Supreme Court decision on our ‘leapfrog’ application

At the end of 2024, following the Crown’s decision to appeal our High Court decision, we submitted an application for leave to ‘leapfrog’ the Court of Appeal and have the appeals heard directly by the Supreme Court.

After so many years of drawn-out litigation, including a successful outcome in the Supreme Court in 2017, we did this with the aim of achieving a final resolution more quickly.

Unfortunately, this week we’ve heard that the Supreme Court has dismissed our leapfrog appeal on the grounds that the issues are factually and legally complex, and the manner of their resolution is very important, and therefore merit full consideration in the Court of Appeal.

We will now, therefore, push for an urgent fixture in the Court of Appeal.

As always, our strong preference remains bringing an end to the litigation and resolving this dispute out of court. We remain hopeful that the Crown will do the right thing, honour its legals duties, and join us at the table to negotiate a principled solution, once and for all.