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

On Wednesday 3rd November, the Supreme Court will hand down judgment in Crown Prosecution Service v Aquila Advisory Ltd. This case was heard on 27th April 2021and was on appeal from [2019] EWCA Civ 588. The judgment will consider proprietary claims brought by a company against its directors to recover proceeds of crime received in breach of fiduciary duty, and whether the illegality of the directors can be attributed to the company itself. The neutral citation for the judgment will be [2021] UKSC 49.

A full list of the cases scheduled for the Michaelmas Term can be found here.

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding: (As of 01/11/2021)

  • The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc v Ukraine (Represented by the Minister of Finance of Ukraine acting upon the instructions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine) Nos. 2 and 3, heard 9-12 December 2019
  • Lloyd v Google LLC, heard 28 and 29 April 2021
  • BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA and Ors, heard 4 May 2021.
  • Bott & Co Solicitors v Ryanair DAC, heard 20 May 2021
  • In the matter of an application by Margaret McQuillan for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland), In the matter of an application by Mary McKenna for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland), and In the matter of an application by Francis McGuigan for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland), heard 14-16 June 2021
  • East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust v Flowers and Ors, heard 22 June 2021
  • R (on the application of O (a minor, by her litigation friend AO)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and R (on the application of The Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens) v Secretary of State for the Home Department) (Expedited), heard 23 and 24 June 2021
  • Alize 1954 and Anor v Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG and Ors, heard 7 and 8 July 2021
  • R (on the application of Elan-Cane)  v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 12 and 13 July 2021
  • A Local Authority v JB (by his Litigation Friend, the Official Solicitor) (AP), heard 15 July 2021
  • Maduro Board of the Central Bank of Venezuela v Guaidó Board of the Central Bank of Venezuela, heard 19 to 22 July 2021.
  • Basfar v Wong, heard 13th-14th October
  • Her Majesty’s Attorney General v Crosland, heard 18th October
  • Secretary of State for the Home Department v SC (Jamaica), heard 19th October
  • Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme Trustees Ltd, heard 26th October