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

On Tuesday 9 October, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will hear the appeal of Causwell v The General Legal Council (ex parte Elizabeth Hartley) (Jamaica). This appeal will consider whether disciplinary proceedings under the Legal Profession Act 1971, which were initiated without the authority of the aggrieved person, can be ratified by the aggrieved person after having been filed. This will be heard in Courtroom 3.

On Wednesday 10 October, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Takhar v Gracefield Developments Ltd & Ors. This appeal will consider whether a party who seeks to set aside a judgment on the basis that it was obtained by fraud must demonstrate that he or she could not have discovered the fraud by the exercise of reasonable (or due) diligence at the time of the original trial. This will be heard in Courtroom 2.

On Wednesday 10 October, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. The proposed panel for hand down is Lady Hale, Lord Kerr, and Lord Lloyd-Jones. This appeal considered whether non-clinically trained reception staff at an A&E department owed a tortious duty of care to the appellant to provide him with accurate information regarding waiting times.

On Wednesday 10 October, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in Nottingham City Council v Parr & Anor. The proposed panel for hand down is Lady Hale, Lord Kerr, and Lord Lloyd-Jones. This appeal considered whether the Housing Act 2004, s 67, which empowers a local authority licensing a house in multiple occupation to impose conditions regulating the use or occupation of the house (HMO), includes the power to limit the category of person for whom the HMO is suitable – for example, students. It also considered, if conditions imposed under s 67 can so limit the class of person for whom a HMO is suitable, whether the conditions attached by the Tribunals and the Court of Appeal below were rational.

On Wednesday 10 October, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd & Ors. The proposed panel for hand down is Lady Hale, Lord Kerr, and Lord Lloyd-Jones. This appeal considered whether the appellants directly discriminated against a customer on the grounds of sexual orientation, contrary to the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (NI) 2006, and religious and political belief, contrary to the fair employment and treatment (NI) Order 1998, by refusing to make a cake decorated with the words ‘Support Gay Marriage’. It also considered whether the relevant provisions of the 2006 Regulations and 1998 Order breached the appellants’ rights under ECHR, arts 9 and/or 10, separately or together with art 14.

On Thursday 11 October, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Wells v Devani. This appeal will consider whether, where a commission agent and his principal have not expressly, in their oral discussion, identified and agreed the precise event upon which commission is payable, but have expressly agreed in those oral discussions that a commission would be payable at an agreed percentage, their bargain is incomplete. It will also consider whether the court can (whether by taking into account the relevant surrounding factual matrix, or what the parties said, or the parties’ conduct), imply a term identifying the commission entitling event which gives business efficacy to the parties’ presumed common intention. This will be heard in Courtroom 2.

A full list of the cases scheduled for the Michaelmas 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 (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.

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.

Volcafe Ltd & Ors v Compania Sud Americana De Vapores SA, heard 3-4 Oct 2018.

In the matter of D (a child), heard 3-4 Oct 2018.