Selected cases from the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) are now being live-streamed on the judiciary’s YouTube channel.
Live-streaming of selected cases began in November 2018 to improve public access to, and understanding of, the work of the courts. it is anticipated that every hearing in Court 71 (the Master of the Rolls’ court) will be live streamed.
View previous cases on the Court of Appeal video archive page.
Next Hearings:
Click on the case title to be taken directly to the relevant YouTube page
Wednesday 2nd & Thursday 3rd October 2019
Y (Limited) –v- X
This is an appeal by Y Limited (a multinational company) against a decision made on 9 August 2018 by the Employment Appeals Tribunal, holding that an email sent by a lawyer to Y Limited that contained legal advice on the dismissal of X (a lawyer employee) was not legally privileged.
Slade J held that the email advised Y Limited how to discriminate against X and “surmounted the high bar of iniquity”.
Y Limited submits that Slade J employed the wrong test for iniquity and misinterpreted the email.
Click here for Lower court Judgment:
https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKEAT/2018/0261_17_0908.html
Thursday 3rd October 2019
Vote Leave Ltd –v- The Electoral Commission and others
The Appellant appeals against the decision of the High Court to refuse permission to proceed with a Judicial Review challenging the decision of the Respondent (“the Commission”) to publish the report it published into the expenses made by the Appellant in connection with the 2016 EU referendum on 17th July 2018.
The case raises important issues in relation to the powers of the commission.
Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th October 2019
Gray –v- Mulberry Company (design) Ltd
This is an appeal against an order made by the Employment Appeal Tribunal dated 26 July 2018 dismissing the Claimant’s appeal from the Employment Tribunal’s decision dismissing the Claimant’s complaints of discrimination on the grounds of philosophical belief.
The Claimant was dismissed because she refused to sign a Copyright Agreement as a condition of continued employment. She declined to do so because of her professed belief in the “statutory human or moral right to own the copyright and moral rights of her own creative works and output”.
The issue was whether that belief amounted to a belief within the meaning of section 10(2) of the Equality Act 2010 and whether the C was the subject of indirect discrimination on the grounds of that belief.
The ET and EAT held that the C’s belief did not fall within s.10 of the 2010 Act.
Click here for Lower Court Judgment:
https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKEAT/2018/0040_17_1807.html
Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th October 2019
Berkeley Burke SIPP Administration Ltd –v- Financial Ombudsman Service Ltd and others
The Appellant, a provider and administrator of self invested personal pensions, challenged the final decision of the Ombudsman that concluded that the Appellant had not acted fairly and reasonably in its dealings with a client and ordered that it pay compensation. The client had invested in a “green oil” scheme in Cambodia that transpired to be a scam. The agreement expressly made clear that the pension administrator would not investigate or advise on the merits of the investment.
Click here for Lower Court Judgment:
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2018/2878.html
17, 18, 22, 23, 24 & 25th October 2019
The London Boroughs of Hillingdon, Wandsworth, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Hammersmith & Fulham, The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead, and Greenpeace Ltd v The Secretary of State for Transport & others
Heathrow Hub Ltd & Runway Innovations Ltd v The Secretary of State for Transport & others
Plan B Earth Ltd v The Secretary of State for Transport & others
Friends of the Earth Ltd v The Secretary of State for Transport & others
Heathrow is the busiest two-runway airport in the world, full to capacity with further, unfulfilled demand. Whether its capacity should be expanded by constructing a third runway has been a long-standing question of national importance and acute political controversy. These claims challenge the Government policy of supporting such expansion.
Click here for Lower Court Judgments:
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2019/1070.html
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2019/1069.html
5th November 2019
Curo Places Ltd –v- Walker
Second appeal in a claim that concerned an allegation of anti-social behaviour in terms of noise nuisance against the tenant/Respondent under the Housing Act 1988 and an application for a possession order in respect to the let property by the landlord/Appellant.
Click here for Lower Court Judgment:
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2018/2462.html
6th November 2019
Thirunavukkrasu –v- Brar & another
Second appeal in relation to a landlord/tenant dispute. The Applicants were landlords to the Respondent in respect to a commercial property. The Applicants purported to forfeit the Lease by re-entering the property. The Respondent issued a claim seeking a declaration that the forfeiture was unlawful, damages for trespass and breach of covenant and damages for conversion of the Respondent’s goods.
Click here for Lower Court Judgment:
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2018/2461.html
Court 71
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Court 73
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Court 76
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Previous Court of Appeal (Civil Division) hearings
You can view previous cases on the Court of Appeal video archive page