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Royal Courts of Justice daily cause list 17 May 2024

Updated 16 May 2024

Applies to England and Wales

These lists are subject to change until 4:30pm. Any alterations after this time will be telephoned or emailed direct to the parties or their legal representatives.

1. Administrative Court daily cause list

Daily hearings in the Administrative Court sitting at London, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester and Leeds.

1.1 For all Administrative Courts:

Hearings take place in public unless otherwise indicated. When considering the use of telephone and video technology the judiciary will have regard to the principles of open justice.. The court may exclude observers where necessary to secure the proper administration of justice.

1.2 Judgments

Judgments handed down by the judge remotely will be released by circulation to the parties’ representatives by email and release to the National Archives. The date and time for hand-down will be deemed to be not before time listed. A copy of the judgment in final form as handed down can be made available after that time, on request by email.

1.3 London Administrative Court cause list

List for 17 May 2024  updated 16 May 2024 at 3pm

Judge	Time	Venue	Case details	Type of hearing	Additional information
Before MR JUSTICE EYRE	At 10:00AM		AC-2023-LON-002637 SOLICITORS REGULATION AUTHORITY LIMITED v TSANG	FOR HAND DOWN JUDGMENT	This judgment was handed down by the judge remotely by circulation to the parties’ representatives by email and release to The National Archives. The date and time for hand-down will be deemed to be at 10am 17/05/2024. A copy of the judgment in final form as handed down can be made available after that time, on request by email to the listoffice@administrativecourtoffice.justice.gov.uk;
Before KATE GRANGE sitting as a Judge of the Admin Court Office	10:30AM		AC-2024-LON-001092 NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL v ARCHER	FOR HEARING	VIA MS TEAMS
Before KATE GRANGE sitting as a Judge of the Admin Court Office	10:45AM		AC-2024-LON-001193 NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL v FISHER	FOR HEARING	VIA MS TEAMS
Before KATE GRANGE sitting as a Judge of the Admin Court Office	11:00AM		AC-2024-LON-001198 NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL v STARK	FOR HEARING	VIA MS TEAMS
Before KATE GRANGE sitting as a Judge of the Admin Court Office	11:15AM		AC-2024-LON-001204 NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL v HODGSON	FOR HEARING	VIA MS TEAMS
Before KATE GRANGE sitting as a Judge of the Admin Court Office	11:30AM		AC-2024-LON-001404 NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL v MANN	FOR HEARING	VIA MS TEAMS

1.4 Planning Court cause list

List for 17 May 2024 updated 16 May 2024 at 3pm

Judge	Time	Venue	Case details	Type of hearing	Additional information
Before MR JUSTICE MOULD	At 2:00PM		AC-2023-LON-002703 The King (on the application of WILKINSON) v LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD	FOR HAND DOWN JUDGMENT	This judgment was handed down by the judge remotely by circulation to the parties’ representatives by email and release to The National Archives. The date and time for hand-down will be deemed to be at 2pm 17/05/2024. A copy of the judgment in final form as handed down can be made available after that time, on request by email to the listoffice@administrativecourtoffice.justice.gov.uk;

1.5 Birmingham Administrative Court cause list

List for 17 May 2024 updated 16 May 2024 at 3pm

Judge	Time	Venue	Case details	Type of hearing	Additional information
Before Mr Justice Mould	10:30am	Courtroom 608	AC-2023-BHM-000165 I The King on the Application of Bryce v Derby Magistrates Court	Renewal
Before Mr Justice Mould	11:30am	Courtroom 608	AC-2023-BHM-000139 I The King on the Application of N v Chief Constable of Staffordshire	Application

1.6 Bristol and Cardiff Administrative Court cause list

A hearing before the Administrative Court in Bristol or Cardiff is a public hearing unless otherwise specified. If any person or representative of the media wishes to attend a remote hearing they should contact the Cardiff Administrative Court office in good time before the scheduled hearing at cardiff@administrativecourtoffice.justice.gov.uk.

