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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  22 February 2026

  Prema Wheatley and 6 others (Respondents) v Vashti Ramlal and 2 others (Appellants) (Trinidad and Tobago)?

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Briggs,

  Lord Hamblen,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lady Rose

  Did the Court of Appeal err in overturning the High Court’s findings of fact in relation to the rights of the Appellants to various parts of the deceased’s estate?

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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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• UK Supreme Court

  Judgment

  25 February 2026

  Boyd (Respondent) v Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (Appellant)

  Lord Lloyd-Jones,

  Lord Burrows,

  Lord Stephens,

  Lady Simler,

  Sir Declan Morgan

  What are the circumstances in which a District Judge in Magistrates’ Courts in Northern Ireland may reopen a case in which sentence has been passed in order to impose a different outcome, under the power the power of the Magistrates’ Court to ‘vary or rescind’ a sentence or order under Article 158A of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981?

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• UK Supreme Court

  Judgment

  25 February 2026

  THG Plc (Respondent) v Zedra Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd (Appellant)

  Lord Hodge,

  Lord Lloyd-Jones,

  Lord Briggs,

  Lord Burrows,

  Lord Richards

  Is there a statutory limitation period applicable to a claim under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006? If so, what is that period?

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• UK Supreme Court

  Judgment

  26 February 2026

  R v ABJ (Appellant)

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Lloyd-Jones,

  Lord Sales,

  Lord Burrows,

  Lord Richards

  Do the terms of section 12(1A) of the Terrorism Act 2000 represent a disproportionate interference with the appellants’ right to freedom of expression under article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights? If so, is it possible to read down the terms of the offence to make them compatible?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2025/0059 R v BDN (Appellant)

  Legal Issue

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