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.

Friday 11 April 2025

Hipgnosis Songs Fund Holdings (SFH 1) Limited (appellant) v Manilow & others (respondents)

By Appellant’s Notice filed on 3 March 2025, the Claimant below appeals the order of Marcus Smith J dated 27 February 2025 in which he ordered that the claim for declarations in relation to the additional purchase price be stayed.

The background to these proceedings and those in California, is a Music Catalogue Agreement dated 20 March 2020 between the Claimant and the Defendants which made provision for the payment of certain receivables from D1’s recordings to C in return for payment of a purchase price comprising an initial purchase price and an additional purchase price. The application for permission to appeal arises from the Defendants’ application dated 13 November 2024 for an order that the English Court had no jurisdiction to hear certain claims pleaded.

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