The National Union of Mineworkers has asked the High Court to decide whether it is obliged to meet the cost of former leader Arthur Scargill staying in his London flat.
Mr Scargill, 74, who was the NUM's president for 20 years until July 2002, has occupied the Barbican apartment since 1982.
The rent and associated expenses were paid by the union until 2011, except for a period between 1985 and 1991 when Mr Scargill met them out of his own pocket.
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