Court Sittings

The Term Dates for year 2026 are below: Hilary: Monday 12 January to Wednesday 1 April Easter: Tuesday 14 April to Friday 22 May Trinity: Tuesday 2 June to Friday 31 July Michaelmas: Thursday 1 October to Monday 21 December

Trinity Term 2026

Tuesday 2 June to Friday 31 July
(Sittings commence: 11:00am Monday, 10:30am on Tuesday – Thursday)

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Hearing Start DateHearing End DateCourtroom Case IDCase DetailsJustices
02-Jun-202602-Jun-20261UKSC/2025/0178Great Asia Maritime Limited (Respondent) v Orion Shipping and Trading LLC (Appellant)

1 day
Lord Briggs
Lord Hamblen
Lord Burrows
Lord Stephens
Lord Doherty
09-Jun-202610-Jun-20261UKSC/2025/0105The Manchester Ship Canal Company Limited (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and another (Respondents)

2 days
Lord Reed
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lord Burrows
Lord Stephens
Lady Rose
10-Jun-202610-Jun-20263JCPC/2025/0103Alteo Energy Ltd (Respondent) v Director General, Mauritius Revenue Authority (Appellant) (Mauritius)

0.5 days
Lord Sales
Lord Hamblen
Lord Leggatt
Lady Simler
Lord Doherty
11-Jun-202611-Jun-20261UKSC/2025/0119R (on the application of Foodrise Ltd (formerly Global Feedback Limited)) (Appellant) v His Majesty's Treasury and others (Respondents)

1 day
Lord Sales
Lord Hamblen
Lord Leggatt
Lady Simler
Lord Doherty
15-Jun-202616-Jun-20262UKSC/2025/0150Star Hydro Power Limited (Respondent) v National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (Appellant)

2 days
Lord Sales
Lord Leggatt
Lord Burrows
Lady Rose
Lord Doherty
17-Jun-202617-Jun-20261UKSC/2025/0149Saxon Woods Investments Limited and others (Respondents) v Costa (Appellant)

1 day

Court time – 10am – 1pm / 2pm – 3.30pm
Lord Sales
Lord Briggs
Lord Hamblen
Lord Burrows
Lady Rose
22-Jun-202623-Jun-20261UKSC/2025/0138Secretary of State for Justice (Respondent) v R (on the application of Quaye) (Appellant)

1.5 days
Lord Sales
Lord Briggs
Lord Hamblen
Lord Stephens
Lady Simler
22-Jun-202623-Jun-20262UKSC/2025/0034The Kingdom of Spain and another (Respondents) v The London Steam-Ship Owners' Mutual Insurance Association Limited (Appellant) No 2

1.5 days
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lord Leggatt
Lord Burrows
Lord Doherty
Lord Snowden
24-Jun-202625-Jun-20261UKSC/2025/0094Valeriy Ernestovich Drelle (Respondent) v Servis-Terminal LLC (In Liquidation in the Russian Federation) (Appellant)

2 days
Lord Sales
Lord Briggs
Lord Hamblen
Lord Stephens
Lord Doherty
25-Jun-202625-Jun-20262UKSC/2025/0070R v Sheikh and others (Respondents)

1 day
Lord Reed
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lord Burrows
Lady Rose
Lady Simler
29-Jun-202601-Jul-20261UKSC/2025/0144

UKSC/2025/0145
Optis Cellular Technology LLC and others (Respondents) v Apple Retail UK Limited and others (Appellants) No 1

and 

Optis Cellular Technology LLC and others (Respondents) v Apple Retail UK Limited and others (Appellants) No 2

3 days

ADJUSTED COURT TIMES FOR DAY 3: 11am – 1pm / 2pm – 4.30pm
Lord Reed
Lord Briggs
Lord Leggatt
Lady Simler
Lord Kitchin
30-Jun-202630-Jun-20263JCPC/2025/0050Carla Anita Cecilia Braynen Turnquest (Respondent) v Water and Sewerage Corporation (Appellant) (Bahamas)

1 day
Lord Sales
Lord Hamblen
Lord Stephens
Lady Rose
Lord Snowden
07-Jul-202607-Jul-20261UKSC/2025/0170Avon Freeholds Limited (Respondent) v Cresta Court E RTM Company Limited (Appellant)

1 day
Lord Reed
Lord Briggs
Lord Stephens
Lady Rose
Lord Snowden
08-Jul-202608-Jul-20263JCPC/2025/0095The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago and others (Respondents) v Jason Jones (Appellant) (Trinidad & Tobago)

1 day
Lord Reed
Lord Sales
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lord Briggs
Lady Rose
09-Jul-202609-Jul-20263JCPC/2025/0031 and 0031/AWarren Cassell (Respondent) v The King (Appellant) (Montserrat)

1 day
Lord Briggs
Lord Burrows
Lord Snowden
14-Jul-202614-Jul-20263JCPC/2025/0072

JCPC/2025/0073

JCPC/2025/0074
Dominic Pitilal (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

Earl Elie (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

Ashmeed Mohammed (Appellant) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

1 day
Lord Reed
Lord Hamblen
Lord Leggatt
Lady Rose
Lord Doherty
15-Jul-202615-Jul-20263JCPC/2024/0086Margot Serra and 5 others (Appellants) v His Majesty’s Attorney General for Gibraltar (Respondent) (Gibraltar)

2 HOUR CASE MANAGEMENT HEARING
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lady Simler
Lord Snowden
16-Jul-202616-Jul-20263JCPC/2025/0040Francis (Appellant) v Attorney General of St Helena for and on behalf of the Crown (Respondent) (St Helena)

1 day
Lord Reed
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lady Rose
Lord Snowden
Sir Anthony Smellie
20-Jul-202621-Jul-20261JCPC/2025/0066Robert Archbald Gilchrist Sinclair (Appellant) v Ian Charles Domaille and 3 others (Respondents) (Guernsey)

1.5 days
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lord Leggatt
Lord Stephens
Lady Simler
Lord Snowden
20-Jul-202620-Jul-20263JCPC/2025/0047Paradise Island Lighthouse and Beach Club Company Limited (Appellant) v The Attorney General of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas (Respondent) (Bahamas)

ADJUSTED TIMES 2pm – 4pm UK / 9am – 11am Bahamas
Lord Reed
Lord Sales
Lord Hamblen
Lord Burrows
Lord Doherty
21-Jul-202621-Jul-20263JCPC/2019/0118Stephen Anthony Aldridge (Appellant) v Mordaunt Estates Ltd (Respondent) (Mauritius)

0.5 days
Lord Sales
Lord Hamblen
Lord Burrows
22-Jul-202622-Jul-20261UKSC/2025/0164Stenner (Appellant) v Teignbridge District Council (Respondent)

1 day
Lord Sales
Lord Hamblen
Lord Burrows
Lady Simler
Lord Snowden
22-Jul-202623-Jul-20263JCPC/2025/0063

JCPC/2025/0065

JCPC/2025/0065/A
Aeden Balwah (by Shelly-Ann Balwah, his mother and next friend) and another (Respondents) v Marwan Ahmad Alsayed Abdulla (Appellant) (Trinidad & Tobago)

Aeden Balwah (by Shelly-Ann Balwah, his Mother and Next Friend) (Appellant) v Surgi-Med Clinic Co. Limited and another (Respondents) No 2 (Trinidad & Tobago)

1.5 days
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lord Leggatt
Lord Stephens
Lord Doherty
Lady Wise
30-Jul-2026Last Day of the Term