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Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website.
On Tuesday 22 June, the Supreme Court will hear East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust v Flowers and Ors. This appeal will consider whether holiday pay should be calculated on (i) the correct construction of the relevant, nationwide NHS employment contract; and (ii) in relation to the Working Time Directive.
On Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 June, the Supreme Court will hear the conjoined cases of R (on the application of O (a minor, by her litigation friend AO)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and R (on the application of The Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens) v Secretary of State for the Home Department) (Expedited). These appeals will consider whether the Secretary of State can lawfully make the exercise of a child’s right to be registered as a British citizen conditional on their payment of £1,012.
On Friday 25 June, the Supreme Court will hand down judgment in two cases. First, Director of Public Prosecutions v Ziegler and Ors. This appeal considered the following issues. In criminal proceedings arising out of protest activity: (1) is deliberate physically obstructive conduct by protesters capable of constituting a lawful excuse for the purposes of s.137 of the Highways Act 1980?; and (2) what is the test to be applied by an appellate court to an assessment of the decision of the trial court in respect of a statutory defence of ‘lawful excuse’ when Convention rights are engaged in a criminal matter?
Second, General Dynamics United Kingdom Ltd v State of Libya. Commercial interactions with foreign states are governed by the State Immunity Act 1978 (“SIA”). This appeal raised questions about how to enforce an arbitral award (the “Award”) against a foreign state within this framework, namely whether:
- the SIA requires service of certain documents to the state concerned through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (“FCO”);
- an arbitration claim form is within the category of documents required by section 12(1) of the SIA to be served on a state through the FCO; and
- in exceptional circumstances, the court can make use of certain rules of English civil procedure (which govern litigation proceedings) to dispense with such service.
The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding:
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc v Ukraine (Represented by the Minister of Finance of Ukraine acting upon the instructions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine) Nos. 2 and 3, heard 9-12 December 2019
SC, CB and 8 children (Appellants) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and others (Respondents), heard 20-22 October 2020
Pakistan International Airline Corporation v Times Travel (UK) Ltd, heard 2-3 November 2020
A and B v Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and Anor, heard 11 November 2020
Triple Point Technology Inc v PTT Public Company Ltd, heard 12 November 2020
R (on the application of TN (Vietnam) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Anor, heard 30 November and 01 December 2020
FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Brownlie (as dependant and executrix of Professor Sir Ian Brownlie, CBE, QC), heard 13 and 14 January 2021
Matthew and Ors v Sedman and Ors, heard 19 January 2021
R (on the application AB) v Secretary of State for Justice, heard 20 and 21 January 2021
CPRE Kent v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, heard 28 January 2021
R (on the application of A) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 10 February 2021
Anwar v The Advocate General (representing the Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (Scotland), heard 25 February 2021
Sanambar v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 4 March 2021
BF (Eritrea) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 16 March 2021
Harcus Sinclar LLP v Your Lawyers Ltd, heard 24 and 25 March 2021
Secretary of State for Health and Ors v Servier Laboratories Ltd and Ord, heard 14 and 15 April 2021
R (on the application of Haworth) v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, heard 21 April 2021
Crown Prosecution Service v Aquila Advisory Ltd, heard 27 April 2021
Royal Mail Group Ltd v Efobi, heard 27 April 2021
Lloyd v Google LLC, heard 28 and 29 April 2021
BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA and Ors, heard 4 May 2021.
R (on the application of SM (Rwanda) (AP)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 10 May 2021
Kostal UK v Dunkley and Ors, heard 18 May 2021
Bott & Co Solicitors v Ryanair DAC, heard 20 May 2021
In the matter of an application by Margaret McQuillan for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland), In the matter of an application by Mary McKenna for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland), and In the matter of an application by Francis McGuigan for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland), heard 14-16 June 2021
East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust v Flowers and Ors, heard 22 June 2021
R (on the application of O (a minor, by her litigation friend AO)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and R (on the application of The Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens) v Secretary of State for the Home Department) (Expedited), heard 23 and 2124 June 2021.
