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- Devendranath Hurnam (Appellant) v PV Veerabudren (Respondent) (Mauritius)
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Judgment
29 July 2026
Lord Sales,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Ericht
Is the Appellant’s claim against a magistrate under section 6 of the Public Officers’ Protection Act 1957 barred by a principle of judicial immunity and/or the Mauritian Civil Code of Procedure?
- Ritchie Capital Management LLC and 6 others (Respondents) v Lancelot Investors Fund, Ltd (In Official Liquidation) (Appellant) (Cayman Islands)
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
6 October 2026
When a company enters liquidation, does time stop running for the purposes of the Cayman Islands Limitation Act (1996 Revision) in respect of all liabilities, including actions based in tort, or just for submitting ‘proofs’ of debt?
- Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (Respondent) v Sintra Global Inc and another (Appellants)
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
2 November 2026
When a taxpayer appeals against an HMRC penalty on the basis that the underlying tax claimed is not owed, does the burden rest on the taxpayer to prove that he or she is not liable to pay the underlying tax?
- The Czech Republic (Respondent) v Diag Human SE and another (Appellants)
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
23 November 2026
Does “control” for the purposes of Article 1(1)(c) of the investment treaty agreed between the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and the Swiss Confederation dated 5 October 1990 (“BIT”) require that the legal entity be controlled de jure, or is de facto control sufficient? What is the test for “de facto” control for the purposes of Article 1(1)(c) BIT? Did the CA err by holding that CR’s objection to Mr Strava’s claim in respect of breaches of the BIT post-dating the alleged disposal of his interest in the qualifying investments was not an objection to “substantive jurisdiction” under section 30 Arbitration Act 1996? Did the Court of Appeal err by ordering that the full BIT award should be paid to Mr Stava despite finding that Diag Human SE was not a qualifying investor for the purposes of the BIT?
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- Massa and others (Respondents) v Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (Appellant)
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
2 February 2027
Can the tort of unlawful means conspiracy be founded on: 1. a civil wrong that is not independently actionable by the claimant? 2. a breach of contract to which the claimant is not a party? 3. a breach of foreign law? 4. conduct that the defendant did not know to be unlawful?
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