UK Supreme Court Blog

EDITORS: Dan Tench, Emma Cross, Zainab Hodgson, Francesca Knight, James Warshaw and Natalie Haefner (CMS)
Hugh Tomlinson KC, Matthew Ryder KC, Nandini Bulchandani and Daniel Rudd (Matrix)

On Tuesday 14 April 2015 the Court will hear the appeal of Aspect Contracts (Asbestos) Ltd v Higgins Construction Plc concerning an implied term in the parties’ contract that could allow the respondents to recover the payment they made to the appellants as a result of an adjudicator ruling, if they were successful in seeking a final determination by litigation. This will be heard in Court 2 from 2pm and will continue on Wednesday from 10:30am.

On Thursday 16 April the Court will hear the appeal of R (ClientEarth) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs regarding a judgment by the CJEU on a question from the Supreme Court about the interpretation of the Air Quality Directive 2008/50/EC. The Court must decide if the Air Quality Directive requires the respondent to have prepared an air quality plan which demonstrates compliance by 1 January 2015 and what remedies it should provide where the respondent has not prepared a plan. It will be heard in Court 1 from 10.30am.

On Tuesday 14 April 2015 the Privy Council will hear the appeal of Leymunlall Nandrame & Ors v Lomass Ramsaran concerning whether a litigant may be entitled to a new trial of a civil claim in circumstances where he has a cause of action for negligence against his legal representatives for withdrawing his claim at trial after a settlement to which the litigant has not consented. This will be heard in Court 3 from 2pm. On Wednesday it will hear the appeal of Saverettiar v Saverettiar (Mauritius) regarding whether the judgment in favour of the respondent ought to be set aside as the court hearing took place in the appellant’s absence. This will be heard in Court 3 at 10.30am.

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding:

PwC v SAAD Investments Company Ltd (In Liquidation), heard 29-30 April.

International Energy Group Ltd v Zurich Insurance plc, heard 15 and 16 July 2014.

Jetivia SA & Anor v Bilta (UK) Ltd & Ors, heard 14 October 2014.

Graughran (AP) v The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, heard 16 October 2014.

Anson v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, heard 27 October 2014.

JR 38, Re Judicial Review, heard 6 November 2014.

Beghal v DPP, heard 12 November 2014.

Hotak v London Borough of Southwark; Johnson v Solihull; and Kanu v London Borough of Southwark, heard on 15 December 2014.

R (Hemming (/a Simply Pleasure Ltd) & Ors) v Westminster City Council, heard on 13 January 2015.

OPO (by his litigation friend BHM) & Anor v MLA, heard 19-20 January 2015.

University and College Union v The University of Stirling, heard 21 January 2015.

Arnold v Britton & Ors, heard 26 January 2015.

International Energy Group Limited v Zurich Insurance PLC UK Branch, heard 27 January 2015.

Haile v London Borough of Waltham Forest, heard 29 January.

Olympic Airlines S.A. v The Trustees of the Olympic Airlines S.A. Pension and Life Assurance Scheme, heard 2-3 February.

Coventry & Ors v Lawrence & Anor, heard 9-10 & 12 February 2015.

Woolway v Mazars, heard 11 February 2015.

R (Bourgass & Anor) v Secretary of State for Justice, heard 16-17 February 2015.

Shahid v Scottish Ministers (Scotland), heard 18 February 2015.

R v GH, heard 23-24 February 2015.

R (Ali) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another case, heard 25-26 February 2015.

TN & MA (Afghanistan) (AP) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; AA (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 2-5 March 2015.

Mirga v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; Samin v Westminster City Council, heard on 6-7 March 2015.

Pendragon plc & Ors v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, heard on 8 March 2015.

R (Lumsdon & Ors) v Legal Services Board, heard 16 March 2015.

R (Cornwall Council) v Secretary of State for Health; R (Cornwall Council) v Somerset County Council, heard 18-19 March 2015.

R v Harvey, heard 24 March 2015.

Starbucks (HK) Ltd & Anor vBritish Sky Broadcasting Group Plc & Ors, heard 25-26 March 2015.

Cameron Mathieson, a deceased child (by his father Craig Mathieson) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, heard 26 March 2015.