If you have any further enquiries please contact the Administrative Court Office by telephone

029 20376460 or alternatively on the email address above.

Cardiff  

List for 17 May 2024 updated 16 May 2024 at 3pm

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Bristol

List for 17 May 2024 updated 16 May 2024 at 3pm

No Sittings

1.7 Manchester Administrative Court cause list

A hearing before the Administrative Court in Manchester is a public hearing unless otherwise specified. If any person or representative of the media wishes to attend a remote hearing they should contact the listing office in good time before the scheduled hearing, either by emailing manchester@administrativecourtoffice.justice.gov.uk or by calling 0161 240 5313.

List for 17 May 2024 updated 16 May 2024 at 3pm

No Sittings

1.8 Leeds Administrative Court cause list

A hearing before the Administrative Court in Leeds is a public hearing unless otherwise specified. If any person or representative of the media wishes to attend a remote hearing they should contact the listing office in good time before the scheduled hearing at leeds@administrativecourtoffice.justice.gov.uk.

If you have any other listing enquiries please contact the Administrative Court at Leeds by telephone on 0113 306 2578 or alternatively on the email address above.

List for 17 May 2024 updated 16 May 2024 at 3pm

Judge	Time	Venue	Case details	Type of hearing	Additional information
BEFORE MR JUSTICE FORDHAM	10:00am	Remote	AC-2022-LDS-000247 Chief Constable of Cleveland Police v Jemmett	Handing down Judgment	This Judgment was handed down by the judge remotely by circulation to the parties’ representatives by email and release to the National Archive. The date and time for hand-down will be deemed to be 10.00am 17/05/2024. A copy of the judgment in final form as handed down can be made available after that time, on request by email to jessica.turner1@justice.gov.uk or leeds@administrativecourtoffice.justice.gov.uk
BEFORE MR JUSTICE FORDHAM	10:00am	Remote	AC-2022-LDS-000247 Chief Constable of Cleveland Police v Jemmett	Handing down Judgment	This Judgment was handed down by the judge remotely by circulation to the parties’ representatives by email and release to the National Archive. The date and time for hand-down will be deemed to be 10.00am 17/05/2024. A copy of the judgment in final form as handed down can be made available after that time, on request by email to jessica.turner1@justice.gov.uk or leeds@administrativecourtoffice.justice.gov.uk
BEFORE HER HONOUR JUDGE KELLY SITTING AS A JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT	11:00am	Remote	AC-2024-LDS-000085 Social Work England v King	Substantive Hearing	MS Teams

2. County Court at Central London hearing list for cases listed at the Royal Courts of Justice

The Central London County Court cause list is now published on a separate GOV.UK page.

3. Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) daily cause list

Please note that advocates, whether appearing remotely or in person, are required to be robed for all hearings as from 1 October 2020

If you are an interested party or the media and wish to attend any of the Criminal Appeal Courts, please contact courtclerks@criminalappealoffice.justice.gov.uk

List for 17 May 2024 updated on 16 May 2024 at 4pm

Court	Time	Judges	Hearing	Case Details	Additional Information
Court 5	10am	Lady Justice Macur, Mrs Justice Yip and Mrs Justice Hill	Reference by the Criminal Cases Review Commission under s.9 Criminal Appeal Act 1995. For directions	202303711 B2 Lee Michael Calvert
				202300937 B2 Carlos Daniel Fonseca
Court 6	10am	Lord Justice Dingemans, Mrs Justice Farbey and Her Honour Judge De Bertodano		202303651 B2 Marcus Taylor	1992 Sexual Offences Act applies. Pre-con in booth 2 at 9:30am
				202302223 B4 Dondrea Thomas
				202302990 B4 Dondrea Thomas
				202302885 B3 Ritvan Fucija
Court 7	10am	Lord Justice Edis, Mr Justice Murray and His Honour Judge Dennis Watson KC		202302810 A1 Elvis Grant
				202303044 A1 Lamar Grant	Pre-con in booth 1 at 9:30am
				202303074 A1 Jamal Grant
				202200888 B1 Graham Lee Harrison	1992 Sexual Offences Act applies
				200802649 A5 Martin Carl Ellerton
Court 9	9:30am	Lord Justice Popplewell, Mr Justice Pepperall and Mr Justice Cotter		202301196 A3 Richard Weild
				202301277 A3 John Morris
				202301535 A1 Graham Eric Minards
				202202775 B1 Tony O’Saul
				202302435 A3 Urfan Mahmood Arshad	1992 Sexual Offences Act applies
				202301524 B1 Michael Koselka

