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• UK Supreme Court

  Judgment

  29 July 2025

  D.E.L.T.A. Merseyside Limited and another (Respondents) v Uber Britannia Limited (Appellant)

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Briggs,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lord Stephens,

  Lady Simler

  Whether – under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 – a private hire vehicle operator who accepts a booking is required to contract (as principal) with the relevant customer, to fulfil that booking.

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• UK Supreme Court

  Judgment

  29 July 2025

  Dalston Projects Ltd and others (Appellants) v Secretary of State for Transport (Respondent)

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Sales,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lady Rose,

  Lord Richards

  Should the Secretary of State for Transport’s (“SST”) decision to detain a yacht in London under the UK’s Russian sanctions regime be set aside on (i) human rights, or (ii) public law, grounds?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2024/0045 Shvidler (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Respondent)

  Legal issue

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• UK Supreme Court

  Judgment

  29 July 2025

  Shvidler (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Respondent)

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Sales,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lady Rose,

  Lord Richards

  (i) Did the Court of Appeal adopt the wrong approach to determining whether the Appellant’s designation was a proportionate interference with his rights under Article 8 and Article 1, Protocol 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”)? (ii) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to conclude that maintaining the Appellant’s designation was not a breach of his rights under Article 8 and Article 1, Protocol 1 of the ECHR?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2024/0055 Dalston Projects Ltd and others (Appellants) v Secretary of State for Transport (Respondent)

  Legal issue

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• UK Supreme Court

  Judgment

  30 July 2025

  Wathen-Fayed (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and another (Respondents)

  Lord Reed,

  Lord Hamblen,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lord Stephens,

  Lady Simler

  Did the Court of Appeal err in upholding the interpretation of the definition of “crematorium” in section 2 of the Cremation Act 1902 for the purpose of the radius clause prohibition in section 5?

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• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

  Judgment

  31 July 2025

  The State of Trinidad and Tobago (Appellant) v Nawaz Ali (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Lord Hodge,

  Lord Briggs,

  Lord Leggatt,

  Lord Richards,

  Sir Andrew Edis

  Did the Court of Appeal err by upholding the trial judge’s decision to stay the indictment against the respondent?

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