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

On Tuesday 21 May, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal London Borough of Lambeth v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Ors. This appeal will consider whether a condition restricting the use of the premises should be implied into a planning permission granted by the appellant; alternatively whether the planning permission should be interpreted an containing such a condition. This will be heard in Courtroom 2.

On Wednesday 22 May, the Supreme Court will hand down judgment in Hancock & Anor v Commissioners for HMRC. The proposed panel for hand down is Lord Reed, Lord Carnwarth and Lady Arden. This appeal considered whether a conversion of non-qualifying corporate bonds and qualifying corporate bonds in a reorganisation is to be treated as single conversions or two distinct conversions for the purposes of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, s 132.

A full list of the cases scheduled for the Easter term can be found here.

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding:

Keefe (by his litigation friend Eyton) v Hoteles Pinero Canarias SL, heard 7 Mar 2017.

Arcadia Petroleum Ltd & Ors v Bosworth & Anor, heard 10-11 Apr 2017.

OWD Ltd, trading as Birmingham Cash & Carry, & Anor v Commissioners for HMRC, heard 12 Jul 2018.

Poole Borough Council v GN (through his litigation friend, ‘The Official Solicitor’) & Anor, heard 16-17 Jul 2018.

In the matter of D (a child), heard 3-4 Oct 2018.

Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd & Anor, hears 13-14 Nov 2018.

Hancock & Anor v Commissioners for HMRC, heard 7 Dec 2018.

R (Derry) v Commissioners for HMRC, heard 12 Dec 2018.

Vedanta Resources Plc & Anor v Lungowe & Ors, heard 15-16 Jan 2019.

Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd, heard 21-22 Jan 2019.

Stocker v Stocker, heard 24 Jan 2019.

R (Newby Foods Ltd) v Food Standards Agency, heard 30 Jan 2019.

Samuels v Birmingham City Council, heard 31 Jan 2019.

Shanks v Unilever Plc & Ors, heard 6-7 Feb 2019.

Secretary of State for the Home Department v Franco Vomero (Italy), heard 7 Feb 2019.

Cape Intermediate Ltd v Dring (for and on behalf of Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK), heard 18-19 Feb 2019.

R (Association of Independent Meat Suppliers & Anor) v Food Standards Agency, heard 5 Mar 2019.

Commissioners for HMRC v Frank A Smart & Sons Ltd (Scotland), heard 6 Mar 2019.

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Gubeladze, heard 12-13 Mar 2019.

In the matter of an application by Dennis Hutchings for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland), heard 14 Mar 2019.

Akcil & Ors v Koza & Anor, heard 19 Mar 2019.

X v Kuoni Travel Ltd, heard 1 May 2019.

MacDonald & Anor v Carnbroe Estates Ltd (Scotland), heard 2 May 2019.

Paten v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Secretary of State for the Home Department v Shah, heard 7 May 2019.

Sevilleja v Marex Financial Ltd, heard 8 May 2019.

Sequent Nominees Ltd v Hautford Ltd, heard 14 May 2019.