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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
24 February 2025
Imperium Trustees (Jersey) Limited (Respondent) v Jersey Competent Authority and another (Appellants) (Jersey)
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Sales,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Simler
Is the International Co-operation (Protection from Liability) (Jersey) Law 2018 a disproportionate restriction on the right of access to the court and therefore incompatible with article 6(1) of the European Convention of Human Rights?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
25 February 2025
Stevens (Respondent) v Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd (In Liquidation) and another (Appellants)
Lord Reed,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Richards
(1) If, in a continuous course of conduct, fiduciaries commit two or more breaches of their duty, can losses from one breach be set-off against gains from another? (2) If so, can the fiduciary and/or his dishonest assistant set-off losses against gains in this case?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
26 February 2025
Marie Henri Dominique Galea (Appellant) v The Assessment Review Committee and another (Respondents) (Mauritius)
Lord Sales,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose,
Dame Philippa Whipple
Was a Société, in which the appellant was a partner, engaged in a business within the meaning of the Income Tax Act 1995?
UK Supreme Court
Judgment
26 February 2025
Brown (Respondent) v Ridley and another (Appellants)
Lord Briggs,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose,
Lady Simler
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
Judgment
26 February 2025
ZA (AP) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)
Lord Reed,
Lord Hodge,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Sales,
Lord Stephens
If the Secretary of State withdraws an order depriving a person of citizenship because they accept that the order has made the person stateless, does this mean that the original order is of no effect and the person affected has always retained their British citizenship?
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UKSC/2023/0133 N3 (AP) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)
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