In the Supreme Court w/c 16 Feb 2015

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

On Monday 16 February 2015 the Court will hear the appeal of R (Bourgass & Anor) v Secretary of State for Justice regarding the decisions to place and/or keep the appellants prisoners in segregation. The Court must decide if the decisions were unlawful under the ECHR, art 6, and common law rules of procedural fairness. It will be heard in Court 2 from 11am and will continue on Tuesday at 10.30am.

On Wednesday 11 February 2015 will hand down judgment in Jackson v Murray & Anor (Scotland) regarding whether the appellant was contributory negligent at all to her accident when she was struck by the respondent’s car and, if she was, whether the Courts were nonetheless wrong in their assessment of the percentage of her contribution. It will be handed down in Court 1 from 9.45am.

On Wednesday the Court will also hear the appeal of Shahid v Scottish Ministers (Scotland) concerning the lawfulness of the appellant prisoner’s segregation. The Court must decide whether the segregation was unlawful because it failed to adhere to the time limits set out in to Prisons and Young Offenders Institution (Scotland) Rules 2006 and/or breached the appellant’s rights under the ECHR, arts 3 & 8. It will be heard in Court 2 from 10.30am.

On Monday 16 February the Privy Council will hand down judgment in National Stadium Project (Grenada) Corporation v NH International (Caribbean) Limited (Trinidad and Tobago) and Director of Public Prosecutions v Nelson (Antigua and Barbuda). It will also hear the appeal of Alcide v Desir & Anor (St Lucia) regarding the law of undue influence and its application in the appellant’s case of a sale of land at a substantial undervalue. It will be heard in Court 3 following the judgment hand downs at 11am.

A full list of the hearings scheduled to be heard during the Hilary term can be found here.

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding:

Holt v Her Majesty’s Attorney General on behalf of the Queen, heard 15 – 16 January 2014.

A v SSHD (Scotland), heard 22 – 23 January 2014.

R (SG & Ors) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, heard 29-30 April.

PwC v SAAD Investments Company Ltd (In Liquidation), heard 29-30 April.

Singularis Holdings Ltd v PwC, heard 29-30 April.

R (Robinson) v The Governor of HMP Whatton & Anor and related cases, heard 19-21 May 2014.

International Energy Group Ltd v Zurich Insurance plc, heard 15 and 16 July 2014.

Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board, heard 22 and 23 July 2014.

Jetivia SA & Anor v Bilta (UK) Ltd & Ors, heard 14 October 2014.

Graughran (AP) v The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, heard 16 October 2014.

Jackson v Murray & Ors, heard 20 October 2014.

R (Rotherham Borough Council & Ors) v Secretary of State for Business, heard 20 October 2014.

Anson v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, heard 27 October 2014.

R (Newhaven Port & Properties Ltd) v East Sussex County Council & Anor, heard 3 November 2014.

JR 38, Re Judicial Review, heard 6 November 2014.

BP Shipping Ltd & Anor v Braganza, heard 10 November 2014.

Beghal v DPP, heard 12 November 2014.

Morgan Stanley & Co International Plc v Tael One Partners Ltd, heard 17 November 2014.

Secretary of State for the Home Department v B2, heard 18 November 2014.

Royal Bank of Scotland plc v Carlyle, heard 20 November 2014.

R (Evans) v Information Commissioner, heard 24-25 November 2014.

R (JB) (Jamaica) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department, heard 26-27 November 2014.

R (Catt) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis & Anor and another case, heard 2-4 December 2014.

Vince v Wyatt, heard 8-9 December 2014.

Fish & Fish Ltd v Sea Shepherd UK, 8 December 2014.

Aster Communities Ltd (formerly Flourish Homes Ltd) v Akerman-Livingstone (AP), heard 10 December 2014.

Hotak v London Borough of Southwark; Johnson v Solihull; and Kanu v London Borough of Southwark, heard on 15 December 2014.

R (Hemming (/a Simply Pleasure Ltd) & Ors) v Westminster City Council, heard on 13 January 2015.

R (Trail Riders Fellowship & Anor) v Dorset County Council & Ors, heard on 15 January 2015.

OPO (by his litigation friend BHM) & Anor v MLA, heard 19-20 January 2015.

University and College Union v The University of Stirling, heard 21 January 2015.

Arnold v Britton & Ors, heard 26 January 2015.

International Energy Group Limited v Zurich Insurance PLC UK Branch, heard 27 January 2015.

S (Children), heard 28 January 2015.

Haile v London Borough of Waltham Forest, heard 29 January.

Olympic Airlines S.A. v The Trustees of the Olympic Airlines S.A. Pension and Life Assurance Scheme, heard 2-3 February.

Coventry & Ors v Lawrence & Anor, heard 9-10 & 12 February 2015.

Woolway v Mazars, heard 11 February 2015.

Source: Supreme Court UK