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

On Tuesday 28 June 2016 the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of R (Hicks & Ors) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, considering whether the Court of Appeal was correct to hold that the appellants’ arrests and detention were lawful under ECHR, art 5(1)(c) or (b). The appellants had been temporarily arrested at various places around central London on the day of the Royal Wedding in April 2011, in order to prevent breaches of the peace, before being arrested without further action being taken. This will be heard in Court 2 from 10.30am.

On Wednesday 29 June it will hand down judgment in the following cases:

R (Bancoult No 2) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. The panel will be Lord Neuberger, Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr, Lord Clarke.

Goluchowski v District Court in Elblag, Poland.; Sas v Circuit Court and District Court in Jelenia Gora, Poland. The panel will be Lord Neuberger, Lord Mance, Lord Wilson, Lord Hughes, Lord Toulson

On Thursday 30 June it will hear the appeal of Impact Funding Solutions Ltd v AIG Europe Insurance Ltd, regarding the scope of the “debts and trading” liabilities exclusion contained in the Minimum Terms and Conditions of Professional Indemnity Insurance for Solicitors and Registered European Lawyers in England and Wales.

On Tuesday 28 June 2016 the Privy Council will hand down judgment in the appeal of The United Policyholders Group & Ors v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago) in Court 3 at 10.30am. It will then hear the appeal in Janin Caribbean Construction Limited v Wilkinson & Anor (as executors of the estate of Ernest Clarence Wilkinson) & Anor (Grenada), also in Court 3.

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

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding:

R (Bancoult No 2) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, heard 22 June 2015.

Belhaj & Anor v Straw & Ors; Rahmatullah v Ministry of Defence & Anor, heard 9–12 November 2015.

R (Nouazli) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 23-24 November 2015.

ZM v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Northern Ireland); HA (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 12–14 January 2016.

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.

R (Ismail) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 26–27 January 2016.

Abd Ali Hameed Al-Waheed v Ministry of Defence; Mohammed & Ors v Ministry of Defence & Anor, heard 1–4 February 2016.

Patel v Mirza, heard 16-18 February 2016.

R (MM) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another case,heard 22–24 February 2016.

R (MA & Ors) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions & other cases, heard 29 February-2 March 2016.

Willers v Joyce & Anor (in substitution for and in their capacity as executors of Albert Gubay (deceased)), heard 7 March 2016.

The Christian Institute & Ors v The Lord Advocate (Scotland), heard 8–9 March 2016.

Goluchowski v District Court in Elblag, Poland and another case, heard 14 March 2016.

McDonald (by her litigation friend Duncan J McDonald) v McDonald & Ors, heard 15–16 March 2016.

Versloot Dredging BV & Anor v HDI Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG & Ors,heard 16–17 March 2016.

R (Agyarko) v Secretary of state for the Home Department, heard 6–7 April 2016.

Campbell v Gordon (Scotland), heard 11 April 2016.

R (Public Law Project) v The Lord Chancellor, heard 18 April 2016.

Lee-Hirons v Secretary of State for Justice, heard 26 April 2016.

Akers & Ors v Samba Financial Group, heard 27–28 April 2016.

R v Docherty, 3-4 May 2016.

Edwards v Kumarasamy, heard 5 May 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.

Amoena (UK) Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, heard 7 June 2016

Bailey & Anor v Angove’s PTY Ltd, heard 8 June 2016

R v Golds, heard on 14 June 2016

FirstGroup plc v Paulley, heard on 15 June 2016

Hayward v Zurich Insurance Company plc, heard on 16 June 2016

Secretary of State for the Home Department v FV (Italy), heard on 21 June

Hastings Borough Council v Manolete Partners plc, heard on 23 June