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

On Tuesday 7th June, the Court will hear the case of R v Luckhurst, on appeal from [2020] EWCA 1579. The appeal will consider the scope of permitted legal expenditure as an exception to a restraint order granted pursuant to section 41 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. In particular, whether s41(4) prohibits an exception for reasonable legal expenses in respect of civil proceedings arising out of the same or similar facts as those that gave rise to the restraint order. The hearing will begin at 10am in Courtroom Two.

On Wednesday 8th June, the Court will hear Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v NHS Lothian Health Board. In appealing the judgment of  [2020] CSIH 14, the Court will hear submissions on the correct approach that should be taken by courts and tribunals regarding evidence that the burden and standard of proof in historical claims for the recovery of VAT.

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding: (As of 08/06/22)

  • 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
  • BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA and Ors, heard 4 May 2021
  • East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust v Flowers and Ors, heard 22 June 2021
  • Basfar v Wong, heard 13th-14th October
  • Secretary of State for the Home Department v SC (Jamaica), heard 19th October
  • Harpur Trust v Brazel, heard 9th November 2021
  • Guest and another v Guest heard 3rd December 2021
  • Fearn and others v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery heard 7th December 2021
  • Stanford International Bank Ltd (in liquidation) v HSBC Bank PLC, heard 19th January 2022
  • Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v NCL Investments Ltd and another, heard 25th January 2022
  • Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd v Compton Beauchamp Estates Ltd, Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd v Ashloch Ltd and another and On Tower UK Ltd (formerly known as Arqiva Services Ltd) v AP Wireless II (UK) Ltd, heard 1st February 2022
  • DCM (Optical Holdings) Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Scotland), heard 8th February 2022
  • Hastings v Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd and another (Scotland), heard 28th April 2022
  • HA and RA (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 17th May 2022
  • AA (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 17th May 2022
  • R v Luckhurst, heard 7th June 2022
  • Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v NHS Lothian Health Board, heard 8th June 2022