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UKSC/2026/0011
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TAX
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:When a taxpayer appeals against an HMRC penalty on the basis that the underlying tax claimed is not owed, does the burden rest on the taxpayer to prove that he or she is not liable to pay the underlying tax?
Last updated: 4 November 2026
UKSC/2026/0099
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing in progressCase summary:Was the decision of the Secretary of State for the Home Department to proscribe Palestine Action under section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2000 lawful?
Last updated: 4 November 2026
UKSC/2025/0143
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:(1) Is the Information Requirement in Article 2(1)(g)(vi) of the Housing (Tenancy Deposits) (Prescribed Information) Order 2007 (“the 2007 Order”) satisfied where the landlord makes reference to a clause in a tenancy agreement that is not attached and which differs in numbering from the actual tenancy agreement? (2) Is the Confirmation Requirement in Article 2(1)(g)(vii) of the 2007 Order satisfied where the landlord signs a covering letter enclosing the certificate, rather than the certificate itself?
Last updated: 4 November 2026
UKSC/2026/0125
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COMMERCIAL
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal apply the correct legal threshold for appellate review when declining to interfere with the trial judge’s findings of Ukrainian law? If a defendant misappropriates two sums of money from the claimant, and uses the proceeds of the second misappropriation to repay the amount taken by way of the first misappropriation, does the claimant still have a cause of action in respect of the first misappropriation? What is the correct legal test to determine whether a claimant has abandoned his pleaded case in favour of a new and unpleaded case?
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Last updated: 3 November 2026
UKSC/2026/0102
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TORT
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal apply the correct legal threshold for appellate review when declining to interfere with the trial judge’s findings of Ukrainian law? If a defendant misappropriates two sums of money from the claimant, and uses the proceeds of the second misappropriation to repay the amount taken by way of the first misappropriation, does the claimant still have a cause of action in respect of the first misappropriation? What is the correct legal test to determine whether a claimant has abandoned his pleaded case in favour of a new and unpleaded case?
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Last updated: 3 November 2026
UKSC/2026/0135
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TORT
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Where a curator ad litem is appointed solely to conduct cross-examination in place of a party litigant, what procedures, if any, should be prescribed by the court to permit the party litigant to communicate with, and/or further instruct, the curator ad litem during cross-examination, so as to ensure that litigant’s practical and effective participation in the cross-examination as required by Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”)?
Last updated: 3 November 2026
UKSC/2026/0165
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 3 November 2026
UKSC/2026/0121
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal granted in partCase summary:What is the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s jurisdiction in respect of applications for review under the Subsidy Control Act 2022 where the main issue is whether the financial assistance given is a subsidy? When determining whether there is a subsidy: Should the CAT determine compliance with the CMO principle under s.3(2) of the Act for itself, or review the decision of the public authority on general public law grounds? Is the CAT’s jurisdiction in this area limited to a consideration of compliance with the CMO principle under s.3(2), or does it extend to considering free-standing grounds of public law review?
Last updated: 3 November 2026
UKSC/2026/0126
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:Is a contractual scheme, entitling a company to recover training costs from an employee after that employee has terminated their employment relationship with the business, unenforceable as an unlawful restraint of trade?
Last updated: 3 November 2026
UKSC/2026/0130
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NEGLIGENCE
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Does the Respondent, a statutory regulator, owe a duty of care to avoid foreseeable psychiatric injury or suicide to a professional whom it is investigating, in respect of the manner and timing of the notification to that professional that an investigation is being carried out?
Last updated: 3 November 2026
UKSC/2026/0122
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COURT PROCEDURE
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:What should the appropriate sanction be where the Claimant(s) has committed a serious abuse of process in an attempt to advantage the claim? In particular: How should the ‘forfeiture principle’ apply to abuse of process cases? Is the nature or strength of the claim legally relevant to the decision of whether to strike out a claim as an abuse?
Last updated: 3 November 2026
UKSC/2023/0043
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment given[2024] UKSC 42Case summary:Does an agreement to transfer the beneficial interest in shares in a private company to the legal owner of those shares need to be in writing and signed by each of those making the disposal?
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UKSC/2023/0044
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment given[2024] UKSC 42Case summary:Does an agreement to transfer the beneficial interest in shares in a private company to the legal owner of those shares need to be in writing and signed by each of those making the disposal?
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Last updated: 3 November 2026
UKSC/2026/0164
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 2 November 2026
UKSC/2026/0012
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:Whether the state is entitled, in light of Article 1 of the First Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights (“A1P1”), to deprive a person of their possessions in the public interest without paying, or ensuring they recover, market value for those possessions, in circumstances where the policy objective of the deprivation measure is not undermined or diminished by ensuring market value is recovered.
Last updated: 29 October 2026
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