Privy Council Watch · Term archive
Hilary Term 2026
Selected Judicial Committee hearings from March 2026, with original issue summaries, jurisdictional context, judgments and official session recordings.
Reviewed 16 September 2026 against Alexander’s practice areas. Three property, company, insolvency and asset-recovery appeals, with five archived hearing sessions, are retained.
Each entry is an original, concise research summary based on the Court’s official case record. Hearing dates may change. After a hearing, the official case page normally adds recordings; when judgment is delivered, it adds the judgment, neutral citation and press summary. Those materials remain on the Court’s website and are linked here rather than reproduced.
Jim Peter Grant and others v Glenda Jackman and others
Question before the Court
Whether an earlier-registered deed took priority over a later-registered deed even though the first deed had been executed later.
Why it matters
A focused property and conveyancing appeal on statutory registration priority, competing title instruments and the legal effect of their sequence.
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Official archived sessions
Manhattan Coffee Investment Holding (in liquidation) v Mwagiru
Question before the Court
Whether a former director could obtain leave to continue a substantial derivative claim in the name of a Mauritian company in liquidation, including through the court’s inherent jurisdiction.
Why it matters
A highly relevant offshore insolvency and company-law decision involving derivative proceedings, competing court divisions and an underlying claim said to be worth US$340 million.
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Official archived sessions
Taylor v Spring and another
Question before the Court
Whether a preliminary unexplained-wealth order could be reinstated after being set aside, including against the estate of a deceased person.
Why it matters
An important Caribbean asset-recovery appeal on statutory construction, unexplained-wealth proceedings and the reach of provisional orders against an estate.
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Official archived sessions
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