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Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website.

On Monday 16 March 2015 the Court will hear the appeal of R (Lumsdon & Ors) v Legal Services Board concerning the judicial review of the respondent’s decision to approve the proposed introduction of QASA, whereby criminal advocates wishing to exercise rights of audience at a higher level would be obliged to apply for accreditation which would be dependent upon assessment by trial judges during trials. It will be heard in Court 2 from 11am.

On Tuesday 17 March the Court will hear the appeal of TN v City of Westminster concerning what standard of review should be applied to the respondent local authority’s exercise of its duty to secure accommodation for homeless persons in their district so far as “reasonably practical” and what evidence was needed to show the exercise of this duty. This will be heard in Court 2 from 10.30am.

On Wednesday 18 March it will hand down judgment in the following: R (SG & Ors) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on whether the Benefit Cap (Housing Benefit) Regulations 2012 are unlawful owing to disproportionately affecting single parents and domestic violence victims, who tend to be women, and also whether they fail to have regard to the best interests of the child; BP Shipping Ltd & Anor v Braganza involving the investigations carried out by the respondent upon the disappearance of one of its employees. The Court must consider what evidence is needed for an employer to come to the conclusion that a missing employee has committed suicide and how they then must treat that finding in regards to contractual death benefits for the employee’s partner; and R (Trail Riders Fellowship & Anor) v Dorset County Council & Ors regarding the proper interpretation of computer generated enlarged versions of maps. The respondent sought modification orders in relation to the definitive map and statement of the appellant County Council. They will be handed down in Court 1 from 9.45am.

On Wednesday the Court will also hear the appeal R (Cornwall Council) v Secretary of State for Health; R (Cornwall Council) v Somerset County Council regarding the proper approach to the determination of a person’s “ordinary residence” within the meaning, and for the purposes, of the National Assistance Act 1946, pt III, where that person lacks capacity to decide where to live. It will be heard in Court 2 from 10.30am and will continue on Thursday.

On Monday 16 March 2015 the Privy Council will hear the appeal of Duporte v The Queen (St Christopher and Nevis) concerning whether the appellant’s conviction of murder was unsafe on the grounds of the admission of evidence at trial of a gun and confession and the way that identification evidence was dealt with a trial. It will be heard in Court 3 at 10.30am.

A full list of the hearings scheduled to be heard during the Hilary term can be found here.

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding:

R (SG & Ors) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, heard 29-30 April.

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.

BP Shipping Ltd & Anor v Braganza, heard 10 November 2014.

Beghal v DPP, heard 12 November 2014.

Secretary of State for the Home Department v B2, heard 18 November 2014.

R (Evans) v Information Commissioner, heard 24-25 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.

R (Trail Riders Fellowship & Anor) v Dorset County Council & Ors, heard on 15 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.

S (Children), heard 28 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.