Court of Appeal Civil Division live hearings

• March 24, 2026

  Murcott (Appellant/Claimant) v The Secretary of State for Justice (Respondent/Defendant)

  Thursday 19 March 2026 The Appellant appeals the decision the High Court, dated 4 June 2025, which refused permission to bring a judicial review claim. The Claimant sought judicial review of the Defendant’s decision of 23 April 2024 refusing to convene an oral hearing when considering whether his security classification should be downgraded from Category […]

• March 24, 2026

  Currie (Appellant/Claimant) v Soho Theatre Co Ltd (Respondent/Defendant)

  Thursday 19 March 2026 By Appellant’s Notice submitted on 24 April 2025, the Appellant appeals the decision of the High Court dated 3 April 2025. The Claimant is a stand‑up comedian who performed his show at the Defendant’s Soho Theatre in February 2024. His defamation claim arises from a Press Release issued by the Defendant […]

• March 24, 2026

  Wetherell (Appellant/Claimant) v Student Loans Co Ltd (Respondent/Defendant)

  Wednesday 18 March 2026 The claim is for damages for personal injury. From 2012 to 2014, the Claimant worked in the Defendant’s call centre and says he suffered tinnitus from spikes of noise from a headset. The Claimant issued proceedings in negligence under Council Directives, alleging that his employer failed to provide suitable work equipment […]

• March 24, 2026

  56 Fellows Road Ltd (Appellant/Claimant) v ABC Block Management Ltd (Respondent/Defendant)

  Wednesday 18 March 2026 By an appellant’s notice, filed and sealed on 26 February 2025 the appellant company, the Appellant appeals the order, dated 8 December 2024 of the Central London County Court, allowing the Respondent’s appeal and setting aside the order of the District Judge and reinstating an interim charging order. This matter involves […]

• March 24, 2026

  The King on the application of Hilltop Experiences Ltd (Appellant) v Norfolk County Council (Respondent)

  Wednesday 18 March 2026 By Appellant’s Notice submitted on 3 July 2025, the Appellant appeals an order of the High Court which dismissed a judicial review claim and ordered the claimant to pay the defendant’s costs, capped at £10,000. The judicial review was brought by Hilltop, an outdoor education centre for children, challenging the council’s […]

• March 24, 2026

  Município de Mariana & Ors v BHP Group (UK) Ltd & BHP Group Ltd (Applicants)

  Thursday 12 March 2026 The Applicants apply for permission to appeal against the order of the High Court Dated 26 January 2026 regarding liability for the Fundão Dam collapse in Brazil in 2015. The Applicants are challenging the judgment that found them strictly liable under Brazilian Environmental Law and, alternatively, liable under Article 186 of […]

• March 24, 2026

  (1) Visa & ors (Applicants) v The Umbrella Interchange Fee (Claimants) (2) Mastercard Inc & ors (Applicants) v The Umbrella Interchange Fee (Claimants)

  Thursday 12 March 2026 (1) By an Appellant’s Notice submitted on 31 July 2025, Visa seeks permission to appeal the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s judgment of 27 June 2025. This held that Visa’s Default Interchange Fee Rule infringes Article 101(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The proceedings were brought by over […]

• March 24, 2026

  Gould & anr (Appellants/Claimants) v Devon County Council (Respondent/Defendant)

  Thursday 12 March 2026 The Appellants appeal a decision of the High Court on 24 January 2025, dismissing their judicial review of the closure of the North Devon Link Service, a drop‑in centre for adults with mental health difficulties. Both Claimants had been long‑term, regular users of the service. They argued that the Respondent failed […]

• March 12, 2026

  RTM (Respondent/Claimant) v Bonne Terre Limited and another (Appellants/Defendants)

  Tuesday 10 – Wednesday 11 March 2026 By Appellant’s Notice submitted on 20 March 2025, the Appellants appeal the decision the King’s Bench Division, Media & Communications List, dated 23 January 2025 allowing the claim, directing a remedies hearing, and making an interim costs order. The Claimant, a recovering online gambling addict, previously gambled compulsively […]

• March 11, 2026

  HMRC (Appellants) v Colchester Institute Corporation (Respondents)

  Wednesday 11 – Thursday 12 March 2026 By an Appellant’s Notice filed on 11 March 2025 and issued on 14 March 2025, the Appellants appeal a decision in the Upper Tribunal (UT) dated 4 December 2024. The appeal concerns whether grants received by Colchester Institute Corporation (CIC), a further education provider, constituted consideration for a […]