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Listed for 1.5 days from this morning is the appeal of Clyde & Co LLP & Anor v Winklehof. The appellant, an English qualified solicitor, was a member of the first respondent LLP who worked predominantly in Tanzania and had a separate employment contract with a law firm there. She reported that a partner in the Tanzanian firm had been involved in money laundering and bribery and was dismissed from that firm, and, following an investigation, ultimately expelled as a member of the first respondent. The issue for the Supreme Court is whether a member of a limited liability partnership is a worker within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act 1996, s 230(3) and is therefore within the category of persons protected by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 and permitted to bring a whistleblowing claim. The hearing can be followed on Supreme Court Live.

In Courtroom 2 on Wednesday 26 March 2014 is R (Whiston) v Secretary of State for Justice. In this matter the appellant, a determinate sentence prisoner, applied for judicial review of the respondent’s decision to revoke his release under the Home Detention Curfew Scheme. The Court will determine whether this decision engaged either art 5(4) or art 6 of the ECHR.

On Wednesday 26 March 2014 the Supreme Court will hand down judgment in the following: Kennedy v The Charity Commission; and Durkin v DSG Retail Ltd & Anor.

In the Privy Council today is the appeal from Trinidad and Tobago of Beacon Insurance Company Ltd v Maharaj Bookstore Ltd. On Tuesday is a matter from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. The appellant vet pleaded guilty to a charge of theft, using threatening words and behaviour, and common assault following an altercation with a neighbour, and the Judicial Committee will determine whether the respondent wrongly determined that the appellant was unfit to practise as a veterinary surgeon in the circumstances.  Finally, on Thursday 27 March is Sabapathee v The Director of Public Prosecutions, a Mauritian appeal relating to procedural issues in sentencing a drugs offence.

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding:

Re an application by Central Craigavon Ltd for Judicial Review, heard 15 May 2013.

R v Ahmad & Anor, heard 29 July 2013.

R (Eastenders Cash and Carry plc & Ors) v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, heard 27 – 28 November 2013..

 R (British Sky Broadcasting Ltd) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, heard 3 December 2013.

R v O’Brien, heard 5 December 2013.

R (T & Anor) v SSHD & Anor, heard 9 – 10 December 2013.

R (AM) v The Director of Public Prosecutions; R (AM) v Director of Public Prosecution; and R (Nicklinson & Anor) v Ministry of Justice, heard 16 – 19 December 2013.

Holt v Her Majesty’s Attorney General on behalf of the Queen, heard 15 – 16 January 2014.

Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG (formerly known as Victoria), heard 20 – 21 January 2014.

A v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Scotland), heard 22 – 23 January 2014.

Dunhill (a protected party by her litigation friend Tasker) v Burgin (Nos. 1 & 2), heard 3 – 5 February 2014.

British Telecommunication Plc v Telefonica 02 UK Limited and Ors, heard 3 – 4 February 2014.

R v Ahmad & Anor and R v Fields & Ors, heard 10 – 11 February 2014.

McDonald (Deceased) v National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc, heard 12 – 13 February 2014.

Agricultural Sector (Wales) Bill – Reference by the Attorney General for England and Wales, heard 17 – 18 February 2014.

Khaira & Ors v Shergill & Ors, heard 19 – 20 February 2014.

Barnes (as former Court Appointed Receiver) v The Eastenders Group & Anor, heard 24 – 25 February 2014.

Scott v Southern Pacific Mortgages Ltd & Anor, heard 3 – 5 March 2014.

R (George) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 4 March 2014.

Secretary of State for Home Department v MN & KY, heard 5 March 2014.

Deutsche Bahn AG & Ors v Morgan Crucible Company plc, heard 11 – 12 March 2014.

R (Nunn) v Chief Constable of Suffolk Constabulary & Anor, heard 13 March 2014.

L Batley Pet Products Limited v North Lanarkshire Council, heard 17 March 2014.

Robertson v Swift, heard 19 March 2014.