The Court of Appeal (Civil Division) – Live streaming of court hearings

How and why are court cases being streamed online?

Most cases from the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) are live-streamed on the judiciary’s YouTube channel.
Live-streaming of selected cases began in 2019 to improve public access to, and understanding of, the work of the courts. We are working towards making it possible for all appropriate cases to be live streamed

View previous cases on the Court of Appeal video archive page

Tuesday 30 April 2024

PSA Automobiles SA & ors v AUTOLIV AB & ors

(1) By Appellant’s Notice filed on 30 November 2023, the Sixth to Tenth Defendants,

(6) ZF TRW AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS CORP (7) ZF AUTOMOTIVE (8) ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH (9) TRW SYSTEMS LTD (10) ZF AUTOMOTIVE UK LTD

together the ZF Appellants, appeal the CAT’s decision dated 2 November 2023, [2023] CAT 66, refusing permission for the Appellants to file evidence from their own separate experts in the field of competition economics.

(2) By Appellant’s Notice filed on 30 November 2023, the First- Fifth Defendants,

(1) AUTOLIV AB P (2) AUTOLIV, INC. (3) AUTOLIV JAPAN LTD (4) AUTOLIV B.V. & CO. KG (5) AIRBAGS INTERNATIONAL LTD V

together the Autoliv Appellants, separately appeal the CAT’s decision, refusing permission for the Appellants to file evidence from their own separate experts in the field of competition economics.

Tuesday 30 April 2024

Process & Industrial Developments Ltd (defendant/appellant) v The Federal Republic of Nigeria (claimant/respondent)

By Appellant’s Notice issued on the 25 January 2024, this is an appeal against the Order of Robin Knowles J dated 21 December 2023 sitting in the Commercial Court.

The issue of principle is in relation to costs, independent of the main judgment.

The underlying proceedings mainly involved an application by Nigeria to set aside two arbitration awards of a tribunal comprising Lord Hoffmann, Sir Anthony Evans and Chief Bayo Ojo SAN (“the Awards”). The Awards were issued in 2016 and 2017 and dealt with liability and quantum respectively. By the Awards, the tribunal found Nigeria liable to P&ID for repudiatory breaches of a contract for the construction of a gas processing facility in Nigeria, and awarded P&ID damages of US$6.6 billion plus interest.

Tuesday 30 April 2024

Re: A (By Her Litigation Friend, The Official Solicitor)

By an Appellant’s Notice filed at this Court on 9 April 2024, this is an appeal against the decision of Poole J, sitting in the Court of Protection, dated 20 March 2024. The applicant in this case is the Local Authority, who seek to appeal the final declaration/order in relation to the cessation of covert medication and change of residence for A.

A (By Her Litigation Friend, The Official Solicitor) appeals the same order.

Wednesday 1 May 2024

Thakkar & ors (appellants) v Mican & anr (respondents)

By appellant’s notice filed on 12 August 2023, this is an appeal against the Order dated 24 July 2023 of Mr Justice Richard Smith sitting in the Business and Property Courts (Chancery Appeals) in which he dismissed the Appellant’s appeal against the order of HHJ Backhouse sitting in the Central London County Court refusing indemnity costs against an unsuccessful defendant who had alleged fundamental dishonesty by the Appellant (and ordering that the Applicant pay the Respondent’s costs in the first appeal).

Wednesday 1 – Friday 3 May 2024

Walter Merricks CBE v Mastercard Incorporated & Or

By Appellant’s Notice filed on 8 June 2023, MASTERCARD INCORPORATED (2) MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED (3) MASTERCARD EUROPE S.P.R.L ( collectively Mastercard) appeal the judgment of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT”) handed-down on 21 March 2023 after a trial of four preliminary issues in January 2023.,

Walter Merricks, the Class Representative, also appeal the same order.

Wednesday 1 May 2024

The Financial Conduct Authority (appellant) v Seiler & anr (respondents)

By an Appellant’s Notice filed on 14 December 2023, the FCA appeal the decision, dated 9 November 2023 of the Upper Tribunal (Tax Chamber) in which he awarded the Respondents’ costs in relation to the tribunal proceedings in respect of one transaction and 5% of the Respondent’s costs in relation to the remainder of the proceedings.

Wednesday 1 – Thursday 2 May 2024

King Crude Carriers SA & ors v Ridgebury November LLC and ors

Appeal against the Order of Dias J dated 15 December 2023, sitting in the Commercial Court, that allowed appeals under Section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996.

The judge dealt with two separate appeals under the Arbitration Act 1996 relating to four arbitrations under four separate but related contracts for the sale of four second-hand oil tankers.

Each contract was concluded between one of the Claimant companies and one of the Defendant companies. The contracts were all on materially identical terms and the disputes which arose in relation to each were likewise the same. Accordingly, the four arbitrations were heard together.

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External links

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