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

On Monday 30 July, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will hear the appeal of Fishermen and Friends of the Sea v Environmental Management Authority & Ors. This will be heard in Courtroom 3.

On Monday 30 July, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in R (Tag Eldin Ramadan Bashir & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department. The proposed panel for hand down is Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr, Lord Wilson, Lord Sumption, Lord Reed and Lord Carnwath. This appeal considered whether the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol extend to the UK’s Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia; and, if so, whether the appellant is required to admit the respondents to the UK for settlement.

On Monday 30 July, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in An NHS Trust v Y (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) & Anor. The proposed panel for hand down is Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr, Lord Wilson, Lord Sumption, Lord Reed and Lord Carnwath. This appeal considered whether it is mandatory to bring before the court the withdrawal of Clinically Assisted Nutrition and Hydration from a patient who has a prolonged disorder of consciousness, in circumstances where the clinical team and the family are agreed that it is not in the patient’s best interests that he continues to receive that treatment.

On Monday 30 July, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in R (AR) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police & Anor. The proposed panel for hand down is Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr, Lord Wilson, Lord Sumption, Lord Reed and Lord Carnwath. This appeal considered whether dsclosure of details of a rape acquittal in an Enhanced Criminal Record Certificate violates the presumption of innocence protected by ECHR, art 6(2). It also considered, regarding ECHR, art 8, whether an appellate court should determine the issue of proportionality for itself; whether disclosure of an acquittal is disproportionate where full details of the evidence at trial are not obtained and the allegations are not established on the balance of probabilities; and whether disclosure of an acquittal in an Enhanced Criminal Record Certificate is in accordance with law when no independent review of the information occurs prior to disclosure.

A new portrait of Lady Hale, President of the Supreme Court, has been unveiled at Gray’s Inn, and is to hang alongside paintings of Lord Bingham and Lord Thomas.

A full list of the cases scheduled for the Trinity 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.

R (AR) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police & Anor, heard 21 Nov 2017.

R (Stott) v Secretary of State for Justice, heard 18 Jan 2018.

Warner-Lambert Company LLC v Generics (UK) Ltd t/a Mylan & Anor, heard 12-15 Feb 2018.

An NHS Trust & Ors v Y (by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor), heard 26-27 Feb 2018.

KO (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, & Or cases, heard 17-19 Apr 2018.

In the matter of an application by Siobhan McLaughlin for Judicial Review (NI), heard 30 Apr 2018.

Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd & Ors (NI), heard 1-2 May 2018.

R (Hallam) v Secretary of State for Justice; R (Nealon) v Secretary of State for Justice, heard 8-9 May 2018.

Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, heard 7 Jun 2018.

Barnardo’s v Buckinghamshire & Ors, heard 11-12 Jun 2018.

Nottingham City Council v Parr & Anor, heard 13 Jun 2018.

In the matter of an application by Lorraine Gallagher for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) and other cases, heard 19-21 Jun 2018.

In the matter of an application by Geraldine Finucane for Judicial Review (NI), heard 26-27 Jun 2018.

Warner v Scapa Flow Charters (Scotland), heard 28 Jun 2018.

Dooneen Ltd (t/a McGuines Associates) & Anor v Mond (Scotland), heard 3 Jul 2018.

Regency Villas Title Ltd & Ors v Diamond Resorts (Europe) Ltd & Ors, heard 4-5 Jul 2018.

Rhuppiah v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 10 Jul 2018.

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.

The UK Withdrawal from the EU (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill – A reference by the Attorney General and the Advocate General for Scotland, heard 24-25 Jul 2018.

Secretary of State for Justice v MM, heard 26 Jul 2018.