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

On Tuesday 19 March, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Akcil & Ors v Koza & Ors. This appeal will consider whether the Recast Regulation, No. 1215/2012, art 24(2) confers exclusive jurisdiction on the English courts to determine the authority in England of directors appointed in foreign proceedings to the board of a foreign corporate shareholder of a company registered in England to cause or permit the foreign corporate shareholder to do anything as a shareholder of the English company. It will also consider whether art 24(2) confers exclusive jurisdiction against anyone other than the foreign corporate shareholder, such as its directors of a corporate shareholder as co-defendants. This will be heard in Courtroom 2.

On Tuesday 19 March, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will hear the appeal of Nurse v Republic of Trinidad & Tobago; Canserve Ltd v Republic of Trinidad & Tobago. This appeal will consider what the mental elements are, if any, of the offences created by the Customs Act, ss 212(a), 213(a) and 214, and whether the offences are of strict liability. It will also consider whether the Court of Appeal erred in applying a principle of attribution which resulted in Mr Nurse being treated as a principal rather than a secondary party whose liability depended on knowledge. This will be heard in Courtroom 3.

On Wednesday 20 March, the Supreme Court will hand down judgment in Takhar v Gracefield Developments Ltd & Ors. The proposed panel for hand down is Lord Kerr, Lady Arden and Lord Kitchin. This appeal considered whether a party who seeks to set aside a judgment on the basis that it was obtained by fraud must demonstrate that he or she could not have discovered the fraud by the exercise of reasonable (or due) diligence at the time of the original trial.

On Wednesday 20 March, the Supreme Court will hand down judgment in SAE Education Ltd v The Commissioners of HMRC. The proposed panel for hand down is Lord Kerr, Lady Arden and Lord Kitchin. This appeal considered whether the appellant was a college of Middlesex University and therefore an ‘eligible body’ within the meaning of the Value Added Tax Act 1994, Sch 9, Group 6, Item 1, exempting its supplies of education from VAT.

On Wednesday 20 March, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will hear the appeal of Maharaj v Petroleum Company of Trinidad & Tobago Ltd (Trinidad & Tobago). This will be heard in Courtroom 3.

On Thursday 21 March, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will hear the appeal of Singh v Commissioner of Police (Trinidad & Tobago). This will be heard in Courtroom 3.

A full list of the cases scheduled for the Hilary 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.

Arcadia Petroleum Ltd & Ors v Bosworth & Anor, heard 10-11 Apr 2017.

OWD Ltd, trading as Birmingham Cash & Carry, & Anor v Commissioners for HMRC, heard 12 Jul 2018.

Poole Borough Council v GN (through his litigation friend, ‘The Official Solicitor’) & Anor, heard 16-17 Jul 2018.

R (DA & Ors) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, heard 17-19 Jul 2018.

In the matter of D (a child), heard 3-4 Oct 2018.

Takhar v Gracefield Developments Ltd & Ors, heard 10 Oct 2018.

SAE Education Ltd v The Commissioners of HMRC, heard 30 Oct 2018.

Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd & Anor, hears 13-14 Nov 2018.

Actavis Group PTC EHF & Ors v ICOS Corporation & Anor, heard 19-20 Nov 2018.

R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal & Ors, heard 3-4 Dec 2018.

Hancock & Anor v Commissioners for HMRC, heard 7 Dec 2018.

R (Derry) v Commissioners for HMRC, heard 12 Dec 2018.

R & S Pilling t/as Phoenix Engineering v UK Insurance Ltd, heard 13 Dec 2018.

Vedanta Resources Plc & Anor v Lungowe & Ors, heard 15-16 Jan 2019.

Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd, heard 21-22 Jan 2019.

Stocker v Stocker, heard 24 Jan 2019.

R (Newby Foods Ltd) v Food Standards Agency, heard 30 Jan 2019.

Samuels v Birmingham City Council, heard 31 Jan 2019.

Shanks v Unilever Plc & Ors, heard 6-7 Feb 2019.

Secretary of State for the Home Department v Franco Vomero (Italy), heard 7 Feb 2019.

Cape Intermediate Ltd v Dring (for and on behalf of Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK), heard 18-19 Feb 2019.

Telereal Trillium v Hewitt (Valuation Officer), heard 21 Feb 2019.

R (Association of Independent Meat Suppliers & Anor) v Food Standards Agency, heard 5 Mar 2019.

Commissioners for HMRC v Frank A Smart & Sons Ltd (Scotland), heard 6 Mar 2019.

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Gubeladze, heard 12-13 Mar 2019.

In the matter of an application by Dennis Hutchings for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland), heard 14 Mar 2019.