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. 

Tuesday 2 – Thursday 4 December 2025

TAQA Bratani Ltd & ors (appellants) v Fujairah Oil and Gas UK LLC & ors (respondents) (external link)

By an Appellant’s Notice, filed on 10 January 2025, the Appellant appeals the Judgement dated 6 December 2024 of Mrs Justice Dias sitting as a High Court Judge in the Commercial Court in which the Judge dismissed the Claimant’s claims and made a costs order.

The dispute relates to a joint venture partnership between the Claimants and the First Defendant relating to oil and gas fields in the North Sea and a dividend of US$84 million declared by the Claimants and the First Defendant.

Tuesday 2 – Wednesday 3 December 2025

Blower (claimant/appellant) v GH Canfield LLP (defendant/respondent) (external link)

By Appellant’s Notice filed on 4 December 2024, the Claimant below appeals the Order of HHJ Paul Matthews dated 14 November 2024 in which he dismissed her claim against the Defendant solicitors and awarded costs.

The Claimant brought a professional negligence claim against the Defendant in relation to services provided in the mediation in 2015 of proceedings brought or threatened to be brought by the trustee in bankruptcy of the Claimant’s husband. The trustee’s claims against the claimant and her daughter concerned alleged transactions at an undervalue. At the conclusion of the mediation, a settlement agreement was entered into between the trustee, the Claimant, her husband and their two daughters. The Claimant alleged that the Defendant was negligent in the conduct of its retainer, in particular with regard to entering into the settlement, and caused her and one of her daughters loss. She alleged that, if they had been properly advised, they would never have agreed to the settlement agreement signed on their behalf.

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Watts (appellant) v HM Revenue and Customs (respondent) (external link)

By Appellant’s Notice filed on 11 October 2024, the Appellant (Claimant below), appeals the decision of the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber), judgment being delivered on 12 June 2024 following a hearing.

This is an appeal concerning a claim for tax relief on losses said to arise on the sale of gilt strips.

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Smithstone (claimant/appellant) v Tranmoor Primary School (defendant/respondent) (external link)

By Appellant’s Notice filed on 6 September 2024, the Claimant appeals against the order of HHJ Baddeley dated 21 August 2024 sitting in the Sheffield County Court, whereby the Judge dismissed the C’s appeal.

The Claimant’s claim arises out of an accident in 2018, when the Claimant, then aged 8, was at school and hence a visitor to those premises which were occupied by the Defendant. The Claimant was injured when his finger was trapped by a closing door. The Claimant contends that injury could, and should, have been avoided by securing the door so that pupils could pass safely through the doorway.

Wednesday 3 December 2025

Lunak Heavy Industries (UK) Ltd & anr (appellants) v Tyburn Film Productions Ltd (respondent) (external link)

By Appellant’s Notice filed on 30 September 2024, the Appellant (the Fourth and Fifth Defendants below) appeal the Order of Tom Mitcheson KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge), dated 9 October 2024, following hand down of his judgment of 9 September 2024.

The claim relates to the film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (“Rogue One”). Rogue One was produced by the Fourth Defendant in this action, a special purpose vehicle owned by the Disney group of companies, using intellectual property relating to the Star Wars series of films owned by the Fifth Defendant. The Fourth and Fifth Defendants in this action are the Appellants in this application.

The dispute relates to the use of special effects by the Fourth Defendant to recreate Peter Cushing, a well-known actor who died in 1994, as Grand Moff Tarkin in Rogue One, altering the appearance of an actor who played the part.

Wednesday 3 – Thursday 4 December 2025

Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd (appellant) v Mr Karl List (Valuation office) (respondent) (external link)

By Appellant’s Notice filed on 13 January 2025, the Appellant (Respondent below) Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd, appeal the decision of the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), judgment being delivered on 12 November 2024.

The question considered by the UT was whether advertising rights at Liverpool Street Station and Victoria Station in London should be treated for rating purposes as part of a single hereditament comprising the national railway network in the occupation of the respondent, Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd, or should they each be treated as separate hereditaments in the occupation of the company entitled to exercise the rights?

Wednesday 3 December 2025

Castle Water Ltd (respondent) v B. & D. Clays and Chemicals Ltd (appellant) (external link)

By Appellant’s Notice filed on 23 August 2024, the Defendant appeals the order dated 23 July 2024 of HHJ Simpkiss, sitting in Guildford County Court, on the Claimant’s appeal from the order of Deputy District Judge Ginesi dated 27th November 2023. HHJ Simpkiss handed down an oral ex tempore judgment on 23rd July 2024 and allowed the appeal on 2 grounds.

Fast track trial of a claim issued by Castle Water Limited for £28,014.37 for monies due and owing for water supplied plus interest for water supplied to B&D’s property, an industrial property let to various commercial tenants.

Thursday 4 December 2025

The Information Commissioner (appellant) v DSG Retail Ltd (respondent) (external link)

By Appellant’s Notice submitted on 23 December 2024, the Information Commissioner, respondent below, appeals the decision of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) dated 23 September 2024 setting aside the words “and is substituted by this Decision” in paragraph 1 and the whole of paragraph 2 of the First-tier Tribunal’s decision dated 5 July 2022 and remitting the appeal to be redecided by an entirely freshly constituted First-tier Tribunal.

This appeal concerns the lawful basis for the Information Commissioner imposing a monetary penalty notice on a data controller under section 55A of the Data Protection Act 1998. A key issue on the appeal is the correct construction of the phrase “personal data” as it appears within the seventh data protection principle in Schedule 1 of the DPA 1998 which is concerned with data security.

Thursday 4 December 2025

UNIK Bond S.A (defendant/appellant). v Catbalogan Holdings S.à r.l. (claimant/respondent) (external link)

By Appellant’s Notice filed on 31 October 2025, the Defendant below appeals the order of Mr Justice Fancourt, dated 16 October 2025, in which he declared the proceedings issued before the Tribunal de Commerce in Paris (“the Paris Proceedings”), seeking to stay or reverse the enforcement action taken by the Claimant, the Defendant was in breach of contract, and ordered the proceedings to be withdrawn.

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