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

On Monday 18th October, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Her Majesty’s Attorney General v Crosland, in Courtroom 1 at 11am.

This is an appeal of the decision in [2021] UKSC 15, and the Court will consider whether it was wrongly decided that Mr Crosland’s disclosure of the result of the Heathrow appeal, in breach of an embargo on the Court’s judgment, constituted a contempt of court. They will go on to consider whether the Court then wrongly imposed a fine of £5,000 on Mr Crosland, and wrongly ordered him to pay the Attorney General’s costs in the sum of £15,000.

On Tuesday 19th October, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Secretary of State for the Home Department v SC (Jamaica) at 10:30am in Courtroom 2. The decision appealed is [2017] EWCA Civ 2112.

The Court will consider how the Immigration Rules relating to deportation apply in the context of an individual’s criminal conduct whilst in the UK.

On Wednesday 20th October, the Supreme Court will hand down judgment in two cases:

  • FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Brownlie (as Dependant and Executrix of Professor Sir Ian Brownlie CBE QC) – heard 13th and 14th January 2021. The Court was asked to consider whether Lady Brownlie can serve her claim out of the jurisdiction on FS Cairo, an Egyptian company, with a view to the trial of her claim in the courts in England and Wales (with each claim governed by Egyptian law). The citation will be [2021] UKSC 45.
  • R (on the application of Majera (formerly SM (Rwanda)) (AP) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – heard 10th May 2021. The Court was asked whether the Appellant’s purported grant of immigration bail by the First-tier Tribunal invalidated from the outset by defects in the Tribunal’s order, and if not what are the consequences. The citation will be [2021] UKSC 46.

A full list of the cases scheduled for the Michaelmas Term can be found here.

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding: (As of 15/10/2021)

  • 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
  • FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Brownlie (as dependant and executrix of Professor Sir Ian Brownlie, CBE, QC), heard 13 and 14 January 2021
  • Crown Prosecution Service v Aquila Advisory Ltd, heard 27 April 2021
  • Lloyd v Google LLC, heard 28 and 29 April 2021
  • BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA and Ors, heard 4 May 2021.
  • R (on the application of SM (Rwanda) (AP)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 10 May 2021
  • Kostal UK v Dunkley and Ors, heard 18 May 2021
  • Bott & Co Solicitors v Ryanair DAC, heard 20 May 2021
  • In the matter of an application by Margaret McQuillan for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland), In the matter of an application by Mary McKenna for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland), and In the matter of an application by Francis McGuigan for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland), heard 14-16 June 2021
  • East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust v Flowers and Ors, heard 22 June 2021
  • R (on the application of O (a minor, by her litigation friend AO)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and R (on the application of The Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens) v Secretary of State for the Home Department) (Expedited), heard 23 and 24 June 2021
  • Alize 1954 and Anor v Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG and Ors, heard 7 and 8 July 2021
  • R (on the application of Elan-Cane)  v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 12 and 13 July 2021
  • A Local Authority v JB (by his Litigation Friend, the Official Solicitor) (AP), heard 15 July 2021
  • Maduro Board of the Central Bank of Venezuela v Guaidó Board of the Central Bank of Venezuela, heard 19 to 22 July 2021.
  • Kabab-Ji SAL (Lebanon) v Kout Food Group (Kuwait), heard 30th June – 1st July 2021
  • Basfar v Wong, heard 13th-14th October