4. Court of Appeal (Civil Division) daily cause list

4.1 Live Streaming of hearings at the Royal Courts of Justice

Most cases in the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) are now live streamed. More information about hearings to be live streamed can be found at the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Live Stream site.

To view a live stream click on the case title in Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Live Stream site. There is no requirement to ask for permission from the Court.

4.2 Handing down of judgments

Most reserved judgments are handed down remotely, by circulation to the parties or their representatives by email and publication on the National Archives Site but sometimes they will be handed down in Court. In either case, advance notice will be published in the cause list.

4.3 Listed Cases

List for 17 May updated 16 May at 1:57pm

Court	Judges	Time	Hearing	Division/Decision	Case Details	Additional Information
This judgment will be handed down remotely	The Master of the Rolls, The Chancellor of the High Court and Lady Justice Andrews	10am	Judgment	Competition Appeal Tribunal	CA-2024-000925 SportsDirect.com Retail Limited v Newcastle United Football Company Limited & Anr
The Rolls Buildings - Court 17	The Chancellor of the High Court, Lady Justice Asplin and Lord Justice Stuart-Smith	Not before 10:30 am	Appeals	Mansfield County Court	CA-2023-001817 Self v Santander Cards UK Limited. Part heard	These Appeals will be Live Streamed
				Burnley Combined Court Centre	CA-2023-001002 Harrop v Skipton Building Society. Part heard
This judgment will be handed down remotely	Lord Justice Bean, Lord Justice Males and Lord Justice Dingemans	10am	Judgment	High Court Kings Bench	CA-2023-000195 The King on the application of Campbell v London Borough of Ealing

4.4 Notice for future judgments

Date	Time	Court	Division/Decision	Case Details
Monday 20 May	10:30am	This judgment will be handed down remotely	High Court Chancery	CA-2023-001592 Thakkar and others v Mican and another
Tuesday 21 May	10:30am	This judgment will be handed down remotely	Tax and Chancery Chamber Upper Tribunal	CA-2023-001883 The Commissioners For His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Hotel La Tour Ltd
Tuesday 21 May	11am	This judgment will be handed down remotely	High Court Chancery	CA-2023-001021 Djurberg v Thames Properties (Hampton) Limited and others
Wednesday 22 May	10:30am	This judgment will be handed down remotely	High Court Chancery	CA-2023-001292 Carey Street Investments Limited (In Liquidation) and another v Brown and another
Wednesday 22 May	11am	This judgment will be handed down remotely	High Court Chancery	CA-2024-000574 İŞBILEN v Turk
Thursday 23 May	10am	This judgment will be handed down remotely	High Court Kings Bench	CA-2023-001299 Rhine Shipping DMCC v VITOL SA
Thursday 23 May	10am	Court 70	High Court Chancery	CA-2023-000868 Solicitors Regulation Authority Limited V Khan & Ors

5. Family Division

Any application made after 1 March 2022 will be listed as an in person hearing unless an application for it to be heard remotely has been made prior to the hearing and granted by a judge. All other hearings will be listed in accordance with the direction of the judge at the previous hearing.

Accredited members of the press, legal bloggers or members of the public who wish to attend remote hearing should email their request to rcj.familyhighcourt@justice.gov.ukwho will forward your email details to the Associates Team. Please can requests be emailed the day before the hearing or, if possible, no later than 9.30 am on the day of the hearing.

