Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Judgment
22 April 2025
Ricardo Farrington (Appellant) v The King (Respondent) (Bahamas)
Lord Hodge,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Stephens,
Dame Janice Pereira
Should the Appellant be re-sentenced for murder in light of the Privy Council's decision in Bowe and another v The Queen [2006] UKPC 10?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Judgment
22 April 2025
Methanex Trinidad (Titan) Unlimited (Appellant) v The Board of Inland Revenue (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Hamblen,
Lady Rose,
Lord Richards,
Lady Simler
Should dividends paid by the appellant to its sole shareholder, incorporated in Barbados, be subject to withholding tax at a rate of 5% if identical amounts were subsequently transferred, ultimately, to a parent company incorporated in Canada?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
30 April 2025
Standish (Appellant) v Standish (Respondent)
Lord Reed,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Burrows,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Simler
When does non-matrimonial property become matrimonial property in the context of financial remedy proceedings, and how should the sharing principle be applied to such property?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
30 April 2025
Cayman Shores Development Ltd and another (Respondents) v The Proprietors, Strata Plan No.79 (known as Lion's Court) and others (Appellants) (Cayman Islands)
Lord Hodge,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Sales,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Richards
Are rights to play golf, tennis and to enjoy facilities on certain land in Grand Cayman and associated restrictive agreements binding upon the current owners of that land?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
6 May 2025
Garet O Finlayson and another (Appellants) v Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation (Respondent) (Bahamas)
Lord Sales,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Rose
Did the courts below err in finding that the respondent had not breached its duty to take reasonable care to sell a secured asset for the best price reasonably obtainable, in order to settle a debt owed by the appellants to the respondent?