Court Sittings

The Term Dates for year 2025 are below: Hilary: Monday, 13 January to Wednesday, 16 April Easter: Tuesday, 29 April to Friday, 23 May Trinity: Tuesday, 3 June to Thursday, 31 July Michaelmas: Wednesday, 1 October to Friday, 19 December


Easter Term 2025

Tuesday, 29 April to Friday, 23 May 
(Sittings commence: 11:00am Monday, 10:30am on Tuesday – Thursday)

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Hearing Start DateHearing End DateCourtroom Case IDCase DetailsJustices
29th April 2025First day of term
30th April, 20251st May, 20251UKSC/2024/0089Standish (Appellant) v Standish (Respondent)

1.5 days  
Lord Reed, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Burrows, Lord Stephens, Lady Simler
30th April, 20251st May, 20253JCPC/2023/0097Cayman Shores Development Ltd and another (Respondents) v The Proprietors, Strata Plan No.79 (known as Lion's Court) and others (Appellants) (Cayman Islands)

2 days
Lord Hodge, Lord Briggs, Lord Sales, Lord Hamblen, Lord Richards
6th May, 20256th May, 20253JCPC/2023/0115Garet O Finlayson and another (Appellants) v Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation (Respondent) (Bahamas)

1 day
Lord Sales, Lord Stephens, Lady Rose
13th May, 202515th May, 20251UKSC/2024/0075

and

UKSC/2024/0076
Mitchell and another (Joint Liquidators of MBI International & Partners Inc (In Liquidation)) (Respondents) v Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber and others (Appellants)

and

Mitchell and another (Joint Liquidators of MBI International & Partners Inc (In Liquidation)) (Appellants) v Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber and others (Respondents) No 2


2.5 days
Lord Hodge, Lord Briggs, Lord Sales, Lord Stephens, Lord Richards
13th May, 202513th May, 20253JCPC/2024/0039Antigua and Barbuda Transport Board (Respondent) v Anderson Carty (Appellant) (Antigua and Barbuda)

1 day
Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt, Lady Rose, Lady Simler
14th May, 202515th May, 20253JCPC/2024/0037Ashley Dawson-Damer (Appellant) v Grampian Trust Company Ltd and another (Respondents) (Bahamas)

1.5 days
Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Leggatt, Lord Burrows, Lady Rose, Lady Simler
19th May, 202519th May, 20253JCPC/2023/0106

and

JCPC/2024/0010 
Public Services Association of Trinidad and Tobago (Appellant) v Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

and

Public Services Association of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority (Appellant) No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago)


1 day
Lord Briggs, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt, Lord Richards, Lady Simler
20th May, 202520th May, 20251UKSC/2024/0081Wathen-Fayad (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and another (Respondents)

1 day

Note: Adjusted Time -10am – 1pm / 2pm – 3pm 
Lord Reed, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt, Lord Stephens, Lady Simler
20th May, 202520th May, 20253JCPC/2023/0080Cable & Wireless Jamaica Ltd (Appellant) v Eric Jason Abrahams (Respondent) (Jamaica)

1 day

Note: Adjusted Time -10am – 1pm / 2pm – 3pm 
Lord Hodge, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Burrows, Lord Richards, Lord Doherty
21st May, 202522nd may, 20251UKSC/2024/0095In the matter of an application by JR87 for Judicial Review (Appellant)

1.5 days
Lord Reed, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Hamblen, Lord Burrows, Lord Stephens
22nd May, 202522nd May, 20253JCPC/2022/0107The State of Trinidad and Tobago (Appellant) v Nawaz Ali (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

1 day
Lord Hodge, Lord Briggs, Lord Leggatt, Lord Richards, Sir Andrew Edis
23rd May, 202523rd May, 20253JCPC/2023/0079Gregory Pascall (Respondent) v Aneisa Graham (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago)

0.5 days
Lord Briggs, Lord Leggatt, Lord Richards
23rd May 2025Last day of term