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UK Supreme Court
Hearing
17 February 2025
THG Plc (Respondent) v Zedra Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd (Appellant)
Lord Hodge,
Lord Lloyd-Jones,
Lord Briggs
Is there a statutory limitation period applicable to a claim under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006? If so, what is that period?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
25 February 2025
Stevens (Respondent) v Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd (In Liquidation) and another (Appellants)
Lord Reed,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Hamblen
(1) If, in a continuous course of conduct, fiduciaries commit two or more breaches of their duty, can losses from one breach be set-off against gains from another? (2) If so, can the fiduciary and/or his dishonest assistant set-off losses against gains in this case? Easy Ready Case Summary - https://supremecourt.uk/uploads/easy_read_case_summary_for_local_authority_v_jb_uksc_2020_0133_56a4b3e40e.pdf
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
24 July 2025
Pre Prod Cross Appeal Test
Laura Angus,
Daniel Waller
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
8 January 2025
test cross appeal

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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
27 January 2025
Rubis Bahamas Ltd (Appellant) v Lillian Antionette Russell (Respondent) (The Bahamas)
Lord Briggs,
Lord Sales,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Burrows,
Lady Rose
(1) Can claims for unliquidated damages exceeding $4,000 give rise to appeals to the JCPC as of right under section 23(1) of the Bahamas Court of Appeal Act (the “CA Act”)? (2) Does the rule in Rylands v Fletcher impose strict liability on a landowner and lessor who neither occupies the land, nor owns or controls the dangerous thing? (3) Is the storage of fuel underground a “non-natural use of land” for the purposes of the rule in Rylands v Fletcher?