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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
11 November 2025
Gedeon Mahabir (Appellant) v Public Service Commission and another (Respondents) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Sales,
Lady Rose,
Lady Simler
What is the correct interpretation of Section 121(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Regulation 168 of the Public Service Commission Regulations (“Reg. 168”) in the context of prison officer promotions?
UK Supreme Court
Judgment
12 November 2025
Daly (Appellant) v His Majesty's Advocate (Respondent) (Scotland)
Lord Reed,
Lord Hodge,
Lord Hamblen,
Lady Rose,
Lady Simler
1. Is the Scottish courts’ current approach to the admission of evidence concerning the complainer’s credibility or reliability in trials for sexual offences liable to infringe defendants’ rights to a fair trial under article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights? 2. Were Mr Daly’s rights under article 6 infringed at his trial?
Linked cases
UKSC/2023/0123 Keir (Appellant) v His Majesty's Advocate (Respondent) (Scotland)
Legal issue
UK Supreme Court
Judgment
12 November 2025
King Crude Carriers SA and others (Appellants) v Ridgebury November LLC and others (Respondents)
Lord Reed,
Lord Hodge,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Stephens
(1) Whether there is a principle in English law that a condition in a contract, which would give rise to a debt owed by a party if fulfilled, should be treated as fulfilled (or dispensed with or waived) where that party wrongfully prevents the condition from being satisfied? (2) If this principle is not part of English law, does contractual interpretation or an implied term lead to the same result on the facts? (3) At what point do the deposits accrue as a debt under the contracts concerned?
UK Supreme Court
Judgment
12 November 2025
Keir (Appellant) v His Majesty's Advocate (Respondent) (Scotland)
Lord Reed,
Lord Hodge,
Lord Hamblen,
Lady Rose,
Lady Simler
1. Is the Scottish courts’ current approach to the admission of evidence concerning the complainer’s sexual history in trials for sexual offences liable to infringe defendants’ rights to a fair trial under article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights? 2. Were Mr Keir’s rights under article 6 infringed at his trial?
Linked cases
UKSC/2023/0107 Daly (Appellant) v His Majesty's Advocate (Respondent) (Scotland)
Legal issue
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
17 November 2025
Uniform Building Contractors Ltd (Respondent) v The Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lady Rose,
Lord Richards,
Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Coulson
Whether compliance with conditions precedent to payment in a FIDIC contract is essential in order to enable a contractor to recover payment for variations alleged to have been made.