The present arrangements will be kept under review

5.1 Court of Protection (Royal Courts of Justice)

Any application made after 1 March 2022 will be listed as an in person hearing unless an application for it to be heard remotely has been made prior to the hearing and granted by a judge. All other hearings will be listed in accordance with the direction of the judge at the previous hearing.

Accredited members of the press, legal bloggers or members of the public who wish to attend remote hearing should email their request to rcj.familyhighcourt@justice.gov.uk who will forward your email details to the Associates Team. Please can requests be emailed the day before the hearing or, if possible, no later than 9.30 am on the day of the hearing.

The present arrangements will be kept under review.

5.2 Tipstaff

If your matter requires the services of the Tipstaff, please telephone 020 7947 6200 to discuss your requirements prior to attending / entering court. Your matter will not be heard until you have spoken to the Tipstaff.

1. Unlisted applications may only be made to the Applications Court if they are urgent, and the urgency arises from some very recent development or circumstance. An application must not be made to the Applications Court simply because it is not on notice to the other party or parties, unless it is urgent as defined above. All other applications, whether on notice or not, must first be issued, with a proper time estimate, and listed on a date given by the Clerk of the Rules.
2. Except in circumstances of extreme urgency, applications must be made at 10.30am and not at any later time.
3. No application may be made to the High Court Applications Court which is capable of being made to a lower tier of judge.

5.3 Judgments

The Judgment will be handed down by the judge in Court X at 1030 am on Y day of Z 2022. The attendance of the parties and their legal representatives is excused unless the judge has directed to the contrary. A copy of the judgment in final form as handed down will be automatically sent to the advocates and any litigants in person shortly thereafter

List for 17 May 2024 updated on 16 May 2024 at 4:45pm

Judge	Time	Venue		Case Number	Case Name	Additional information
Mrs Justice Theis (also sitting as a Judge of the Court of Protection)	11am	Court 36	FOR HEARING IN OPEN COURT	COP 14144615	RE: PON
Mr Justice Hayden (also sitting as a Judge of the Court of Protection)	10:30am	Court 45	FOR HEARING IN OPEN COURT	COP 13398706	RE: SM
Mr Justice Williams	10:30am	Court 34	Applications in Court as in Chambers	1701-1701-0288-8550	Cazalet v Abu Zalaf	FR
Mrs Justice Lieven	10:30am	No Attendance	Applications in Court as in Chambers	WV21C00104		Handed Down Judgment
Mrs Justice Lieven	10:30am	No Attendance	Applications in Court as in Chambers	LE21P00537		Handed Down Judgment
Mrs Justice Judd	10:30am	MS Teams	Applications in Court as in Chambers	FD21P00256
Mrs Justice Judd	10:30am	MS Teams	Applications in Court as in Chambers	ZC158/23
Mr Justice Poole (Sitting at the Sheffield Designated Family Court)	11:30am	MS Teams	Applications in Court as in Chambers	FD22P00750
Mr Justice Arbuthnot	10:30am	Court 49	Urgent High Court Applications in Court as in Chambers	FD23F05018		Please see Tipstaff notices
Mr Justice Arbuthnot	10:30am	Court 49	Urgent High Court Applications in Court as in Chambers	FD24P00154		Please see Tipstaff notices
Mr Justice Arbuthnot	10:30am	Court 49	Urgent High Court Applications in Court as in Chambers	FD21P00991		Please see Tipstaff notices
Mr Justice Arbuthnot	10:30am	Court 49	Urgent High Court Applications in Court as in Chambers	FD24P00764		Please see Tipstaff notices
Ms Justice Henke	10:30am	No Attendance	FOR HEARING IN OPEN COURT	FA-2023-00304	Re : O	Handed Down Judgment
Mr Justice Cusworth	10:30am	No Attendance	FOR HEARING IN OPEN COURT	FA-2023-000199 & FA-2023-00201	Suffolk v Andover	Handed Down Judgment
His Honour Judge Furness (sitting as a Judge of the High Court	10am	MS Teams	National DOLS List in Chambers	FD23C40382
His Honour Judge Furness (sitting as a Judge of the High Court	11am	MS Teams	National DOLS List in Chambers	FD24C40075
His Honour Judge Furness (sitting as a Judge of the High Court	12 noon	MS Teams	National DOLS List in Chambers	FD22P00037
His Honour Judge Furness (sitting as a Judge of the High Court	2pm	MS Teams	National DOLS List in Chambers	FD24C40451
His Honour Judge Paul Lopez (sitting as a Judge of the High Court)	10am	MS Teams	National DOLS List in Chambers	FD23P04319
His Honour Judge Paul Lopez (sitting as a Judge of the High Court)	11am	CVP Remote Hearing	National DOLS List in Chambers	FD24C40322
His Honour Judge Paul Lopez (sitting as a Judge of the High Court)	12 noon	MS Teams	National DOLS List in Chambers	FD24C40292
His Honour Judge Paul Lopez (sitting as a Judge of the High Court)	2pm	MS Teams	National DOLS List in Chambers	FD24C40322
Mr L Samuels KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge)	2:30pm	MS Teams	Applications in Court as in Chambers	ZW22P01528		Handed Down Judgment
Mr L Samuels KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge)	4:00pm	Court 50	Applications in Court as in Chambers	ZW22C50442		CVP Hybrid Hearing Handed Down Judgment
Ms H Markham KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge)	10:30am	Court 42	Applications in Court as in Chambers	FD24P00755		CVP Hybrid Hearing

