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

On Wednesday 5th July the Court will hand-down judgment in R (on the application of Officer W80) v Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct and others [2023] UKSC 24. The Court will determine whether, in the context of police misconduct proceedings, it is open to a reasonable disciplinary panel to make a finding of misconduct if an officer’s honest, but mistaken, belief that his life was threatened was found to be unreasonable. The hand-down will begin at 9:45am in Courtroom 1.

From Wednesday 5th July – Thursday 6th July the Court will hear the case of Skatteforvaltningen (the Danish Customs and Tax Administration) v Solo Capital Partners LLP (in special administration) and others, on appeal from [2022] EWCA Civ 234. The Court will consider whether the Danish Customs and Tax Administration’s (“SKAT”) claims for the recovery of tax refunds made to the appellants are not admissible before the English courts by reason of Rule 3(1) of Dicey, Morris & Collins on the Conflict of Laws, which says that “English courts have no jurisdiction to entertain an action… for the enforcement, either directly or indirectly, of a penal, revenue or other public law of a foreign State”. The hearing will begin at 10:30am in Courtroom 1.

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding: (As of 07/07/23)

  • East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust v Flowers and Ors, heard 22nd June 2021
  • Canada Square Operations Ltd v Potter, heard 14th June 2022
  • Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and another v Agnew and others (Northern Ireland), heard 14th-15th December 2022
  • Smith and another v Royal Bank of Scotland, heard 12th January 2023
  • Republic of Mozambique (acting through its Attorney General) v Privinvest Shipbuilding SAL (Holding) and others, heard 24-25th January 2023
  • R (PACCAR Inc and others) v Competition Appeal Tribunal and others, heard 16th February 2023.
  • Lifestyle Equities C.V. and another v Ahmed and another, heard 20th February 2023
  • Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, heard 2nd March 2023
  • The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilites Water Ltd No 2, heard 6th March 2023
  • R (on the application of Palmer) v Northern Derbyshire Magistrates Court and another, heard 8th March 2023
  • Secretary of State for Transport v Curzon Park Ltd and others, heard 19th April 2023
  • Independent Workers Union of Great Britain v Central Arbitration Committee and another, heard 25th April 2023
  • R (on the application of Worcestershire County Council) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, heard 27th April 2023
  • R (on the application of Imam) v London Borough of Croydon, heard 3rd May 2023
  • McCulloch and others v Forth Valley Health Board (Scotland), heard 10th May 2023.
  • Polmear and another v Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, heard 15th May 2023.
  • R (on the application of Afzal) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 7th June 2023.
  • Herculito Maritime Ltd and others v Gunvor International BV and others, heard 14th June 2023.
  • Zubaydah v Foreign and Commonwealth Office and others, heard 14th June 2023.
  • TUI Ltd v Griffiths, heard 21st June 2023.
  • R (on the application of Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group) v Surrey County Council and others, heard 21st June 2023.
  • Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Professional Game Match Officials Ltd, heard 26th June 2023.
  • SkyKick UK Ltd and another v Sky Ltd and others, heard 28th June 2023.
  • Skatteforvaltningen (the Danish Customs and Tax Administration) v Solo Capital Partners LLP (in special administration) and others, heard 5th July 2023.