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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.
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
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
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?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
20 October 2025
A Reference by the Attorney General of Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998
“Whether the Minister of Health has power to revise the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice issued under s.288 of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (‘the 2016 Act’) so as to provide that, in the context of the delivery of care and treatment, individuals aged 16 and over with impaired decision-making may be understood to be consenting to confinement through the expression of wishes and feelings, so that their circumstances do not fall within the scope of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR)’)”