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There only one case listed in the Supreme Court this week: Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government v Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. It will be heard on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 February 2011 by Lords Phillips, Rodger and Walker, Lady Hale and Lords Brown, Mance and Clarke. This case concerns the building of a dwelling house on green belt land with planning permission that allowed the construction of a hay barn. The bench will consider the application of s.171B(2) Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to a building only constructed and used for the purpose of a single dwelling house and decide whether the conduct of the second respondent was such as to deprive him of the right to apply for a certificate of lawful use.  Our case preview is here and here are the Supreme Court case details. 

The Supreme Court has announced hand down of the following judgments on Wednesday 9 February 2011:

  • Manchester City Council v Pinnock  (No. 2) (Promulgated), original judgment handed down 3 November 2010 (here is our case comment); and
  • Brent London Borough Council and others (Harrow London Borough Council) v Risk Management Partners Limited, heard 8 – 13 December 2010.

The case of Curtis Francis Warren and Others v HM Attorney General for the Bailiwick of Jersey will be heard in the Privy Council, on Wednesday 9 to Thursday 10 February 2011.  The case is concerned with appeals against convictions for conspiracy to import c.£1m of cannabis into Jersey and will be heard by Lords Hope, Rodger, Brown, Kerr and Dyson.

The following judgments will be handed down in the Privy Council on Wednesday 9 February 2011:

  • Charles Villeneuve and Kyoto Securities Limited v Joel Gaillard and G Holdings Limited (Bahamas), heard 20-21 October 2010;
  • Denis Alma Robinson v The Queen (Bermuda), heard 15-16 December 2010; and
  • Steven Kent Jervis and KST Investments Limited v Victor John Skinner (Bahamas), heard 27-28 October 2010.

Judgments outstanding

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding:

R (SK) (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 10-11 Feb 2010

Sienkiewicz (Administratrix of the Estate of Enid Costello deceased) v Greif (UK) Limited and Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council) v Willmore, heard 26-28 October 2010

JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. and another v Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) Anstalt des Oeffentlichen Rechts, heard 11 November 2010

WL Congo 1 and 2 & anr v Secretary of State for the Home Department and KM (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 15-18 November 2010

Baker v Quantum Clothing Group Limited & Ors; Baker v Quantum Clothing Group Limited & Ors (Pretty Polly Limited); and Baker v Quantum Clothing Group Limited & Ors (Meridian Limited), heard 22-24 November 2010

Mayor & Burgesses of the London Borough of Hounslow v Powell; Leeds City Council v Hall; and Birmingham City Council v Frisby, heard 23-24 November 2010

Patmalniece (FC) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, heard 29 November – 1 December 2010

R v F and R v M, heard 6 December 2010

Jones v Kaney, heard 11 – 12 January 2011

Duncombe and others v Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, heard 17-18 January 2011

Farstad Supply A/S v Enviroco, heard 19-20 January 2011

Al Rawi and others v The Security Service and others (Appellants), heard 24 -27 January 2011

R (on the application of GC) (FC) v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; R (on the application of C) (FC) v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, heard 31 January – 1 February 2011.

In the matter of an application by Brigid McCaughey and another for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland), heard 2 – 3 February 2011.

The following Privy Council judgments are awaited:

Romeo Cannonier & Ors v The Queen (St Christopher & Nevis) and Romeo Cannonier v The Queen (St Christopher & Nevis), heard 13 May 2010

The Public Service Appeal Board v Omar Maraj (Trinidad & Tobago), heard 5 October 2010

Tabeel Lewis v The State of Trinidad & Tobago, heard 11 October 2010

AK Investment CJSC v Kyrgyz Mobil Tel Limited and Others; Altimo Holdings and Investments Limited v Kyrgyz Mobil Tel Limited and Others; CP Credit Prive SA v Kyrgyz Mobil Tel Limited and Others; and Fellowes International Holdings Limited v Kyrgyz Mobil Tel Limited and Others, heard 30 November-7 December 2010.

Nigel Sookram v The Queen (Grenada), heard 19 January 2011

John Thompson & Another (Original Appellants/Cross Respondents) v Goblin Hill Hotels Limited (Original Respondents/Cross Appellants) (Jamaica), heard 20 January 2011

Tasarruf Mevduati Sigorta Fonu v Merrill Lynch Bank and Trust Company (Cayman) Limited & Others, heard 31 January – 1 February 2011