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

On Tuesday 21 March and Wednesday 22 March, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Taurus Petroleum Ltd v State Oil Marketing Company of the Ministry of Oil, Republic of Iraq (SOMO). This will consider the identity of the beneficiary under letters of credit and the situs of debts under letters of credit. It will also consider whether there is a free standing principle of honest dealing beyond the rule that a judgment creditor cannot execute against a property that does not belong to the judgment debtor, the correct basis on which a court should exercise its discretion to make receivership orders, and the circumstances in which the State Immunity Act 1978, ss 13(2)(b), 14(2), and 14(4) allow immunity from execution. This will be heard in Courtroom 1.

On Wednesday 22 March, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in the case of AIG Europe Ltd v Woodman & Ors. The hand down panel will be Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Reed and Lord Sumption. This appeal considered what the true construction of the words ‘in a series of related matters of transactions’ is, within the aggregation clause of a professional indemnity insurance policy.

On Wednesday 22 March, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in the case of Financial Conduct Authority v Macris. The hand down panel will be Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Reed and Lord Sumption. This appeal considered what the meaning is of the words ‘any of the reasons contained in [a notice] relates to a matter which identifies a person’ contained in the Financial Services Markets Act 2000, ss 393(1) and (4).

On Wednesday 22 March, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in the case of Gordon v Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. The hand down panel will be Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Reed and Lord Sumption. This appeal considered whether the Respondent erred in law in refusing to refer the appellant’s case to the High Court.

On Wednesday 22 March, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in the case of BPE Solicitors & Anor v Hughes-Holland (in substitution for Gabriel). The hand down panel will be Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Reed and Lord Sumption. This appeal considered whether the losses suffered by the Appellant were losses which the Respondent owed a duty to protect him against, and whether the losses suffered by the Appellant are otherwise recoverable from the Respondent.

On Wednesday 22 March, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in the case of N v ACCG & Ors. The hand down panel will be Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Reed and Lord Sumption. This appeal considered whether a commissioning body can, by its decision not to fund a particular option for contact, remove the jurisdiction of the Court of Protection to make a best interests decision about contact, and whether the failure to conduct a best interests assessment and/or determine the facts breached Mr N’s rights under the ECHR to a fair trial and a family life.

On Thursday 23 March, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of SM (Algeria) v Entry Clearance Officer UK Visa Section. This will consider whether the appellant (the applicant) is a ‘direct descendant’ or ‘extended family member’ within the meaning of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006, Regulations 7 and 8. This will be heard in Courtroom 2.

A full list of the cases scheduled for the Hilary term can be found here.

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding:

Asset Land Investment Plc & Anor v The Financial Conduct Authority, heard 13–14 January 2016.

The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime v Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co (Europe) Ltd & Ors, heard 21 January 2016.

Mohammed & Ors v Ministry of Defence & Anor, heard 9–10 May.

Commissioners for the HMRC v The Investment Trust Companies (in liquidation) & Ors, heard 17–19 May 2016.

AB v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Scotland), heard on 11 July 2016.

SXH v Crown Prosecution Service, heard 19 July 2016.

AIG Europe Ltd v Woodman & Ors, heard 10 October 2016.

McCann v The State Hospital Board for Scotland (Scotland), heard 11-12 October 2016.

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc v Lomas & Ors and other cases, heard 17-20 October 2016.

Mohammed & Ors v Ministry of Defence, heard 25-27 October 2016.

China National Chartering Company Ltd v Gard Marine and Energy Ltd & Anor, Gard Marine and Entergy Ltd  v China National Chartering Company Ltd & Anor, and Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha v Gard Marine and Energy Ltd & Anor, heard 1-3 November 2016.

R (A) (a Child) (by her litigation friend B) v Secretary of State for Health, heard 2 November 2016.

Volkswagen Financial Services (UK) Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, heard 3 November 2016.

Home Office v Essop & Ors; Naeem v Secretary of State for Justice, heard 14-15 November 2016.

Gordon v Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (Scotland), heard 13 December 2016.

BPE Solicitors & Anor v Hughes-Holland (in substitution for Gabriel), heard 14-15 December 2016.

N v ACCG & Anor, heard 14-15 December 2016.

PNM v Times Newspapers Ltd & Ors, heard 17 Jan 2017.

Times Newspaper Ltd v Flood; Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd; Frost & Ors v MGN Ltd, heard 24-26 January 2017.

Isle of Wight Council v Platt, heard 31 January 2017.

Hartley & Ors v King Edward VI College, heard 1 February 2017.

Plevin v Paragon Personal Finance Ltd, heard 6 February 2017.

Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd, heard 7 February 2017.

Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council, heard 8-9 February 2017.

Poshteh v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, heard 14 February 2017.

R (Kiarie) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (Byndloss) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 15-16 February 2017.

R (Coll) v Secretary of State for Justice, heard 21 Feb 2017.

Suffolk Coastal District Council v Hopkins Homes & Anor; Richborough Estate Partnership LLP & Anor v Cheshire East Borough Council, heard 22 and 23 Feb 2017.

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority v Energy Solutions EU Ltd (now called ATK Energy EU Ltd), heard on 1-2 Mar 2017.

Lord Advocate (representing the Taiwanese Judicial Authorities & Anor) v Dean (Scotland), heard on 6 Mar 2017.

Keefe (by his litigation friend Eyton) v Hoteles Pinero Canarias SL, heard 7 Mar 2017.

Miller & Ors v Ministory of Justice; O’Brien v Ministry of Justice; and Walker v Innospec Ltd & Ors, heard 8-9 Mar 2017.

Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v DSD & Anor, heard 13-14 Mar 2017.

RFC 2012 Plc (in liquidation) (formerly The Rangers Football Club Plc) v Advocate General for Scotland (Scotland), heard 15-16 Mar 2017.