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

From Monday 26th – Tuesday 27th June the Court will hear the case of Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Professional Game Match Officials Ltd, on appeal from [2021] EWCA Civ 1370. The Court will consider whether the relationship between a company responsible for providing football referees to the Football League and part-time referees an employment relationship so as to trigger an obligation on the company to deduct Income Tax and National Insurance from the payments it makes to the referees? The hearing will begin at 11:00am in Courtroom 1.

On Wednesday 28th June the Court will hand-down two judgments at 9:45am in Courtroom 1:

  • Unger and another (in substitution for Hasan) v Ul-Hasan (deceased) and another [2023] UKSC 22. The Court will determine whether an unadjudicated claim for financial provision under the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 survives the death of the respondent and can be continued against their estate.
  • R (on the application of Toraane and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] UKSC 23. The Court will determine the territorial scope of the public sector equality duty in section 149(1) of the Equality Act 2010, which requires public authorities to have due regard to equality issues.

On Wednesday 28th – Thursday 29th June the Court will hear SkyKick UK Ltd and another v Sky Ltd and others, on appeal from [2021] EWCA Civ 1121. The Court will consider two questions: (1) What is the test for determining “bad faith” in s.3(6) of the Trade Marks Act 1994? (2) If such bad faith is found, what is the correct approach to determining the specification that the proprietor of the trademark should be permitted to retain? The hearing will begin at 10:30am in Courtroom 1.

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding: (As of 30/06/23)

  • East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust v Flowers and Ors, heard 22nd June 2021
  • Canada Square Operations Ltd v Potter, heard 14th June 2022
  • Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and another v Agnew and others (Northern Ireland), heard 14th-15th December 2022
  • Smith and another v Royal Bank of Scotland, heard 12th January 2023
  • Republic of Mozambique (acting through its Attorney General) v Privinvest Shipbuilding SAL (Holding) and others, heard 24-25th January 2023
  • R (PACCAR Inc and others) v Competition Appeal Tribunal and others, heard 16th February 2023.
  • Lifestyle Equities C.V. and another v Ahmed and another, heard 20th February 2023
  • Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, heard 2nd March 2023
  • The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilites Water Ltd No 2, heard 6th March 2023
  • R (on the application of Palmer) v Northern Derbyshire Magistrates Court and another, heard 8th March 2023
  • R (on the application of Officer W80) v Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct and others, heard 13th March 2023
  • Secretary of State for Transport v Curzon Park Ltd and others, heard 19th April 2023
  • Independent Workers Union of Great Britain v Central Arbitration Committee and another, heard 25th April 2023
  • R (on the application of Worcestershire County Council) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, heard 27th April 2023
  • R (on the application of Imam) v London Borough of Croydon, heard 3rd May 2023
  • McCulloch and others v Forth Valley Health Board (Scotland), heard 10th May 2023.
  • Polmear and another v Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, heard 15th May 2023.
  • R (on the application of Afzal) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 7th June 2023.
  • Herculito Maritime Ltd and others v Gunvor International BV and others, heard 14th June 2023.
  • Zubaydah v Foreign and Commonwealth Office and others, heard 14th June 2023.
  • TUI Ltd v Griffiths, heard 21st June 2023.
  • R (on the application of Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group) v Surrey County Council and others, heard 21st June 2023.
  • Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Professional Game Match Officials Ltd, heard 26th June 2023.
  • SkyKick UK Ltd and another v Sky Ltd and others, heard 28th June 2023.