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On Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 July, the Supreme Court will hear R (on the application of Elan-Cane) v Secretary of State for the Home Department. This appeal will consider whether the Court of Appeal was wrong in its conclusion that Her Majesty’s Passport Office’s Policy that (i) an applicant for a passport must declare their gender/sex as being either male or female and (ii) a passport will only be issued bearing a male or female indicator in the gender/sex field on the face of the passport and will not be issued with an “unspecified” gender marker does not unjustifiably breach articles 8 and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
On Thursday 15 July, the Supreme Court will hear A Local Authority v JB (by his Litigation Friend, the Official Solicitor) (AP). This appeal will consider whether, to have capacity to decide to have sexual relations with another person, a person needs to understand that the other person must have the capacity to consent to the sexual activity and must in fact consent before and throughout the sexual activity.
On Friday 16 July, the Supreme Court will hand down judgment in two cases. First, Triple Point Technology Inc v PTT Public Company Ltd. Second, Sanambar v Secretary of State for the Home Department.
The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding:
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc v Ukraine (Represented by the Minister of Finance of Ukraine acting upon the instructions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine) Nos. 2 and 3, heard 9-12 December 2019
Pakistan International Airline Corporation v Times Travel (UK) Ltd, heard 2-3 November 2020
R (on the application of TN (Vietnam) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Anor, heard 30 November and 01 December 2020
FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Brownlie (as dependant and executrix of Professor Sir Ian Brownlie, CBE, QC), heard 13 and 14 January 2021
Matthew and Ors v Sedman and Ors, heard 19 January 2021
CPRE Kent v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, heard 28 January 2021
R (on the application of A) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 10 February 2021
Anwar v The Advocate General (representing the Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (Scotland), heard 25 February 2021
BF (Eritrea) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 16 March 2021
Harcus Sinclar LLP v Your Lawyers Ltd, heard 24 and 25 March 2021
Secretary of State for Health and Ors v Servier Laboratories Ltd and Ord, heard 14 and 15 April 2021
R (on the application of Haworth) v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, heard 21 April 2021
Crown Prosecution Service v Aquila Advisory Ltd, heard 27 April 2021
Royal Mail Group Ltd v Efobi, heard 27 April 2021
Lloyd v Google LLC, heard 28 and 29 April 2021
BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA and Ors, heard 4 May 2021.
R (on the application of SM (Rwanda) (AP)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 10 May 2021
Kostal UK v Dunkley and Ors, heard 18 May 2021
Bott & Co Solicitors v Ryanair DAC, heard 20 May 2021
In the matter of an application by Margaret McQuillan for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland), In the matter of an application by Mary McKenna for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland), and In the matter of an application by Francis McGuigan for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland), heard 14-16 June 2021
East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust v Flowers and Ors, heard 22 June 2021
R (on the application of O (a minor, by her litigation friend AO)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and R (on the application of The Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens) v Secretary of State for the Home Department) (Expedited), heard 23 and 24 June 2021
Reference by the Attorney General and the Advocate General for Scotland – United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill, heard 28 and 29 June 2021
Ho v Adelekun, heard 29 and 30 June 2021
Alize 1954 and Anor v Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG and Ors, heard 7 and 8 July 2021
R (on the application of Elan-Cane) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 12 and 13 July 2021
A Local Authority v JB (by his Litigation Friend, the Official Solicitor) (AP), heard 15 July 2021.
