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UKSC/2024/0106
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) Whether there is a principle in English law that a condition in a contract, which would give rise to a debt owed by a party if fulfilled, should be treated as fulfilled (or dispensed with or waived) where that party wrongfully prevents the condition from being satisfied? (2) If this principle is not part of English law, does contractual interpretation or an implied term lead to the same result on the facts? (3) At what point do the deposits accrue as a debt under the contracts concerned?
Last updated: 12 November 2025
UKSC/2023/0123
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CRIME
Judgment givenCase summary:1. Is the Scottish courts’ current approach to the admission of evidence concerning the complainer’s sexual history in trials for sexual offences liable to infringe defendants’ rights to a fair trial under article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights? 2. Were Mr Keir’s rights under article 6 infringed at his trial?
Linked casesLast updated: 12 November 2025
UKSC/2023/0107
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CRIME
Judgment givenCase summary:1. Is the Scottish courts’ current approach to the admission of evidence concerning the complainer’s credibility or reliability in trials for sexual offences liable to infringe defendants’ rights to a fair trial under article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights? 2. Were Mr Daly’s rights under article 6 infringed at his trial?
Linked casesLast updated: 12 November 2025
UKSC/2025/0005
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EU LAW
Hearing listedCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal correct to hold that (A) whether the claims are time-barred has not been finally determined in the Prudential test case, and should be determined in the present proceedings by applying the law as it stands now (“Limitation Issue”); (B) GREA is not entitled to a claim in restitution for payment of unlawful advance corporation tax utilised against lawful tax or repaid before the issue of its claim (“Set-off Issue”); and (C) by 1 April 2010, the Appellants had not pleaded a claim in restitution for the recovery of unlawful tax paid as a result of their inability to offset unused double taxation relief credit (“Pleading Issue”)?
Last updated: 11 November 2025
UKSC/2025/0173
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ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the Minister when making a policy about local energy efficiency standards: (i) have due regard to the environmental principles policy statement (“EPPS”) as required by section 19 of the Environment Act 2021? (ii) unlawfully restrict the power of local authorities under section 1 of the Planning and Energy Act 2008 to adopt policies in their local plans that set energy efficiency standards for new buildings above the minimum required by building regulations?
Last updated: 11 November 2025
UKSC/2025/0163
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FAMILY
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:(1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to interfere with the trial judge’s factual findings by substituting its own finding that the appellant had made a deliberate decision not to disclose the full extent of her assets? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to find that the appellant’s omission to fully disclose her assets amounted to fraudulent non-disclosure? (3) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to find that the non-disclosure was material to the respondent’s decision to enter the pre-nuptial agreement, and that the agreement was therefore vitiated?
Last updated: 11 November 2025
UKSC/2025/0168
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:For a notice served pursuant to paragraph 31 of the Electronic Communications Code (“the Code”) to be valid, is it sufficient to comply with the statutory requirements in the Code or is it also necessary to comply with any contractual notice requirements for terminating the agreement? Did the Appellant serve a valid contractual break notice on the Respondent?
Last updated: 11 November 2025
UKSC/2025/0174
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the Judge and/or the Court of Appeal err in their respective interpretations of a long-term public private partnership contract?
Last updated: 11 November 2025
UKSC/2025/0187
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 11 November 2025
UKSC/2024/0130
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:In relation to a contract based on the 2016 edition of the JCT Design and Build Contract, whether – properly construed – a right to terminate under clause 8.9.3 must first have accrued before a contractor can have any right to terminate under clause 8.9.4.
Last updated: 11 November 2025
UKSC/2025/0043
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:(1) Was it procedurally unfair for the Secretary of State for the Home Department to deprive Mr Kolicaj of his British citizenship without affording him an opportunity to make representations? (2) Did the Court of Appeal act in excess of jurisdiction by quashing the deprivation order made against Mr Kolicaj?
Last updated: 10 November 2025
UKSC/2025/0157
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Permission to Appeal granted in partCase summary:Does paragraph 9 of Schedule 8 to the Building Safety Act 2022 (“BSA 2022”) preclude the recovery of legal or professional costs by way of service charge from leaseholders holding a qualifying lease where those costs were incurred before the BSA 2022 came into effect?
Linked casesLast updated: 10 November 2025
UKSC/2025/0156
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Permission to Appeal granted in partCase summary:(1) Did the Court of Appeal take the wrong approach to whether it was ‘just and equitable’ to make a remediation contribution order under s124 Building Safety Act 2022? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to conclude that a remediation contribution order under s124 Building Safety Act 2022 can be made in respect of costs incurred before that provision came into force on 28 June 2022?
Linked casesLast updated: 10 November 2025
UKSC/2025/0186
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 10 November 2025
UKSC/2025/0185
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PRIVACY AND INFORMATION
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 10 November 2025
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