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There is only one hearing in the Supreme Court this week, three linked appeals about compensation for miscarriages of justice. The cases of R (Adams) v Secretary of State Justice; In the Matter of an Application by Eamonn MacDermott for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland); and In the Matter of an Application by Raymond Pius McCartney for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) are being heard from Tuesday 15 to Thursday 17 February 2011 by Lords Phillips, Hope and Walker, Lady Hale and Lords Brown, Judge and Kerr.The case of R (Adams) v Secretary of State Justice addresses a case where a murder conviction was quashed on the grounds that defence counsel failed to adduce relevant evidence. The issue is whether the failure to identify relevant information that may have affected the result of criminal proceedings amounted to a miscarriage of justice thereby conferring a right to statutory compensation against the SSJ pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act 1988, s 133. The Supreme Court case details are here.
The Northern Ireland cases of In the Matter of an Application by Eamonn MacDermott for Judicial Review; and In the Matter of an Application by Raymond Pius McCartney for Judicial Review concern convictions of murder and membership of the IRA. At trial the appellants alleged ill-treatment by the police. This was rejected by the trial judge but the convictions were later quashed. The Supreme Court case details for Eamonn MacDermott are here and here for Raymond Pius McCartney.
The Supreme Court has not announced any judgments for hand down next week.
There are no cases to be heard in the Privy Council this week and no judgments to be handed down.
Judgments outstanding
The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding:
R (SK) (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 10-11 Feb 2010
Sienkiewicz (Administratrix of the Estate of Enid Costello deceased) v Greif (UK) Ltd and Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council) v Willmore, heard 26-28 October 2010
JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. & Anor v Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) Anstalt des Oeffentlichen Rechts, heard 11 November 2010
WL Congo 1 and 2 & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department and KM (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 15-18 November 2010
Baker v Quantum Clothing Group Ltd & Ors; Baker v Quantum Clothing Group Limited & Ors (Pretty Polly Limited); and Baker v Quantum Clothing Group Limited & Ors (Meridian Limited), heard 22-24 November 2010
Mayor & Burgesses of the London Borough of Hounslow v Powell; Leeds City Council v Hall; and Birmingham City Council v Frisby, heard 23-24 November 2010
Patmalniece v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, heard 29 November – 1 December 2010
R v F and R v M, heard 6 December 2010
Jones v Kaney, heard 11 – 12 January 2011
Duncombe & Ors v Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, heard 17-18 January 2011
Farstad Supply A/S v Enviroco, heard 19-20 January 2011
Al Rawi & Ors v The Security Service & Ors, heard 24 -27 January 2011
Home Office v Tariq , heard 24 – 27 January 2011
R (GC) v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; R (C) v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, heard 31 January – 1 February 2011.
In the matter of an application by Brigid McCaughey and another for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland), heard 2 – 3 February 2011.
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & another v Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, heard 7 – 8 February 2011
The following Privy Council judgments are awaited:
Romeo Cannonier & Ors v The Queen (St Christopher & Nevis) and Romeo Cannonier v The Queen (St Christopher & Nevis), heard 13 May 2010
The Public Service Appeal Board v Omar Maraj (Trinidad & Tobago), heard 5 October 2010
Tabeel Lewis v The State of Trinidad & Tobago, heard 11 October 2010
AK Investment CJSC v Kyrgyz Mobil Tel Limited and Others; Altimo Holdings and Investments Limited v Kyrgyz Mobil Tel Limited and Others; CP Credit Prive SA v Kyrgyz Mobil Tel Limited and Others; and Fellowes International Holdings Limited v Kyrgyz Mobil Tel Limited and Others, heard 30 November-7 December 2010.
Nigel Sookram v The Queen (Grenada), heard 19 January 2011
John Thompson & Another (Original Appellants/Cross Respondents) v Goblin Hill Hotels Limited (Original Respondents/Cross Appellants) (Jamaica), heard 20 January 2011
Tasarruf Mevduati Sigorta Fonu v Merrill Lynch Bank and Trust Company (Cayman) Limited & Others, heard 31 January – 1 February 2011
Curtis Francis Warren and Others v HM Attorney General for the Bailiwick of Jersey, heard 9 – 10 February 2011
