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This week, three cases will be heard and two judgments will be handed down in the Supreme Court. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, in Courtroom 1,  Lords Hope, Rodger, Walker, and Collins and Sir John Dyson will hear the combined appeals of HT (Cameroon) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and HJ (Iran) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent). Both cases relate to the respective appellants’ claims for asylum for fear of persecution in their home countries for being gay men.  Our case preview is here. Details of these cases can be found on the Supreme Court website here and here.

On Tuesday and Wednesday in Courtroom 2, the case of R (on the application of Noone) (FC) (Appellant) v The Governor of HMP Drake Hall and Another (Respondents) will be heard by Lords Phillips, Saville, Brown, Mance and Judge. The issue before the court is the correct calculation of eligibility for Home Detention Curfew and licence period where consecutive sentences are governed in part by the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (the “1991 Act”) and in part by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (the “2003 Act”). In this case, the appellant’s eligibility for early release had been delayed by 97 days as a result of her consecutive sentences for three different convictions being governed in part by the 1991 Act and in part by the 2003 Act, compared with the position which would have arisen had all her sentences been governed by either the 1991 Act or the 2003 Act alone. Details of this case can be found on the Supreme Court website here. 

On Thursday, Lords Hope, Walker, Brown, Mance, and Clarke will hear the case of Southern Pacific Personal Loans Ltd (Respondent) v Walker & Another (Appellants) in Courtroom 2. The court will decide the correct definition of an amount of credit under the Consumer Credit Act 1974, and whether the 1974 Act permits interest to be charged on a sum which is not part of the total amount of credit, but is a charge for credit. The case relates to a District Judge’s decision to grant a suspended order for possession of the appellants’ home on terms that the appellants made the payments due on a mortgage they had taken out as a second charge on their property and paid off their arrears in instalments. Details of this case can be found on the Supreme Court website here.  Our case preview is here.

There is one appeal listed this week before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. On Thursday, Lords Rodger, and Collins and Sir John Dyson will hear the appeal of Romeo Cannonier & Ors v The Queen (St Christopher & Nevis) and Romeo Cannonier v The Queen (St Christopher & Nevis).  This is an appeal in a murder case.

The Supreme Court has announced that judgments will be handed down on Wednesday in the cases of R (on the application of Sainsbury’s Supermarket Ltd) (Appellant) v Wolverhampton City Council and another (Respondents) (previewed here) and ZN (Afghanistan) (FC) and others (Appellants) v Entry Clearance Officer (Karachi) (Respondent) and one other action (previewed here).

Judgments outstanding

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding:

R (SK) (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 10-11 Feb 2010

Roberts v Gill, heard 22-23 February 2010

R (on the application of Smith) (FC) v Secretary of State for Defence, heard 15-17 March 2010

Radmacher v Granatino, heard 22-23 March 2010

A v Essex County Council, heard 24-25 March 2010

OB (by his mother and litigation friend) (FC) v Aventis Pasteur, heard 14-15 April 2010

In the matter of an Application by JR17 for judicial Review (NI), heard 19-20 April 2010

Austin (FC) v Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Southwark, heard 21-22 April 2010

MS Palestinian Territories (FC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 26-27 April

Secretary of State for the Home Department v AP, heard 5-6 May 2010

The following Privy Council judgments are awaited:

Larry Winslow Marshall v Deputy Governor of Bermuda, heard 22-23 February 2010

F B M Nahaboo and others v N Parsooramen and others, heard 26 April 2010

Marie Jean Mirbel and others v The State of Mauritius, heard 27 April 2010

Gangasingh Aubeeluck and Moodoosoodun v The State of Mauritius, heard 28 April 2010

Societe Royal Gardens et Compagnie, heard 29 April 2010

138 others v Mauritius Revenue Authority, heard 29 April 2010

Devendranath Huram v K Bholah, heard 30 April 2010