (Appellant)

1.5 days
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lord Hamblen
Lord Burrows
Lady Rose
Lord Richards
04-Feb-202605-Feb-20263UKSC/2025/0039In the matter of X and Y (Children: Adoption Order: Setting Aside)

1.5 days
Lord Reed
Lord Sales
Lord Stephens
Lady Simler
Lord Doherty
10-Feb-202610-Feb-20263JCPC/2025/0018


JCPC/2025/0019
Chandradev Appadoo (Appellant) v SBM Bank (Mauritius) Ltd (Respondent) (Mauritius)

/

Chandradev Appadoo (Respondent) v SBM Bank (Mauritius) Ltd (Appellant) No 2 (Mauritius)

1 day
Lord Reed
Lady Rose
Lord Richards
Lady Simler
Lord Doherty
11-Feb-202612-Feb-20261UKSC/2025/0067, 


UKSC/2025/0068
Gatwick Investment Limited and others (Appellants) v Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE (Respondent)

and

Bath Racecourse Company Limited and others (Appellants) v Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE and others (Respondents)

1.5 days
Lord Reed
Lord Briggs
Lord Hamblen
Lord Leggatt
Lord Burrows
11-Feb-202612-Feb-20262UKSC/2025/0090Skatteforvaltningen (The Danish Customs and Tax Administration) (Appellant) v MCML Ltd (previously known as ED&F Man Capital Markets Ltd) (Respondent)

2 days
Lord Sales
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lady Rose
Lady Simler
Lord Doherty
16-Feb-202616-Feb-20263JCPC/2024/0069Avaria Niles (Respondent) v Judicial and Legal Service Commission and another (Appellants) (Trinidad and Tobago)

1 day
Lord Sales
Lord Briggs
Lord Burrows
Lady Simler
Lord Justice Colton
17-Feb-202617-Feb-20263JCPC/2024/0075Carleen McFarlane (Appellant) v General Legal Council (Respondent) (Jamaica)

0.5 days
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lord Richards
Lady Simler
18-Feb-202618-Feb-20263JCPC/2025/0007Wycliffe Baird (Appellant) v David Goldgar and four others (Respondents) (St Christopher and Nevis)

1 day
Lord Reed
Lord Hamblen
Lady Simler
Lord Doherty
Dame Sarah Falk
24-Feb-202624-Feb-20263JCPC/2025/0069Michael Siew Loong Ng (Appellant) v Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (Respondent)

1 day
Lord Sales Lord Burrows Lady Simler
02-Mar-202602-Mar-20263JCPC/2025/0004Fay Chang Rhule (Appellant) v Angela Smith and another (Respondents) (Jamaica)

1 day
Lord Sales Lord Lloyd-Jones Lord Briggs Lady Rose Lord Richards
10-Mar-202610-Mar-20263JCPC/2024/0102Jim Peter Grant and two others (Respondents) v Glenda Jackman and three others (Appellants) (Trinidad and Tobago)

1 day
Lord Briggs Lord Hamblen Lord Leggatt Lady Rose Lord Doherty
16-Mar-202616-Mar-20263JCPC/2024/1004Caribbean Airlines Ltd (Appellant) v Communication Transport and General Workers' Union (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

2 Hours
Lord Sales Lord Hamblen Lord Stephens
17-Mar-202617-Mar-20261UKSC/2025/0050R (on the application of Bano) (Appellant) v London Borough of Waltham Forest (Respondent)

1 day
Lord Reed
Lord Sales
Lord Hamblen
Lord Stephens
Lady Rose
19-Mar-202619-Mar-20263JCPC/2025/0043,



JCPC/2025/0044
Manhattan Coffee Investment Holding (in liquidation) (Respondent) v Stephen Mbugua Mwagiru (Appellant) (Mauritius)

and

Manhattan Coffee Investment Holding (in liquidation) (Respondent) v Stephen Mbugua Mwagiru (Appellant) (Mauritius) No 2
Lord Briggs
Lord Leggatt
Lady Rose
Lord Richards Lord Doherty
24-Mar-202624-Mar-20263JCPC/2023/0103Richard Taylor Assistant Superintendent of Police (Respondent) v Natalie Natasha Spring and another (Appellants) (Trinidad and Tobago)

1 day
Lord Reed
Lord Leggatt
Lord Burrows
Lord Stephens 
Lord Doherty 
25-Mar-202625-Mar-20263JCPC/2025/0048April Raquel Penn (Appellant) v First Caribbean International Bank (Bahamas) Ltd (Respondent) (Bahamas)

0.5 days
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lord Richards
Lord Doherty
26-Mar-202626-Mar-20263JCPC/2023/0067Anthony Noel Hosein (formerly Anthony Noel Egbert) (Appellant) v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

1 day
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lord Hamblen
Lord Leggatt
Lord Stephens
Lady Rose
01-Apr-2025Last day of term