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Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website.
On Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 June, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Barnardo’s v Buckinghamshire & Ors. This appeal will consider the proper construction of terms of a Pension Scheme: considering whether Trustees have the power to adopt an alternative index from the Retail Prices Index (RPI), when RPI remains an officially published index, notwithstanding RPI having been superseded (and in that sense ‘replaced’) by the Consumer Price Index as the Government’s front-line inflation measure (including for the purposes of pensions’ uprating). This will be heard in Courtroom 2.
On Tuesday 12 June, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will hear the appeal of Singh v Rainbow Court Townhouses Ltd (Trinidad & Tobago). This appeal will consider whether the respondent had standing to bring the original claim, the case was appropriate for summary determination, the appellant had the defence of acquiescence or waiver, and whether the defence identified other grounds for refusing the mandatory injunctions sought. This will be heard in Courtroom 3.
On Wednesday 13 June, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Nottingham City Council v Parr & Anor. This appeal will consider whether the Housing Act 2004, s 67, which empowers a local authority licensing a house in multiple occupation (HMO) to impose conditions regulating the use or occupation of the house, includes the power to limit the category of person for whom the HMO is suitable – eg students. It will also consider, if conditions imposed under s 67 can so limit the class of person for whom a HMO is suitable, whether the conditions attached by the Tribunals and the Court of Appeal below are rational. This will be heard in Courtroom 2.
On Wednesday 13 June, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in Cartier International AG & Ors v British Telecommunications Plc & Anor. This appeal considered the threshold conditions for the imposition of an order requiring internet service providers (ISPs) to block or attempt to block access to websites infringing registered trademarks, and whether ISPs, as innocent parties, should be required to bear the costs of such blocking orders.
On Wednesday 13 June, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in Pimlico Plumbers Ltd & Anor v Smith. This appeal considered whether the respondent was a ‘worker’ within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and the Working Time Regulations 1998, reg 2, and whether the respondent was in ‘employment’ within the Equality Act 2010, s 83(2)(a).
On Wednesday 13 June, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in Project Blue Ltd v Commissioners for HMRC. This appeal considered which entity was the ‘vendor’ referred to in the Finance Act 2003, s 71A(2), and whether s 75A of the Act applies to impose tax on the respondent and, if so, what is the amount of the chargeable consideration.
On Wednesday 13 June, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in Commissioners for HMRC v Taylor Clark Leisure Plc (Scotland). This appeal considered whether certain claims for the return of overpaid VAT are to be treated as having been made by or on behalf of the single taxable person constituted by the Taylor Clark VAT Group, so that any repayment is due to Taylor Clark as the representative member of the single taxable person.
On Wednesday 13 June, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in JP Whitter (Water Well Engineers) Ltd v Commissioners for HMRC. This appeal considered whether, when HMRC exercise discretion to cancel gross payment registration, they are required to consider the impact on the person holding that registration.
On Thursday 14 June, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will hear the appeal of Gany Holdings (PTC) SA v Khan & Ors (British Virgin Islands). This appeal will consider …
A full list of the cases scheduled for the Trinity term can be found here.
The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding:
Keefe (by his litigation friend Eyton) v Hoteles Pinero Canarias SL, heard 7 Mar 2017.
Arcadia Petroleum Ltd & Ors v Bosworth & Anor, heard 10-11 Apr 2017.
R (AR) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police & Anor, heard 21 Nov 2017.
R (Stott) v Secretary of State for Justice, heard 18 Jan 2018.
Cartier International AG & Ors v British Telecommunications Plc & Anor, heard 30 Jan 2018.
Warner-Lambert Company LLC v Generics (UK) Ltd t/a Mylan & Anor, heard 12-15 Feb 2018.
Williams & Anor v London Borough of Hackney, heard 14-15 Feb 2018.
Pimlico Plumbers Ltd & Anor v Smith, heard 20-21 Feb 2018.
Prudential Assurance Company Ltd v Commissioners for HMRC, heard 20-21 Feb 2018.
An NHS Trust & Ors v Y (by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor), heard 26-27 Feb 2018.
Project Blue Ltd v Commissioners for HMRC, heard 28 Feb-1 Mar 2018.
James-Bowen & Ors v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, heard 6-7 Mar 2018.
Belhaj & Anor v DPP (expedited), heard 22 Mar 2018.
Commissioners for HMRC v Taylor Clark Leisure Plc (Scotland), heard 11 Apr 2018.
KO (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, & Or cases, heard 17-19 Apr 2018.
Goldman Sachs International v Novo Banco S.A., heard 17-18 Apr 2018.
R v AB & CD, heard 19 Apr 2018.
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SPA v Playboy Club London Ltd & Ors, heard 24 Apr 2018.
Totel Ltd v Commissioners for HMRC, heard 25-26 Apr 2018.
In the matter of an application by Siobhan McLaughlin for Judicial Review (NI), heard 30 Apr 2018.
Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd & Ors (NI), heard 1-2 May 2018.
R (Hallam) v Secretary of State for Justice; R (Nealon) v Secretary of State for Justice, heard 8-9 May 2018.
JP Whitter (Water Well Engineers) Ltd v Commissioners for HMRC, heard 10 May 2018.
R (Steinfeld & Anor) v Secretary of State for International Development (in substitution for the Home Secretary and the Education Secretary), heard 14-15 May 2018.
Owens v Owens, heard 17 May 2018.
Mills v Mills, heard 6 Jun 2018.
Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, heard 7 Jun 2018.
