Privy Council Watch · Term archive
Michaelmas Term 2025
Selected Judicial Committee hearings from October and November 2025, with original issue summaries, jurisdictional context, judgments and available official session recordings.
Reviewed 16 September 2026 against Alexander’s practice areas. Five relevant appeals and eight archived hearing sessions are retained; the Bermuda trust appeal was heard in private.
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.
IGCF SPV 21 Ltd v Al Jomaih Power Ltd and another
Question before the Court
Whether the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal was bound by the rule in Henry v Geoprosco and whether the respondent had submitted to the jurisdiction of the Pakistan courts.
Why it matters
A Cayman shareholder dispute about competing jurisdiction clauses, submission, anti-suit relief and parallel proceedings concerning a major Pakistani utility.
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Official archived sessions
Hawkins v Abarbanel Ltd
Question before the Court
Whether a Cayman business lacking the required local licences could enforce a secured loan and whether an appeal as of right could be refused as having no prospect of success.
Why it matters
A useful Cayman commercial-property decision on illegality, enforcement of security and access to the final appellate court.
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Official archived sessions
Anheuser-Busch International Inc and another v Commonwealth Brewery Ltd
Question before the Court
Whether the notice given to terminate a long-running oral exclusive-distribution agreement in The Bahamas was reasonable.
Why it matters
A concise commercial-contract appeal on implied reasonable notice, termination and loss-of-profit claims after a distribution relationship lasting more than 40 years.
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Official archived sessions
Uniform Building Contractors Ltd v Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago
Question before the Court
Whether compliance with contractual conditions precedent was essential before a contractor could recover payment for variations under a FIDIC contract.
Why it matters
A practical construction and commercial-contract decision on variation claims, contractual machinery and payment entitlement under an international standard form.
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Official archived sessions
A and six others v C and 13 others
Question before the Court
Whether protectors asked to consent to trustees’ decisions exercise an independent discretion or a narrower supervisory role.
Why it matters
A significant Bermuda trusts decision on protector powers and trustee decision-making. The appeal was heard in private under the reporting restrictions recorded by the Board, so no hearing-session links are presented.
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