6. King’s Bench Judges Daily Cause List

List for 17 May 2024. Updated 16 May 2024 at 5:15pm

Judge	Time	Hearing	Case details	Type of hearing	Additional information
Mr Justice Soole	10:30am	Court 15	KB-2022-004333 National Highways Limited v Callum Goode and Tez Burns	Application to commit	Robed
Mr Justice Morris	2pm	Court 18	QB-2021-001990 RZX v West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust	To be mentioned	Unrobed
Mr Justice Freedman	10:30am	Court 14	QB-2022-001299 Martin v Smith	Application notice	Unrobed
Mr Justice Constable	10:00am	MS Teams or Court 37	Applications without Notice	Application notice	For details on accessing the hearing, please email kbjudgeslistingoffice@justice.gov.uk
Mr Justice Constable	10:30am	MS Teams	KA-2023-000046 Moss v Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames	Application notice	For details on accessing the hearing, please email kbjudgeslistingoffice@justice.gov.uk
Mr Justice Constable	2pm	MS Teams or Court 37	Applications without Notice	Application notice	For details on accessing the hearing, please email kbjudgeslistingoffice@justice.gov.uk
His Honour Judge Blair KC (Sitting as a Judge of the High Court)	10am	Court 12	QB-2021-001300 Byrne v Motorsport Vision Racing Limited & Others part heard	For Trial	Robed
His Honour Judge Simon (Sitting as a Judge of the High Court)	10:30am	Court 11	QB-2021-002009 Bailey v Bijlani and another part heard	For Trial	Robed
His Honour Judge Dight (Sitting as a Judge of the High Court)	2pm	Court 19 (CVP)	QB-2020-002112 Test Valley Borough Council v Bowers and others	for judgment	Robed. Judgment to be read out
Annabel Darlow (Sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court)	10:30am	Court 17	QB-2020-004513 Yordanov v Vasilev and others part heard	For Trial	Robed
Annabel Darlow (Sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court)	10:30am	Court 17	QB-2022-002259 Atanasov v Vasilev and others part heard	For Trial	Robed
Geraint Webb KC (Sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court)	10:30am		KB-2022-000075 McHale v Dunlop	For judgment	This judgment will be handed down by the Judge remotely by circulation to the parties’ representatives by email and release to The National Archives. The date and time for hand-down is deemed to be 10:30am on 17 May 2024.

7. King’s Bench Masters Daily Cause List

Daily hearings before the King’s Bench Masters.

