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

On Wednesday 13 May 2015 the Court will hand down judgment in the following: Gaughran v The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland regarding the indefinite retention of fingerprints, photographs, DNA samples and DNA profiles of an individual convicted in Northern Ireland; the joined appeals of Hotak v London Borough of Southwark; Johnson v Solihull; and Kanu v London Borough of Southwark involving what the correct test should be when trying to establish if a person should have priority need status for the purposes of the Housing Act 1996, s19, in particular how to determine whether they were “vulnerable”; and Starbucks (HK) Ltd & Anor v British Sky Broadcasting Group plc & Ors regarding a claim against trade mark infringement and passing off. These will be handed down in Court 2 from 9.45am.

On Wednesday the Court will also hear the appeal In the matter of AR (Children) (Scotland) regarding proceedings under the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 to secure the return of the appellant’s children from Scotland to France, where he was resident. The Court must consider the significance of parental intention in the determination of the habitual residence of a child for the purposes of an application under the Hague convention. It will be heard in Court 2 from 10.30am.

On Wednesday it will also hear the appeal of Edenred (UK Group) Ltd & Anor v Her Majesty’s Treasury & Ors regarding a challenge to the allocating provision of childcare accounts and associated services to NSI, to be delivered under a pre-existing outsourcing contract with Atos. The appellants argued that this was incompatible with the requirement under EU law that new public services contracts be subject to a tender procedure. This will be heard in Court 1 from 10.30am and will continue on Thursday.

On Monday 11 May the Privy Council will hand down judgment in Brantley & Ors v Constituency Boundaries Commission & Ors (St Christopher and Nevis). This will be handed down in Court 1 from 10.30am. It will also hear the appeal of Misick & Ors v The Queen (Turks and Caicos) regarding whether a judge appointed for a limited period has sufficient security of tenure to be an “independent and impartial court”, as required by the Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and also what the standard of proof was on an application in a criminal case for trial by judge alone. This will be heard in Court 3 at 10.30am.

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding:

PwC v SAAD Investments Company Ltd (In Liquidation), heard 29-30 April.

International Energy Group Ltd v Zurich Insurance plc, heard 15 and 16 July 2014.

Graughran (AP) v The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, heard 16 October 2014.

Anson v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, heard 27 October 2014.

JR 38, Re Judicial Review, heard 6 November 2014.

Beghal v DPP, heard 12 November 2014.

Hotak v London Borough of Southwark; Johnson v Solihull; and Kanu v London Borough of Southwark, heard on 15 December 2014.

OPO (by his litigation friend BHM) & Anor v MLA, heard 19-20 January 2015.

Arnold v Britton & Ors, heard 26 January 2015.

International Energy Group Limited v Zurich Insurance PLC UK Branch, heard 27 January 2015.

Haile v London Borough of Waltham Forest, heard 29 January.

Coventry & Ors v Lawrence & Anor, heard 9-10 & 12 February 2015.

Woolway v Mazars, heard 11 February 2015.

R (Bourgass & Anor) v Secretary of State for Justice, heard 16-17 February 2015.

Shahid v Scottish Ministers (Scotland), heard 18 February 2015.

R (Ali) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another case, heard 25-26 February 2015.

TN & MA (Afghanistan) (AP) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; AA (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 2-5 March 2015.

Mirga v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; Samin v Westminster City Council, heard on 6-7 March 2015.

Pendragon plc & Ors v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, heard on 8 March 2015.

R (Lumsdon & Ors) v Legal Services Board, heard 16 March 2015.

R (Cornwall Council) v Secretary of State for Health; R (Cornwall Council) v Somerset County Council, heard 18-19 March 2015.

R v Harvey, heard 24 March 2015.

Starbucks (HK) Ltd & Anor vBritish Sky Broadcasting Group Plc & Ors, heard 25-26 March 2015.

Cameron Mathieson, a deceased child (by his father Craig Mathieson) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, heard 26 March 2015.

Aspect Contracts (Asbestos) Ltd v Higgins Construction Plc, heard 14-15 April 2015.

BPE Solicitors & Anor v Gabriel, heard 20 Apr 2015.

Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v The Rank Group PLC, heard 21 Apr 2015.

Keyu & Ors v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs & Anor, heard 22-23 April 2015.

Bunge SA v Nidera BV, heard 27-28 April 2015.

Hunt v North Somerset Council, heard 29 April 2015.

Anson v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, heard 30 April 2015.

Secretary of State for Work & Pensions v Tolley (Deceased acting by her personal representative), heard 5-6 May 2015.

Mandalia v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 7 May 2015.