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UKSC/2025/0009
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Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:(1) Should Aabar be granted permission to appeal directly to the Supreme Court from a judgment of the High Court? (2) If so, is there a rule of English law which prevents a company from asserting privilege against its own shareholders?
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Last updated: 7 February 2025
UKSC/2025/0012
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Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:(1) Should Aabar be granted permission to appeal directly to the Supreme Court from a judgment of the High Court? (2) If so, is there a rule of English law which prevents a company from asserting privilege against its own shareholders?
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Last updated: 7 February 2025
UKSC/2023/0131
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:(1) On its true construction, does the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 (‘1976 Convention’) permit a charterer to limit its liability to an owner for a claim concerning loss originally suffered by the owner, itself? (2) On their true construction, what is the scope of Article 2.1(a) and (f), 1976 Convention?
Last updated: 7 February 2025
UKSC/2023/0101
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TAX
Judgment scheduledCase summary:Is UK corporation tax payable on certain sums received by the respondent during its accounting periods ended 31 October 2008 to 2015 inclusive?
Last updated: 7 February 2025
UKSC/2023/0127
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EXTRADITION
Judgment scheduledCase summary:Was the High Court's approach to whether the appellant's alleged conduct constituted an "extradition offence" correct, having regard to the requirements of section 137(3)(b) of the Extradition Act 2003?
Last updated: 7 February 2025
UKSC/2023/0111
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TORT
Hearing listedCase summary:Is the Appellant entitled to lost years earnings from the Respondent?
Last updated: 7 February 2025
UKSC/2024/0016
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TAX
Hearing listedCase summary:Is a tender support vessel a “relevant asset” within the meaning of the s.356LA of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 and therefore subject to certain restrictions on tax deductions?
Last updated: 7 February 2025
UKSC/2024/0047
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COURT PROCEDURE
Hearing listedCase summary:Is there a statutory limitation period applicable to a claim under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006? If so, what is that period?
Last updated: 7 February 2025
UKSC/2024/0108
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ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
Hearing listedCase summary:Does Regulation 63 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (“the Habitats Regulations”) require an ‘appropriate assessment’ to be undertaken for subsequent approvals after the grant of outline planning permission at a further consent stage (i.e. at the approval of reserved matters and discharge of conditions stages)?
Last updated: 7 February 2025
UKSC/2023/0142
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TORT
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) If, in a continuous course of conduct, fiduciaries commit two or more breaches of their duty, can losses from one breach be set-off against gains from another? (2) If so, can the fiduciary and/or his dishonest assistant set-off losses against gains in this case?
Last updated: 7 February 2025
UKSC/2024/0066
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase summary:What is the test for determining if a lender has constructive notice (and is, therefore, put on inquiry) that one party in a non-commercial relationship is being unduly influenced to enter a loan with their partner that will, in part, be used to benefit only their partner?
Last updated: 7 February 2025
UKSC/2023/0154
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COURT PROCEDURE
Hearing listedCase summary:Is the jurisdiction of the Crown Court to retry a defendant under sections 7 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1988 contingent upon the fulfilment of the procedural requirements contained in section 8 of the same act, such that a defendant who has not been arraigned within two months of the date of the order committing him for retrial cannot be lawfully retrial (save with leave of the Court of Appeal)?
Last updated: 7 February 2025
UKSC/2025/0003
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Whether: (1) paragraph 2 of schedule 2 to the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 (the “EEA Regulations”) prevents a deported person from bringing an appeal from within the UK in circumstances where they have re-entered the UK, made a human rights claim, and had that claim refused; and (2) section 31(2A) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 (the “SCA”) requires the court to be satisfied that the exercise of a particular power is highly likely, or only that the relevant ultimate outcome is highly likely.
Last updated: 7 February 2025
UKSC/2025/0005
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase 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: 7 February 2025
UKSC/2021/0038
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PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the death of a disabled woman who was deprived of her liberty engaged the state’s obligation to protect life under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, therefore requiring an inquest jury to make findings regarding the circumstances by which the death occurred.
Last updated: 6 February 2025
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