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

From Monday 7 October to Wednesday 9 October, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Micula & Ors v Romania. This case addresses whether the High Court has the power to stay the enforcement of an award given in accordance with the procedure in the International Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID). This will be heard in Courtroom 1 at 11:00, 10:30 and 10:30 on the respective days.

On Monday 7 October and Tuesday 8 October, the Court will also hear the appeal of R (DN (Rwanda)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department. It will consider (1) whether R (on the application of Draga) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 842 was correctly decided and (2) whether the Court of Appeal in this case was, in fact, bound for the reasons it gave to follow Draga. This will be heard in Courtroom 2 at 11:00 on Monday and 10:30 on Tuesday.

On Thursday 10 October 2019, the Court will hear the appeal of Duval v 11-13 Randolph Crescent Ltd. This appeal will consider whether a landlord of a block of flats is entitled, without breach of covenant, to grant a licence to a lessee to carry out work which would breach an absolute covenant contained in a lease of her flat, where the leases of other flats on similar terms require the landlord to enforce covenants at the request of a lessee of one of those other flats. This will be heard in Courtroom 2 at 10:30.

On Thursday 10 October 2019, the Privy Council hear the appeal of Magner & Anor r v Royal Bank of Scotland International Ltd (Gibraltar). This appeal will consider whether the Court of Appeal should have ordered a retrial in a case where the appellants’ solicitors stole approximately £6.9m plus interest from the appellants’ client accounts with RBS.

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.
Vedanta Resources Plc & Anor v Lungowe & Ors, heard 15-16 Jan 2019.
Shanks v Unilever Plc & Ors, heard 6-7 Feb 2019.
MacDonald & Anor v Carnbroe Estates Ltd (Scotland), heard 2 May 2019.
Patel 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.
Gilham v Ministry of Justice, heard 5-6 Jun 2019.
Travelers Insurance Company Ltd v XYZ, heard 11 Jun 2019.
Royal Mail Group Ltd v Jhuti, heard 12-13 Jun 2019.
Micula & Ors v Romania, heard 18-20 Jun 2019.
Test Claimants in the Franked Investment Income Group Litigation & Ors v Commissioners of Inland Revenue, heard 27 Jun 2019.
RR v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, heard 3 Jul 2019.
The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v Vauxhall Motors Ltd, heard 9-10 Jul 2019.
R (Lancashire County Council) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, heard 15-16 Jul 2019.
In the matter of NY (A child), heard 18 Jul 2019.
R (Wright) v Resilient Energy Severndale Ltd & Anor, heard 22-23 Jul 2019.
Singularis Holdings Ltd (In official liquidation) v Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd, heard 23-24 Jul 2019.
Edwards on behalf of the late Arthur Watkins v Hugh James Ford Simey Solicitors, heard 25 Jul 2019.