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 cases 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 15 September 2026

The King on the application of Al-Kaissy and Ors (Respondents) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) (external link)

The Secretary of State for the Home Department appeals the quashing of their decision and the grant of judicial review. The Respondents had applied to extend their leave as an Overseas Business Representative but were refused.

During proceedings it emerged that the Respondents’ solicitor had been struck off for dishonesty and misconduct in unrelated cases, with behaviour closely resembling what appeared to have happened in this case. Judge Pinder found the Respondents had been entirely blameless and seriously disadvantaged by their solicitor’s failings. Although the Secretary of State acted lawfully at the time, the judge held that fairness required the decision to be revisited once the solicitor’s misconduct became known.

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