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

View previous cases on the Court of Appeal video archive page

Monday 2 – Tuesday 3 December 2024

Tesla, Inc. & anr (appellants) v Interdigital Patent Holdings & ors (respondents)

By an Appellant’s Notice, filed on 6 August 2024, the Appellants appeal the Orders, dated 12 July 2024 and 31 July 2024 of Mr Justice Fancourt sitting in the Intellectual Property enterprise Court in which the Judge dismissed the appeal and made a costs order.

The underlying dispute concerns a claim for declarations of invalidity of three UK designed patents and revocation and declarations about the terms of a licence for SEP’s relating to the 5G telecommunications standard FRAND licences.

Tuesday 3 – Thursday 5 December 2024

(1) Advanz (appellant) v Competition and Markets Authority (respondent)
(2) Cinven Capital Management (V) General Partner Ltd & ors (appellants) v Competition and Markets Authority (respondent)

Both sets of appellants, the applicants/appellants below, appeal the decision of the Competition Appeal Tribunal dated 8 August 2023 dismissing the Appellants’ appeals against the Competition and Markets Authority’s decision that Advanz abused its dominant position by charging excessive and unfair prices for Liothyronine Tablets during the Infringement Period.

Tuesday 3 December 2024

Amjad Ali Chaudhry (appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (respondent)

The Appellant was a national of Pakistan who entered the UK in 1990 and claimed asylum which was refused and allowed in appeal. The appellant later was naturalised and granted a British passport in this identity. The respondent alleged that on 4 February 1998 the appellant fraudulently obtained a genuine British passport using particulars of a deceased child. The appellant claimed it was his cousin who did this. The appellant appealed the decision dated 23 December 2021 to deprive him of his British Citizenship.

The First Tier Tribunal (FTT) allowed the allowed the appeal finding that the respondent failed to prove that the Appellant obtained his British citizenship by fraud or false representation or concealment of a material fact.

The respondent appealed this decision and the Upper Tribunal set aside the FTT decision and remade the decision dismissing the appeal.

Tuesday 3 December 2024

Khan & anr (respondents) v D’Aubigny (appellant)

By Appellant’s Notice submitted on 21 December 2023, the defendant/appellant below, appeals the order of HHJ Baucher, sitting in County Court at Central London, dated 1 December 2023 dismissing the defendant’s appeal of a possession order made by DDJ Davis sitting in the County Court at Manchester dated 31 March 2023 and lifting the stay of enforcement of the possession order and making a consequential costs order.

Tuesday 3 – Thursday 5 December 2024

Umbrella Interchange Fee Claimants (claimants/appellants) v MasterCard Incorporated & ors (defendants/respondents)

By Appellant’s Notice submitted and sealed on 22 December 2023, the Umbrella Interchange Fee Claimants, the Claimants below, appeal the decision of the Competition Appeal Tribunal dated 26 July 2023.

Wednesday 4 – Thursday 5 December 2024

National Council for Civil Liberties (claimant/respondent) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (defendant/appellant)

By Appellant’s Notice filed on 4 June 2024, the Secretary of State appeals with permission the order of the Divisional Court dated 21 May 2024 by which it quashed the Public Order Act 1986 (Serious Disruption to the Life of the Community) Regulations 2023. The Divisional Court found the Regulations to be ultra vires and, in addition, to be unlawful because there are the result of an unfair consultation process.

Wednesday 4 December 2024

O’Connor (claimant/appellant) v Panel Chair (Police Misconduct Panel) (defendant/respondent) & anr

By Appellant’s Notice filed on 7 December 2023, the appellant appeals the order of the Administrative Court dated 17 November 2023. The Appellant sought to challenge the Police Misconduct Tribunal Panel’s conclusion that a written warning was a suitable consequence for a finding that former police officer used his position of authority to sexually harass her.

Wednesday 4 December 2024

McLeish & anr (claimants/appellants) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs & anr (defendants/respondents)

The Appellants made an application pursuant to paragraph 12 of Schedule 15 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act to challenge a decision made on 11th November 2022 by an inspector appointed by the First Defendant to confirm The Kent County Council (Public Footpath ZR281(Part) Doddington) Definitive Map Modification Order 2021.
Neil Cameron KC dismissed the claim finding that, reading it as a whole, the decision letter set out a rational analysis, identified the approach to be taken, referred to and assessed the evidence, and then applied the identified approach to the evidence.

