Visit JCPCAll cases
1421 Cases
UKSC/2023/0123
•
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: 4 December 2025
UKSC/2023/0107
•
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: 4 December 2025
UKSC/2025/0002
•
NEGLIGENCE
Judgment scheduledCase summary:Does the Damages (Scotland) Act 2011 entitle the relatives of a deceased person to claim damages following his death from asbestos-related mesothelioma, notwithstanding the prior settlement of a separate claim brought by the deceased for other asbestos-related injuries?
Last updated: 4 December 2025
UKSC/2025/0004
•
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Hearing listedCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal wrong to hold that Oatly AB could not validly register POST MILK GENERATION as a trade mark as this was prohibited under Article 78(2) and Part III of Annex VII of EU Regulation 1308/2013?
Last updated: 4 December 2025
UKSC/2024/0095
•
PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Do religious education and collective worship provided in a school in Northern Ireland breach the rights of a child, and the child’s parents, under Article 2 of the First Protocol (“A2P1”) to the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”) read with Article 9 ECHR?
Last updated: 4 December 2025
UKSC/2024/0093
•
EU LAW
Judgment givenCase summary:(i) Is the child element of universal credit (“UC”) a family benefit under article 3(1)(j) of the Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems; and (ii) Is it necessary for the Supreme Court to refer the matter to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) under article 158 of the Withdrawal Agreement?
Last updated: 4 December 2025
UKSC/2024/0117
•
COURT PROCEDURE
Judgment givenCase summary:When, if ever, should a court make an award of costs in a foreign currency?
Last updated: 4 December 2025
UKSC/2024/0106
•
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: 4 December 2025
UKSC/2025/0013/A
•
PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in departing from Colton J’s decision to disapply provisions of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 for breach of the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Linked casesLast updated: 4 December 2025
UKSC/2025/0013
•
PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:In summary, did the Court of Appeal err by holding that: (1) The trial judge at first instance was entitled to disapply provisions of the Legacy Act under Article 2(1) of the Windsor Framework (and the related EU and Treaty mechanisms); (2) The trial judge was wrong to find no violation of the European Convention of Human Rights ("ECHR") with respect to the ability of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (“ICRIR”) to comply with its obligations under the ECHR.
Linked casesLast updated: 4 December 2025
UKSC/2024/0135
•
CRIME
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Does the power of the Magistrates’ Court to ‘vary or rescind’ a sentence or order under Article 158A of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 include the power to make a new sentence or other order independent of and additional to a previous sentence or order of that court?
Last updated: 4 December 2025
UKSC/2012/0076
•
COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:See judgment
Last updated: 4 December 2025
UKSC/2024/0116
•
TORT
Judgment scheduledCase summary:Does the Appellant’s case against the Respondent under section 2 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 satisfy the first stage of the test for vicarious liability?
Last updated: 4 December 2025
UKSC/2025/0194
•
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 4 December 2025
UKSC/2025/0079
•
CRIME
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:(1) Do the terms of s.12(1A) of the Terrorism Act 2000 (“the TA”) represent a disproportionate interference with the appellants’ rights under article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”)? In the event that they do, is it possible to read down the terms of the offence to render them compatible? (2) What is the mental element in relation to the offence under s.12(1A)
Linked casesLegal Issue
Last updated: 3 December 2025
Sign up for case email alerts
Sign up to receive email alerts when a new case is added by the Court.