7.1 Press and Public Access

Any media representative (or any other member of the public) wishing to attend a remote hearing should provide an email address and contact number to be sent an appropriate link for access. Please contact the assigned Masters’ clerk putting the hearing date and time in the subject box. The clerk’s details can be found in Annex 2 of the King’s Bench Division Guide (linked below) or by calling the court on 020 3936 8957, choosing option 4 and then the option for the relevant Master.

In person hearings before the Masters are open to the press and public, but the rooms are located in secure areas of the building. If you wish to attend an in person hearing, please arrive in the Bear Garden in good time before a hearing and make yourself know to the usher.

7.2 Judgments

Judgments handed down by the Master remotely will be released by circulation to the parties’ representatives by email and released to The National Archives. The date and time for hand-down will be deemed to be not before time listed. A copy of the judgment in final form as handed down can be made available after that time, on request by email.

7.3 Bundles

In-person hearings – bundles must be provided in hard-copy at least 3 days before the hearing. These may be brought to the Bear Garden for delivery.

Remote hearings – these should be provided electronically to the Master and/or their clerk at least 3 days before the hearing. Please refer to the masters’ remote directions within the hearing notice for specific instructions.

7.4 In-Person hearings

All hearings stated as being in a room or court room will have no video link unless otherwise stated. The masters’ chambers are limited in space for attendees. If there are more than 6 attendees expected, please contact the masters’ clerk as soon as possible to advise if a suitable alternative can be found.

King’s Bench Guide

Current trial windows

List for 17 May 2024. Updated 16 May 2024 11:25am

Judge	Time	Room	Case details	Type of hearing	Additional information
Master Eastman	2pm	MS Teams	SC-2022-BTP-000281 Hughes Fowler Carruthers Ltd v Gubbay	Urgent and short applications
Master Cook, Senior Master and King’s Remembrancer	10:30am		Official court business
Master Cook, Senior Master and King’s Remembrancer	2pm		Official court business
Master Eastman	10:30am		Official court business
Master Eastman	2pm		Applications
Master Davison	10:30am	Telephone	KB-2023-003574 Kellett v Charles Bywater & Son (A Firm) and another	Mesothelioma CMC
Master Davison	2pm		Official court business
Master Thornett	12 noon	Telephone	KB-2024-000425 Wormleighton v Cape Intermediate Holdings Ltd	Mesothelioma CMC
Master Thornett	2pm		Not sitting
Master Gidden	10:30am		Not sitting
Master Gidden	2pm		Not sitting
Master Sullivan	10:30am	MS Teams	KB-2023-001656 Barnard v Kanagasundrem and others	Costs budgeting
Master Sullivan	2pm	E121	KB-2023-001987 & KB-2023-001908 Barrow v The Chief Constable of Hertfordshire Police	Costs CMC
Master Dagnall	10:30am	E110	QB-2022-002348 Smith v Foundation Piling Ltd and another	Costs CMC
Master Dagnall	12 noon	E110	KB-2023-004154 Eraut v Cheyney	CMC
Master Dagnall	2pm	MS Teams	KB-2022-003746 Simon v Essien and another	Approval hearing
Master Dagnall	3pm	MS Teams	H00WI869 Bridging v Moody	Application hearing
Master Stevens	10:30am		Official court business
Master Stevens	2pm		Official court business
Master Armstrong	10:30am		Official court business
Master Armstrong	2pm		Official court business
Master Brown	10:30am		Official court business
Master Brown	2pm		Official court business
Deputy Master Fine	12 noon	MS Teams	QB-2022-002289 Langrish v Wessex Demolition and Salvage Ltd	Costs budgeting
Deputy Master Fine	2pm	E107	KB-2023-001439 Le Brun v Munting and another	Approval hearing

8. Senior Courts Costs Office Daily Cause List

Hearings in the Senior Courts Costs Office will be held in person unless the notice of hearing has directed otherwise. Any media representative or member of the public wishing to attend a remote hearing should provide an email address to be sent an appropriate link for access. Please contact scco@Justice.gov.uk putting the hearing date and time in the subject box.

List for 17th May 2024. Updated 16th May 2024 10:40am

No Sittings