Wednesday 4 December 2024

Awolowo (appellant) v Awolowo & anr (respondents)

By Appellant’s Notice filed on 5 October 2023, the Applicant (Wife) below, appeals the order of HHJ Vincent made on 13 September 2023 sitting in Central Family Court on a trial of a preliminary issue.

Wednesday 4 – Thursday 5 December 2024

(1) Secretary of State for the Home Department (appellant) v VLT (respondent)
(2) Re: S (respondent) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (appellant)

(1) The Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) appeals the decision of the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber dated 8 February 2024 allowing VLT’s application for judicial review of the SSHD’s decision dated 12 June 2023 to refuse to grant VLT leave to remain as a victim of modern slavery. The UT also declared that “the policy guidance on Discretionary Leave, version 10 published on 16 March 2023, is unlawful in so far as it excludes those individuals subject to deportation proceedings from benefitting from the transitional provisions to the extent identified in the judgment” and ordered the SSHD to grant VLT leave to remain within 28 days absent special circumstances.

(2) The Appellant, the Secretary of State for the Home Department (“SSHD”), appeal against
the decision of the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber by which the UT ordered the SSHD
to make a decision in respect of the Applicant’s application for permission to remain in the UK as a victim of trafficking “in accordance with DLP [Discretionary Leave Policy] v 10 (thus applying ECAT [Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings] article 14(1)(a) and KTT)”.

Wednesday 4 December 2024

Hussaini (appellant) v London Borough of Islington (respondent)

By Appellant’s Notice filed on 5 December 2023, the Appellant below (A), applies for permission to appeal HHJ Saunders’ order dated 14 November 2023, sitting in Central London County Court, after hand down of judgment on 13 November 2023, dismissing A’s appeal from the review decision dated 15 March 2023 of the Respondent local housing authority (R) that A did not have a local connection with Islington but did with Haringey and that, applying Part 7 HA, it would refer A’s application for homelessness assistance to Haringey under s198(A) HA.

Issue: Correct test for local housing authorities to apply when considering whether an applicant for homelessness assistance has a local connection with their own or another district because of special circumstances.

Thursday 5 December 2024

Re: L (a child)

By an Appellant’s Notice filed at this Court on 16 October 2024, this is an appeal from the order of Peel J, sitting in the Family Division of the High Court, dated 25 September 2024. The defendant father seeks to challenge the Committal Order made against him.

The respondent mother sought the summary return of the child, who is currently residing with his paternal grandmother in Algeria, to the jurisdiction of England and Wales. The child has not been returned to this country and indirect contact has not taken place, in line with the order.

Thursday 5 December 2024

Re: G (a child)

By an Appellant’s Notice filed at this Court on 11 September 2024), this is an appeal against the decision of Recorder Shaw, sitting in the Family Court, dated 27 August 2024. The applicant Local Authority appeal the decision to designate them as the Local Authority (instead of another authority).

Thursday 5 December 2024

Weintraub (respondent) v The London Borough of Hackney (appellant)

By Appellant’s Notice filed on 22 May 2024, the Appellant (Respondent below) The London Borough of Hackney, appeal the decision of Mr Justice Zacaroli (as he then was) dated 16 April 2024 which granted the appeal of Mr Weintraub (who was the appellant below). Mr Weintraub sought to purchase his property from the local authority under the provisions of the Housing Act 1985, having been granted a secure tenancy in 2002.

The Local Authority denied his right to buy, on the grounds that he did not reside at the property as his only or principal home. A second application for the right to buy was also refused, and in 2019 was served notice to quit.

Mr Weintraub brought a claim to the County Court for a declaration that he had the right to buy the premises. The matter was heard by HHJ Saunders over two days, after which the claim was dismissed. This was appealed and Mr Justice Zacaroli granted the appeal.

The Council now seek to appeal that decision and the order that flowed from it.

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