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There are two appeals scheduled in the Supreme Court this week. In Courtroom 2, on Monday 22 to Wednesday 24 November Lords Mance, Kerr and Clarke, Sir John Dyson SCJ and Lord Saville of Newdigate will hear linked cases, Baker v Quantum Clothing Group Limited & Ors; Baker v Quantum Clothing Group Limited & Ors (Pretty Polly Limited); and Baker v Quantum Clothing Group Limited & Ors (Meridian Limited). The court will consider the liability of employers in the knitting industry of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire for their employees’ hearing loss due to exposure to noise at a lower level than that which was generally recognised as giving rise to liability in the past. The Supreme Court details are here.
In Courtroom 1 Lords Phillips, Hope, Rodger and Walker, Lady Hale, and Lords Brown and Collins will hear the following linked cases over two days from 23 to 24 November: Mayor & Burgesses of the London Borough of Hounslow v Powell; Leeds City Council v Hall; and Birmingham City Council v Frisby. The issue for the court is whether the exercise of human rights can affect possession proceedings in the context of an introductory tenant facing a possession order and claiming a public law defence.
The Supreme Court has announced that it will hand down judgment on the following cases on Wednesday 24 November:
MA (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department. Here is our case preview.
Royal Bank of Scotland plc v Francis John Wilson and another (Scotland); Royal Bank of Scotland plc v John Patrick McCormack Wilson and another (Scotland). Here are the Supreme Court case details.
Holland v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and another. The Supreme Court case details are here.
There are no appeals being heard in the Privy Council this week but judgment on E. Anthony Ross v Bank of Commerce (Saint Kitts Nevis) Trust and Savings Association Limited has been announced for hand down on Tuesday 23 November.
Judgments outstanding
The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding:
R (SK) (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 10-11 Feb 2010
Spiller and another v Joseph and others, heard 26 July 2010
Global Process Systems Inc and another v Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Berhad, heard 28 July 2010
Progress Property Company Limited v Moorgarth Group Limited, heard 5-6 October 2010
R v Chaytor and others, heard 18-19 October 2010
Principal Reporter v K and others (Appellants) (Scotland), heard 20-21 October 2010
The Child Poverty Action Group v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, heard 25 October 2010
Sienkiewicz (Administratrix of the Estate of Enid Costello deceased) v Greif (UK) Limited and Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council) v Willmore, heard 26-28 October 2010
Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v DCC Holdings (UK) Limited, heard 2-4 November 2010
Coke-Wallis v Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, heard 8-9 November 2010
R (on the application of Edwards) v Environment Agency and others, heard 11 November 2010
Morge v Hampshire County Council, heard 8 November 2010
ZH (Tanzania) (FC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 9-10 November 2010
JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. and another v Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) Anstalt des Oeffentlichen Rechts, heard 11 November 2010
WL Congo 1 and 2 & anr v Secretary of State for the Home Department and KM (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 15-18 November 2010
The following Privy Council judgments are awaited:
Romeo Cannonier & Ors v The Queen (St Christopher & Nevis) and Romeo Cannonier v The Queen (St Christopher & Nevis), heard 13 May 2010
The Public Service Appeal Board v Omar Maraj (Trinidad & Tobago), heard 5 October 2010
Tabeel Lewis v The State of Trinidad & Tobago, heard 11 October 2010
The Palms Resort Limited v. P.P.C. Limited, heard 13 October 2010
Charles Villeneuve & Anr v Joel Gaillard & Anr (Bahamas), heard 20-21 October 2010
National Transport Authority v Mauritius Secondary Industry Limited, heard 25 October 2010
Steven Kent Jervis & Another v Victor John Skinner (Bahamas), heard 27-28 October 2010
Francis Paponette LLP & Others v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago, heard 1-2 November 2010
Culross Global SPC Limited v Strategic Turnaround Master Partnership Limited (Cayman Islands), heard 3-4 November 2010
