Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

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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?
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?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
15 December 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,
Lord Lloyd-Jones
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
Judgment
30 September 2026
Test entry - Ennismore Fund Management Ltd (Respondent) v Fenris Consulting Ltd (Appellant) (Cayman Islands)
Lord Briggs,
Lord Sales,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose,
Dame Kate Thirlwall
Did the Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands err in respect of (i) the basis on which it calculated the damages payable to Fenris and (ii) its decision that the period of loss ended at the first instance judgment in 2012, rather than in May 2016.