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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Hearing

  7 October 2026

  Director-General, Mauritius Revenue Authority and another (Respondents) v Mauritius Freeport Development Co. Ltd (Appellant) (Mauritius)

  Lord Briggs,

  Lady Rose,

  Lord Doherty

  On a proper construction of s24 Income Tax Act, is a person allowed to compute annual allowances in respect of capital expenditure which it has incurred in any year and in any amount which it deems fit (subject to maximum thresholds set out in the Income Tax Regulations)?

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Hearing

  8 October 2026

  Wayne Alleyne and 4 others (Appellants) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Hamblen,

  Lady Rose,

  Lord Doherty,

  Lord Snowden

  Were the appellants entitled to declaratory relief in respect of the breaches of their constitutional rights as identified by the Judge? What is the correct approach that the courts should adopt to the assessment and award of vindicatory (as opposed to compensatory) damages? Have the courts in Trinidad and Tobago adopted an erroneous approach to the assessment of damages awarded for the breach of constitutional rights?

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• UK Supreme Court

  Hearing

  7 October 2026

  Michael Farley and 431 others (Respondents) v Paymaster (1836) Limited (trading as Equiniti) (Appellant)

  Lord Sales,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lord Burrows,

  Lord Stephens,

  Lady Simler

  Does a threshold of seriousness apply to claims for damages under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA 2018”)?

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Hearing

  12 October 2026

  Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v Favianna Gajadhar (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Lord Sales,

  Lord Lloyd-Jones,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lady Simler,

  Lord Snowden

  Was the Court of Appeal correct to set aside the trial judge’s findings that the Appellant’s right to property had been deprived under section 4(a) of the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago? If so, was the Court of Appeal entitled to reduce the Appellant’s costs of the appeal by 50%?

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Hearing

  19 October 2026

  Caribbean Airlines Ltd (Appellant) v Communication Transport and General Workers' Union (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Lord Sales,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lord Burrows,

  Lord Stephens,

  Lady Simler

  Did the Court of Appeal err in upholding the Industrial Court’s ruling that the Appellant is the successor to British West Indian Airways and therefore bound to recognise the Respondent as one of its recognised majority unions under the Industrial Relations Act?

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