The Supreme Court is heading north in June to hear three cases in Edinburgh, and has now confirmed its dates.
The court will sit as a panel of five judges in the City Chambers, home of the City of Edinburgh Council, with Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court, presiding. Members of the public are welcome to attend, and seating arrangements have been arranged for 120 people on a “first come, first served” basis. The proceedings will be live streamed via the Supreme Court website.
On 12 June, 11am–4pm, the court will consider the evidential burden on the state when disrupting “sham marriages”, in Sadovska and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department.
On 13 June, 10.30am–4pm, it will hear Aberdeen City and Shire Strategic Development Planning Authority v Elsick Development Company Limited. This appeal concerns the correct legal test to be applied when assessing planning obligations, and the extent to which planning authorities are bound to comply with national planning policy.
On 14 June, 10.30am–4pm and 15 June, 10.30am–1pm, it will consider the obligation on the state to assist the rehabilitation of determinate sentence prisoners, in Brown v The Scottish Ministers. Lord Carloway will sit on the panel to hear this appeal.
Some of the justices will then head to the Law Society of Scotland headquarters, where they have agreed to speak at a professional development session.
