The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Hearing

  16 February 2026

  Avaria Niles (Respondent) v Judicial and Legal Service Commission and another (Appellants) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Lord Sales,

  Lord Briggs,

  Lord Burrows,

  Lady Simler,

  Lord Justice Colton

  Did the Court of Appeal err in holding that a claim for judicial review was available to the Respondent and that the statutory scheme governing disciplinary proceedings did not provide an effective alternative remedy for her jurisdictional complaint?

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Hearing

  17 February 2026

  Carleen McFarlane (Appellant) v General Legal Council (Respondent) (Jamaica)

  Lord Lloyd-Jones,

  Lord Richards,

  Lady Simler

  Did an attorney’s conduct of refunding the deposit in full solely to a co-client as co-purchaser following the cancellation of a sale agreement amount to a breach of Canon IV(s) of the Legal Profession (Canons of Professional Ethics) Rules 1978? If so, what is the appropriate sanction and what rules of due process apply to disciplinary proceedings?

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Hearing

  18 February 2026

  Wycliffe Baird (Appellant) v David Goldgar and four others (Respondents) (St Christopher and Nevis)

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Hamblen,

  Lady Simler,

  Lord Doherty,

  Dame Sarah Falk

  Did the Court of Appeal err in striking out the Appellant’s appeal for want of prosecution and/or abuse of process?

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• UK Supreme Court

  Judgment

  18 February 2026

  CCC (by her mother and litigation friend MMM) (Appellant) v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Respondent)

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Briggs,

  Lord Burrows,

  Lord Stephens,

  Lady Rose

  Can a young child claimant recover damages for financial loss caused by her inability to work during the years of expected life she has lost due to the defendant’s clinical negligence (“lost years damages”)?

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Hearing

  24 February 2026

  Michael Siew Loong Ng (Appellant) v Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (Respondent)

  Lord Sales,

  Lord Burrows,

  Lady Simler

  (1) Whether the admissions made by the Appellant before the Disciplinary Committee of the Respondent (the “Disciplinary Committee”) should be vacated on appeal? (2) Whether “new” evidence produced by the Appellant since the original hearing should be admissible?

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