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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?