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

On Tuesday 23 February, the Supreme Court will hear the case of Zabolotnyi v The Mateszalka District Court, Hungary. The appeal will consider conditions in Hungarian prisons, and the approach to be taken in assessing and relying on assurances as to prison conditions given by the Hungarian authorities.

On Thursday 25 February, the Supreme Court will hear the case of Anwar v The Advocate General (representing the Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (Scotland). The appeal will consider three issues, namely:

(1) Does the Court of Session and/or the Sheriff Court already have power to grant a warrant for inhibition and arrestment on the dependence of an application to an Employment Tribunal by a worker alleging unlawful work and workplace related discrimination and/or harassment on grounds of sex and/or race and/or religion or belief?
(2) If the Court of Session and/or the Sheriff Court have this power, does the requirement for an applicant in an Employment Tribunal claim to raise a court action constitute a breach of the common law and EU principles of effectiveness or effective remedy?
(3) If the Court of Session and/or the Sheriff Court do not have this power, does this constitute a breach of EU law?

On Friday 26 February, the Supreme Court will hand down judgment in R (on the application of Begum) v Secretary of State for the Home Department. The appeal considered, first, whether Begum should be granted leave to enter the UK in order to pursue her appeal against the deprivation order. Second, whether, if Begum is refused leave to enter, her appeal against the deprivation decision should be allowed. Third, whether the Special Immigration Appeals Commission was wrong to apply judicial review principles to Begum’s appeal against the deprivation decision.

The hand-downs will be streamed on Supreme Court Live and will then be made available on the Supreme Court’s video on demand service.

 

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding:

The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc v Ukraine (Represented by the Minister of Finance of Ukraine acting upon the instructions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine) Nos. 2 and 3, heard 9-12 December 2019

Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake, heard 12- 13 February 2020

Shannon v Rampersad & Anor (T/A Clifton House Residential Home), heard 12-13 February 2020

Asda Stores Ltd v Brierly & Ors, heard 13-14 June 2020

Uber BV & Ors v Aslam & Ors, heard 21-22 July 2020

Takhar v Gracefield Developments Ltd & Ors, heard 23 July 2020

Allykhan v Abdool (Mauritius), heard 23 July 2020

Evergreen Marine (UK) Ltd v Nautical Challenge Ltd, heard 5-6 October 2020

Manchester Building Society (Appellant) v Grant Thornton UK LLP (Respondent), heard 13-14 October 2020

SC, CB and 8 children (Appellants) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and others (Respondents), heard 20-22 October 2020

Pakistan International Airline Corporation v Times Travel (UK) Ltd, heard 2-3 November 2020

Khan v Meadows, heard 5 November 2020

A and B v Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and Anor, heard 11 November 2020

Triple Point Technology Inc v PTT Public Company Ltd, heard 12 November 2020

R (on the application of TN (Vietnam) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Anor, heard 30 November and 01 December 2020

Director of Public Prosecutions v Ziegler and Ors, heard 12 January 2021

 FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Brownlie (as dependant and executrix of Professor Sir Ian Brownlie, CBE, QC), heard 13 and 14 January 2021

Matthew and Ors v Sedman and Ors, heard 19 January 2021

R (on the application AB) v Secretary of State for Justice, heard 20 and 21 January 2021

G v G, heard 25 January 2021

Balhousie Holdings Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (Scotland), heard 26 and 27 January 2021

CPRE Kent v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, heard 28 January 2021

Burnett or Grant v International Insurance Company of Hanover Limited, heard 8 February 2021

R (on the application of A) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 10 February 2021

Rittson-Thomas and Ors v Oxfordshire County Council, heard 18 February 2021

Zabolotnyi v The Mateszalka District Court, Hungary, heard 23 February 2021

Anwar v The Advocate General (representing the Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (Scotland), heard 25 February 2021