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  • UKSC/2023/0080

    Case summary:

    Did the Court of Appeal correctly interpret section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 by determining that: (1) a person can 'enter into' a transaction where they act on behalf of a company; and (2) there can be a 'transaction' for the purposes of section 423 where the asset which is alleged to have been disposed of at an undervalue was not beneficially owned by the 'debtor'?

    Last updated: 17 February 2025


  • UKSC/2021/0184

    Case summary:

    Was the Court of Appeal wrong: (i) when it determined that the doctrine of merger did not extinguish Zavarco's cause of action in the 2016 Claim and thereby prevent pursuit of the identical cause of action in the 2018 Claim; (ii) to find that the doctrine of merger does not depend on the cause of action asserted, but instead upon the relief obtained; (iii) to find that the doctrine of merger does not apply to any judgment granting a declaration.

    Last updated: 17 February 2025


  • UKSC/2024/0047

    Case 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: 17 February 2025


  • UKSC/2024/0108

    Case 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: 17 February 2025


  • UKSC/2023/0142

    Case 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: 17 February 2025


  • UKSC/2023/0154

    Case 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: 17 February 2025


  • UKSC/2023/0152

    Case summary:

    This appeal concerns a claim for bereavement support payment (“BSP”). BSP is a non-means-tested contributory benefit, the purpose of which is to assist with the additional expenditure typically associated with bereavement. Under sections 30-31 of the Pensions Act 2014 (the “2014 Act”), a person is entitled to BSP if (among other things) their spouse dies and, for at least one tax year during the deceased’s working life, he or she paid national insurance contributions (“NICs”) (the “Contribution Condition”). The issues raised by this appeal concern: (i) the circumstances in which courts in England and Wales may depart from decisions of appellate courts in Northern Ireland and Scotland regarding the same or substantially similar legislation; (ii) whether the inability to work during one’s lifetime as a result of a disability constitutes an “other status” for the purposes of Article 14 of the Convention; (iii) whether the policy behind the Contribution Condition justifies interference with Convention rights; and (iv) whether the CA was wrong in this case to have awarded the respondent an interpretive remedy under section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (the “HRA”), rather than making a declaration of incompatibility under section 4 of the HRA.

    Last updated: 17 February 2025


  • UKSC/2024/0109

    Case summary:

    Was the order for the Appellant’s extradition to Poland pursuant to a conviction warrant a disproportionate interference with her right to a private and family life under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights?

    Last updated: 17 February 2025


  • UKSC/2024/0032

    Case summary:

    Was the Court of Appeal right to conclude the trial judge’s conclusion on the similarity of logos was “rationally insupportable”? At what point of time should the confusion of consumers be assessed in a claim for trade mark infringement? What approach should the court take when assessing whether trade marks are similar?

    Last updated: 17 February 2025


  • UKSC/2024/0065

    Case summary:

    Is the effect of section 43 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 that no VAT is chargeable on an intra-group supply of services even where the supplier has left the group by the time consideration for the supply is the subject of a VAT invoice and paid?

    Last updated: 17 February 2025


  • UKSC/2024/0057

    Case summary:

    The issues in this appeal can be grouped into three questions: (1)As certified by the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland, is the interpretation of a defence statement provided under Part 1 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 a question of law for the trial judge? (2)Was the search of the appellant’s property lawful and if not what are the consequences of that unlawfulness? (3)Does the application to the appellant of the sentencing regime provided for by article 15A of the Terorism Act 2002 breach Article 7 of the European Convention of Human Rights?

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    Last updated: 17 February 2025


  • UKSC/2024/0087

    Case summary:

    (1) Is a LIBOR or EURIBOR submission automatically dishonest if it is influenced by a trading advantage? (2) Must a LIBOR or EURIBOR submission be of the single cheapest rate at which the panel or prime bank could borrow at the time of the submissions or can it be a rate selected from within a range of potential borrowing rates?

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    Last updated: 17 February 2025


  • UKSC/2025/0029


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    Last updated: 14 February 2025


  • UKSC/2025/0028


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    Last updated: 14 February 2025


  • UKSC/2019/0013

    Judgment given
    Case summary:

    See judgment

    Last updated: 14 February 2025


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