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

On Tuesday 6 November, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of UKI (Kingsway) Ltd v Westminster City Council & Anor. This appeal will consider the validity of the service of a completion notice under the Local Government Finance Act 1988, Sch 4A by the appellant on the respondent. This will be heard in Courtroom 2.

On Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 November, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will hear the appeal of Volaw Trust and Corporate Services Ltd and its Directors & Ors v The Office of the Comptroller of Taxes & Anor. This appeal will consider the right or privilege against self-incrimination under Jersey customary law and ECHR, art 6. This will be heard in Courtroom 1.

On Wednesday 7 November, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in Barnardo’s v Buckinghamshire & Ors. The proposed panel for hand down is Lady Hale, Lord Hodge and Lord Lloyd-Jones. This appeal considered the proper construction of terms of a Pension Scheme: whether Trustees have the power to adopt an alternative index from the Retail Prices Index, when RPI remains an officially published index, notwithstanding RPI having been superseded (and in that sense ‘replaced’) but the Consumer Price Index as the Government’s front-line inflation measure (including for the purposes of pensions’ uprating).

A full list of the cases scheduled for the Michaelmas 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.

R (Stott) v Secretary of State for Justice, heard 18 Jan 2018.

Warner-Lambert Company LLC v Generics (UK) Ltd t/a Mylan & Anor, heard 12-15 Feb 2018.

R (Hallam) v Secretary of State for Justice; R (Nealon) v Secretary of State for Justice, heard 8-9 May 2018.

Barnardo’s v Buckinghamshire & Ors, heard 11-12 Jun 2018.

In the matter of an application by Lorraine Gallagher for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) and other cases, heard 19-21 Jun 2018.

In the matter of an application by Geraldine Finucane for Judicial Review (NI), heard 26-27 Jun 2018.

Regency Villas Title Ltd & Ors v Diamond Resorts (Europe) Ltd & Ors, heard 4-5 Jul 2018.

Rhuppiah v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 10 Jul 2018.

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.

R (DA & Ors) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, heard 17-19 Jul 2018.

The UK Withdrawal from the EU (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill – A reference by the Attorney General and the Advocate General for Scotland, heard 24-25 Jul 2018.

Secretary of State for Justice v MM, heard 26 Jul 2018.

Volcafe Ltd & Ors v Compania Sud Americana De Vapores SA, heard 3-4 Oct 2018.

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

Takhar v Gracefield Developments Ltd & Ors, heard 10 Oct 2018.

Wells v Devani, heard 11 Oct 2018.

Williams v The Trustees of Swansea University Pernsion & Assurance Scheme & Anor, heard 16 Oct 2018.

S Franses Ltd v The Cavendish Hotel (London) Ltd, heard 17 Oct 2018.

Welsh Ministers v PJ, heard 22 Oct 2018.

In the matter of an application by Hugh Jordan for Judicial Review, heard 23 Oct 2018.

London Borough of Southwark & Anor v Transport for London, heard 24-25 Oct 2018.

SAE Education Ltd v The Commissioners of HMRC, heard 30 Oct 2018.