The Court of Appeal (Civil Division) – Live streaming of court hearings
How and why are court cases being streamed online?
Most cases from the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) are live-streamed on the judiciary’s YouTube channel.
Live-streaming of selected cases began in 2019 to improve public access to, and understanding of, the work of the courts. We are working towards making it possible for all appropriate cases to be live streamed.
The Court of Appeal (Civil Division) is currently operating a pilot scheme to allow access to the parties’ skeleton arguments, on a limited number of selected case that are being live streamed. Please note that the only documents available are those attached on this page. Although you are welcome to view these documents, the re-use, re-editing or redistribution of these documents is not permitted. You should be aware that any such use could attract liability for breach of copyright or defamation. Authorisation to reproduce material from these documents must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.
View previous cases on the Court of Appeal video archive page.
Tuesday 22 – Wednesday 23 July 2025
Potanina (appellant) v Potanin (respondent) (external link)
This remitted appeal arises in relation to W’s application, issued on 8 October 2018, for leave to make an application for financial relief in this jurisdiction under Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, following the parties’ divorce in Russia.
Tuesday 22 – Wednesday 23 July 2025
Mainpay Ltd (appellant) v HM Revenue and Customs (respondent) (external link)
By an Appellant’s Notice filed on 30 October 2024, the Appellant umbrella company appeals the decision, dated 16 August 2024, of the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) dismissing the Appellant’s appeal against the decision of the First Tier Tribunal holding that HMRC was entitled to recover lost tax that should not have been subject to deduction for subsistence expenses.
Tuesday 22 – Wednesday 23 July 2025
Re: PMC (a child by his mother and litigation friend FLR) (appellant) v A Local Health Board (respondent) (external link)
By appellant’s notice filed on 17 December 2024, the Claimant (PMC) appeals, with permission from Nicklin J, his order dated 22 November 2024, by which he refused PMC’s anonymity application.
This is a high value clinical negligence claim arising out of the Claimant’s birth. Liability has been admitted, the appeal is against refusal of Claimant’s anonymity application.
Tuesday 22 – Thursday 24 July 2025
Advanced Multi-Technology for Medical Industries & ors v Uniserve Ltd (external link)
Both the Claimants and Defendants appeal the Orders of Nicholas Thompsell (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) dated 4th and 17 July 2024.
The underlying dispute concerned the sale and purchase of medical grade facemasks in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020.
Tuesday 22 July 2025
By an Appellant’s Notice submitted on 4 July 2024, the Appellant appeals the decision of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) dated 5 March 2024 and sealed on 26 April 2024 which dismissed the application for judicial review following an oral hearing and upheld the Decision of the First-tier Tribunal dated 16 August 2022 concluding that two heads of loss, that the Appellant claimed, were unrecoverable under the 2001 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
Wednesday 23 July 2025
Appeal against the order of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) made on 12 March 2024 refusing permission to apply for judicial review after an oral hearing and on the grounds of delay.
The Appellant is a citizen of India who arrived in the United Kingdom on 23 December 2021 with entry clearance as a Tier 4 (General) Student valid from 14 December 2021 until 18 August 2023. The SSHD curtailed his leave to remain on 23 March 2023 so to expire on 22 May 2023. There is an issue as to the service of that decision. The SSHD says that the decision was sent to the Appellant by email. The Appellant says that he has received no such email.
Wednesday 23 – Thursday 24 July 2025
Robertson v Google LLC (external link)
The background to these appeals is that the parties entered into a contract in December 2013. Over the period January 2014 – February 2021, the Claimant, under the pseudonym “Millennial Woes”, uploaded material to various channels on YouTube, a service for which the Defendant is responsible.
The Defendant terminated all the Claimant’s YouTube channels on 22 February 2021 and imposed a lifetime ban, relying on specific videos said to have violated YouTube’s hate speech policy.
Thursday 24 July 2025
Re: S (children) (external link)
By Appellant’s Notice issued on 25 March 2025 the appellant Mother appeals the fact-finding judgment of Mr Justice Trowell dated 11 March 2025, sitting in the High Court Family Division.
Thursday 24 July 2025
London Borough of Islington (respondent) v Abdelrahman (appellant) (external link)
By appellant’s notice filed on 11 December 2024, the Second Defendant/Part 20 Claimant, Ms Abdelrahman, appeals, with permission to appeal from HHJ Bloom, HHJ Bloom’s order dated 22 November 2024, sitting in Central London County Court whereby he ordered that the defendants give up possession of the property and pay arrears and daily amounts until possession is given up.
Court 4
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Court 63
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Court 67
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Court 68
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Court 69
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Court 70
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Court 71
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Court 72
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Court 73
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Court 74
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Court 75
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Court 1 Rolls Building
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Court 17 Rolls Building
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