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 19 – Wednesday 20 March 2024
Williams & Co Solicitors (defendant/appellant) v Ryan Morris & ors (claimant/respondent)
By Appellant’s Notice filed on 21 September 2023, the defendant below, appeals the order of HHJ Jarman sitting as a High Court Judge in the Business and Property Courts in which he refused an application to strike out the Respondents claims as an abuse of process.
Background:
1. By a single claim form, 134 claimants claim damages against the Appellant firm of solicitors in respect of investments which they say they have lost due to the Applicant’s negligent professional advice.
2. The Appellant applied to strike out the claim as an abuse of process on the basis that it was not convenient to join all of the claims in one claim form when different advice was given to different claimants at different times regarding different projects.
3. The Judge was satisfied that there is a sufficient commonality in the claims for then to proceed in one claim form and dismissed the Appellant’s application
Tuesday 19 – Wednesday 20 March 2024
With permission granted by Sir Ross Cranston sitting as a High Court Judge on 20 July 2023, the Appellant Appeals his order dismissing the Appellant’s Planning statutory review claim.
The Appellant challenged the decision of the Secretary of State’s Inspector to refuse to discharge certain conditions attached to the planning permission which had been granted to the Appellant. The refusal was because there had not been an appropriate assessment under the Habitats Regulations 2017 (the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, SI 2017/1012, as amended). As pre-commencement conditions have not been met, the development cannot proceed.
The Judge summarised the issues: “This case concerns potential adverse effects on the Somerset Levels and Moors Ramsar Site from the claimant’s proposed housing-led development on land east of Wellington, Somerset. The claim arises in the context of the issue of nutrient neutrality. In broad terms, this issue relates to the phosphate loading of protected water habitats, leading to eutrophication. This is caused by reasons including agricultural practices and under investment in water infrastructure. There is a risk of the problem being exacerbated by water generated by new developments which contain phosphates, principally from foul water.
The Judge summarised the legal issue as “the scope and application following the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union of the Habitats Regulations 2017 and the Habitats Directive on which it was based.”
Wednesday 20 March 2024
The Appellant seeks to challenge the grant of planning permission to Horizon Cremation Limited (1st Interested Party) for development of a crematorium in the Green Belt. The underlying decision was contained in a letter dated 30 September 2021. The Respondent’s Inspector allowed the 1st Interested Party’s appeal against the original decision of the local council (2nd Interested Party) to refuse permission.
The application under s288 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 was dismissed. The Judge upheld the Inspector’s approach, finding that the Inspector had not been “misled” by the 1st Interested Party’s Flood Risk Assessment which the Inspector had accepted and which was demonstrably wrong.
Court 4
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Court 63
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Court 67
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Court 68
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Court 69
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Court 70
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Court 71
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Court 72
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Court 73
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Court 74
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Court 75
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Court 1 Rolls Building
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Court 17 Rolls Building
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