UK Supreme Court Blog

EDITORS: Dan Tench, Emma Cross, Zainab Hodgson, Francesca Knight, James Warshaw and Natalie Haefner (CMS)
Hugh Tomlinson KC, Matthew Ryder KC, Nandini Bulchandani and Daniel Rudd (Matrix)

On Wednesday 3^rd and Thursday 4^th May the Court will hear the case of R (on the application of Imam) v London Borough of Croydon, on appeal from [2022] EWCA Civ 601. The Court will consider when should a mandatory order against a local housing authority be made to enforce a duty owed to a homeless individual under s193(2) of the Housing Act 1996 (the “1996 Act”)? In particular, should the court take account of either: (a) budgetary constraints imposed on the housing authority; or (b) the availability of housing under a non-secured tenancy under Part VII of the 1996 Act (as opposed to a secured tenancy under Part VI of the 1996 Act). The hearing will begin at 10:00am in Courtroom 1.

On Thursday 4^th May the Court will hear the case of R (on the application of Wang and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, on appeal from [2021] EWCA Civ 679. This appeal raises issues concerning: (1) the meaning of “control” of investment money in the relevant provisions of the Immigration Rules and the facts and circumstances relevant to the assessment of “control”; and (2) the approach to the interpretation of the Immigration Rules. The hearing will begin at 10:30am in Courtroom 2.

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding: (As of 05/05/23)

• East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust v Flowers and Ors, heard 22 June 2021
• Canada Square Operations Ltd v Potter, heard 14^th June 2022
• Unger and another (in substitution for Hasan) v Ul-Hasan (deceased) and another, heard 20^th October 2022
• Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and another v Agnew and others (Northern Ireland), heard 14^th-15^th December 2022
• Smith and another v Royal Bank of Scotland, heard 12^th 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 16^th February 2023.
• Lifestyle Equities C.V. and another v Ahmed and another, heard 20^th February 2023
• JTI POLSKA Sp. Z o.o. and others v Jakubowski and others, heard 28^th February 2023
• Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, heard 2^nd March 2023
• The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilites Water Ltd No 2, heard 6^th March 2023
• London Borough of Merton Council v Nuffield Health Ltd, heard 7^th March 2023
• R (on the application of Palmer) v Northern Derbyshire Magistrates Court and another, heard 8^th March 2023
• R (on the application of Toraane and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 9^th March 2023
• R (on the application of Officer W80) v Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct and others, heard 13^th March 2023
• Jalla and another v Shell International Trading and Shipping Company and another, heard 27^th March 2023
• Secretary of State for Transport v Curzon Park Ltd and others, heard 19^th April 2023
• Independent Workers Union of Great Britain v Central Arbitration Committee and another, heard 25^th April 2023
• R (on the application of Worcestershire County Council) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, heard 27^th April 2023
• R (on the application of Imam) v London Borough of Croydon, heard 3^rd May 2023
• R (on the application of Wang and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 4^th May 2023