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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)

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• UK Supreme Court

  Judgment

  26 February 2026

  R v BDN (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/2025/0079 R v ABJ (Appellant)

  Legal Issue

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  26 February 2026

  Phillip Edward Alexander (Respondent) v Andrew Gabriel (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Sales,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lady Rose,

  Lord Richards

  Were the statements made by the Respondent defamatory of the Appellant and, if so, what is the appropriate award of damages?

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Hearing

  2 March 2026

  Fay Chang Rhule (Appellant) v Angela Smith and another (Respondents) (Jamaica)

  Lord Sales,

  Lord Lloyd-Jones,

  Lord Briggs,

  Lady Rose,

  Lord Richards

  Is there a duty on an Attorney-at-Law to look behind a foreign power of attorney which is regular on its face and satisfies the relevant statutory provisions, and contains no express requirement on its face to look behind it?

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Hearing

  10 March 2026

  Jim Peter Grant and two others (Respondents) v Glenda Jackman and three others (Appellants) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Lord Briggs,

  Lord Hamblen,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lady Rose,

  Lord Doherty

  For the purposes of establishing ownership of a property, does section 16(1) of the Registration of Deeds Act mean that a deed which is registered earlier takes priority over a deed which is registered later, even if the former was executed after the latter?

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