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Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website.
On Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 May, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of R (Steinfeld & Anor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (in substitution for Secretary of State for Education. This appeal will consider whether the ban on different-sex couples entering into civil partnerships breaches the appellants’ rights under ECHR, art 14, together with art 8. This will be heard in Courtroom 1.
On Monday 14 May, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will hear the appeal of Jacpot Ltd v Gambling Regulatory Authority (Mauritius). This appeal will consider whether the appellant should be granted leave to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as of right, under the Constitution of Mauritius, s 81(1)(b), or by special leave of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council under s 81(5). It will also consider whether, and in what circumstances, the respondent is entitled to revoke an applicant’s gaming licence under the Gambling Regulatory Authority Act 2007, ss 99(1)(m) and 99(1)(k), and whether the respondent is bound by the opinion of the Commissioner of Police when considering whether to revoke a licence under s 99(1)(k). This will be heard in Courtroom 3.
On Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 May, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will hear the appeal of Warren v The State (Pitcairn). This appeal will consider whether the Appellant had a fair trial by an independent tribunal under the Pitcairn Constitution, s 8 and whether parts of the Pitcairn Constitution should be struck down or declared invalid because of the lack of a representative legislature. It will also consider whether the absence of a Pitcairn specific judicial review procedure mean the Government attempted to immunise itself from challenge and whether the Appellant’s conviction should be quashed because of alleged flaws in the prosecution. This will be heard in Courtroom 3.
On Wednesday 16 May, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in Rock Advertising Ltd v MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd. The hand down panel will be Lord Kerr, Lord Sumption and Lord Carnwath. This appeal considered whether an agreement in writing which contains an anti-oral variation clause can be varied other than in accordance with the terms of that clause, and whether the Court of Appeal was wrong to follow a previous Court of Appeal decision in which a relevant contrary authority had not been cited, or a later Court of Appeal decision which considered both earlier decisions and rejected that contrary authority but did so obiter. The case also considered whether, on the findings of fact by the trial judge, there was a practical benefit which could amount to consideration at law, given the principle that a promise to pay an existing liability cannot amount to good consideration per Re Selectmove [1995] 1 WLR 474.
On Wednesday 16 May, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in R (Gallagher Group Ltd & Ors) v The CMA. The hand down panel will be Lord Kerr, Lord Sumption and Lord Carnwath. This appeal considered whether the principle of fair and equal treatment can require a decision-maker to replicate the effect of assurances given to one party that were made based on a mistake of legal principle in favour of other parties in a comparable position.
On Thursday 17 May, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Owens v Owens. This appeal will consider the interpretation of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 1(2)(b). This will be heard in Courtroom 1.
A full list of the cases scheduled for the Easter 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.
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v DSD & Anor, heard 13-14 Mar 2017.
Arcadia Petroleum Ltd & Ors v Bosworth & Anor, heard 10-11 Apr 2017.
Four Seasons Holdings Incorporated v Brownlie, heard 9-10 May 2017.
Reference by the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland pursuant to Paragraph 33 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Abortion), heard 24-26 Oct 2017.
R (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice, heard 31 Oct-1 Nov 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.
Rock Advertising Ltd v MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd, heard 1 Feb 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.
R (Gallagher Group Ltd & Ors) v The Competition and Markets Authority, heard 13-14 Mar 2018.
Navigators Insurance Company Ltd & Ors v Atlasnavios-Navegacao LDA (formerly Bnavios Navegacao LDA), heard 20 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.
