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

Easter Term 2026

Tuesday, 14 April to Friday, 22 May
(Sittings commence: 11:00am Monday, 10:30am on Tuesday – Thursday)

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Hearing Start DateHearing End DateCourtroom Case IDCase DetailsJustices
14-Apr-2026
First day of term
15-Apr-202615-Apr-20263JCPC/2025/0015Unicomer (St Vincent) Ltd (Appellant) v Appeal Commissioners and another (Respondents) (St Vincent and the Grenadines)

1 day
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lady Rose
Lady Simler
21-Apr-202621-Apr-20261UKSC/2025/0165R v McCafferty and others (Appellants)

1 day
Lord Reed
Lord Sales
Lord Leggatt
Lady Simler
Lord Doherty
23-Apr-202623-Apr-20263JCPC/2025/0007Wycliffe Baird (Appellant) v David Goldgar and four others (Respondents) (St Christopher and Nevis)

1 day
Lord Reed
Lord Hamblen
Lady Simler
Lord Doherty
Dame Sarah Falk
27-Apr-202629-Apr-20261UKSC/2025/0058Tesla, Inc and another (Appellants) v Interdigital Patent Holdings and others (Respondents)

2.5 days
Lord Sales
Lord Briggs
Lord Hamblen
Lord Burrows
Lord Kitchin
29-Apr-202629-Apr-20263JCPC/2025/0020

and

JCPC/2025/0021
Andrew Flowers (Appellant) v Enterprise Insurance Company Plc (In Liquidation) (Respondent) (Gibraltar)

and

Andrew Flowers (Respondent) v Enterprise Insurance Company Plc (In Liquidation) (Appellant) No 2 (Gibraltar)

1 day
Lord Reed
Lord Lloyd Jones
Lord Leggatt
Lady Rose
Lord Doherty
30-Apr-202630-Apr-20263JCPC/2025/0029Luc Guilliey (Appellant) v OCAPAC Mauritius Holding Ltd (Respondent) (Mauritius)

0.5 days
Lord Sales
Lord Richards
Lady Simler
05-May-202605-May-20263JCPC/2024/0085The Estate of Claudia Edwards Bethel (Respondent) v Attorney General of The Bahamas and another (Appellants) (The Bahamas)

1 day
Lord Reed
Lord Sales
Lord Briggs
Lord Burrows
Dame Amanda Yip
06-May-202606-May-20263JCPC/2023/0087Devendranath Hurnam (Appellant) v PV Veerabudren (Respondent) (Mauritius)

1 day
Lord Sales
Lord Lloyd-Jones
Lord Hamblen
Lord Leggatt
Lord Ericht
07-May-202607-May-20261UKSC/2025/0122Augustine (Appellant) v Data Cars Limited (Respondent)

1 day
Lord Lloyd Jones Lord Hamblen Lord Leggatt Lord Richards Lady Simler
07-May-202607-May-20263JCPC/2023/0110Derek Laurencin (Appellant) v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

0.5 day

NOTE ADJUSTED TIMES: 2 – 4pm UK / 9 – 11am Trinidad and Tobago
Lord Sales
Lord Burrows
Lady Rose
18-May-202619-May-2026GlasgowUKSC/2025/0047ScottishPower (SCPL) Limited and others (Respondents) v Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Appellant)

1.5 days
Lord Reed
Lord Stephens
Lady Rose
Lady Simler
Lord Doherty
20-May-202620-May-2026GlasgowUKSC/2025/0081Forthwell Limited (Appellant) v Pontegadea UK Limited (Respondent)

1 day
Lord Reed
Lord Stephens
Lady Simler
Lord Doherty
Lord Hodge
21-May-202621-May-2026GlasgowUKSC/2026/0005

and

UKSC/2026/0008
Rice (Respondent) v Wicked Vision Limited (Appellant)

and

Barton Turns Developments Limited (Appellant) v Treadwell (Respondent)

1 day
Lord Reed
Lord Stephens
Lady Rose
Lady Simler
Lord Doherty
22-May-2026Last day of term