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

On Monday 2 March 2015 the Court will hear the appeal of TN & MA (Afghanistan) (AP) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; AA (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department involving appellants who sought asylum in the UK as children. The Supreme Court must decide whether the appellant’s right to appeal the respondent’s decision refusing their asylum applications by judicial review was an effective remedy for the purposes of EU law, and whether the respondent had a duty to try to trace the families of unaccompanied children who seek asylum in Britain. It will be heard in Court 1 from 11am and will continue on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 10.30am.

On Wednesday 4 March it will hand down judgment in the following: JB (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department concerning the appellant Secretary of State adding Jamaica to the list of states designated under the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, s 94(4), which presumptively returns asylum seekers pending any appeal on the basis that the country is generally safe; R (Catt) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis & Anor and another case involving the retention of information relating to a protest group on a Police database. The Court must decide if the retention of data relating to the respondent protestors was lawful in terms of the ECHR, Art 8; and Fish & Fish Ltd v Sea Shepherd UK involving whether the respondent was liable either directly or vicariously because its ship was rammed as part of an international charity’s campaign, of which the appellant was a branch of, to stop illegal tuna fishing. They will be handed down in Court 1 from 9.45am.

On Monday 2 March 2015 the Privy Council will hand down judgment in Pora v The Queen (New Zealand). It will be handed down in Court 3 at 9am. On Wednesday it will hear the appeal of Hall v Maritek Bahamas Limited (Bahamas) regarding whether there was a binding contract between the parties, and if so, whether a deposit was lodged by the appellant. It will be heard in Court 3 at 10.30am.

A full list of the hearings scheduled to be heard during the Hilary term can be found here.

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding:

R (SG & Ors) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, heard 29-30 April.

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.

Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board, heard 22 and 23 July 2014.

Jetivia SA & Anor v Bilta (UK) Ltd & Ors, heard 14 October 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.

BP Shipping Ltd & Anor v Braganza, heard 10 November 2014.

Beghal v DPP, heard 12 November 2014.

Morgan Stanley & Co International Plc v Tael One Partners Ltd, heard 17 November 2014.

Secretary of State for the Home Department v B2, heard 18 November 2014.

Royal Bank of Scotland plc v Carlyle, heard 20 November 2014.

R (Evans) v Information Commissioner, heard 24-25 November 2014.

R (JB) (Jamaica) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 26-27 November 2014.

R (Catt) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis & Anor and another case, heard 2-4 December 2014.

Vince v Wyatt, heard 8-9 December 2014.

Fish & Fish Ltd v Sea Shepherd UK, 8 December 2014.

Aster Communities Ltd (formerly Flourish Homes Ltd) v Akerman-Livingstone (AP), heard 10 December 2014.

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

R (Hemming (/a Simply Pleasure Ltd) & Ors) v Westminster City Council, heard on 13 January 2015.

R (Trail Riders Fellowship & Anor) v Dorset County Council & Ors, heard on 15 January 2015.

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

University and College Union v The University of Stirling, heard 21 January 2015.

Arnold v Britton & Ors, heard 26 January 2015.

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

S (Children), heard 28 January 2015.

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

Olympic Airlines S.A. v The Trustees of the Olympic Airlines S.A. Pension and Life Assurance Scheme, heard 2-3 February.

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 v GH, heard 23-24 February 2015.

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