Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

We are the court of final appeal for the UK overseas territories and Crown dependencies. It also serves those Commonwealth countries that have retained the appeal to His Majesty in Council or, in the case of republics, to the Judicial Committee.

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The Court will be closed on December 25th and 26th and January 1st. The last entry time on December 31st will be at 13:00, while on December 29th, 30th, and January 2nd, the last entry will be at 16:00.

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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
20 January 2025
Kenneth M Krys (as Liquidator of Fairfield Sentry Ltd (In Liquidation)) (Appellant) v Farnum Place LLC (Respondent) (Virgin Islands)
When a court considers whether a claimant should be permitted to appeal the decision of a foreign court, must it take into account the fact that the foreign appellate court’s decision has, in fact, already heard and allowed the appeal in question?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
21 January 2025
Brown (Respondent) v Ridley and another (Appellants)
What is the period of ten years in which an applicant for registration as the owner of land over on the basis of adverse possession must hold the reasonable belief that they were the owner of that land under paragraph 5(4)(c) of Schedule 6 of the Land Registration Act 2002?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
20 October 2025
A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998
Lord Reed,
Lord Hodge
Does the Minister of Health for Northern Ireland have the power to revise the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice (“the Code”) so that persons aged 16 and over who lack capacity to make decisions about their care and treatment can give valid consent to their confinement through the expression of their wishes and feelings?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
30 October 2025
Rubis Bahamas Ltd (Appellant) v Lillian Antionette Russell (Respondent) (The Bahamas)
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lady Rose
(1) Can claims for unliquidated damages exceeding $4,000 give rise to appeals to the JCPC as of right under section 23(1) of the Bahamas Court of Appeal Act (the “CA Act”)? (2) Does the rule in Rylands v Fletcher impose strict liability on a landowner and lessor who neither occupies the land, nor owns or controls the dangerous thing? (3) Is the storage of fuel underground a “non-natural use of land” for the purposes of the rule in Rylands v Fletcher?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
2 November 2025
Crozier or Veale and others (Respondents) v Scottish Power UK Plc (Appellant)
Lord Reed,
Lord Burrows
Does the Damages (Scotland) Act 2011 entitle the relatives of a deceased person to claim damages following his death from asbestos-related mesothelioma, notwithstanding the prior settlement of a separate claim brought by the deceased for other asbestos-related injuries?