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UKSC/2021/0044
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Judgment given[2022] UKSC 7Case summary:Can a landlord terminate a flexible tenancy agreement prior to the expiry of the fixed term if the tenancy agreement does not expressly provide for re-entry or forfeiture?
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2018/0218
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TAX
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 1Case summary:Whether customs duty is irrecoverable in circumstances where communication of the customs debt occurred three years after the debt was incurred, in light of the time limit imposed by Article 221(3) of the “Customs Code” (Regulation EEC/2913/92, as amended by Regulation EC/2700/2000).
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2018/0077
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ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 3Case summary:Whether the appellant council misapplied paragraph 90 of the National Planning Policy Framework when considering mineral extraction in the Green Belt.
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2018/0030
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DEVOLUTION
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 2Case summary:A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of devolution issues to the Supreme Court pursuant to Paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 Preliminary Hearing: Issues (1) Whether the Reference raises a devolution issue (per Schedule 10, paragraph 1 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998); (2) Specifically: a. does the Department for Communities’ issuing of lists that give effect to orders made by the Secretary of State commencing universal credit provisions in Northern Ireland constitute an “act” under s. 24(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998? b. does the Reference raise a question of whether the Department has failed to comply with a Convention right under s. 24(1)(a)?
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2018/0137
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IMMIGRATION
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 4Case summary:Whether the imposition of a curfew requirement on a person subject to deportation amounts to ‘imprisonment’ for the purpose of establishing the tort of false imprisonment.
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2019/0033
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 6Case summary:Where a life prisoner convicted of inter alia terrorist murders secures early release on licence under the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (“1998 Act”) and such licence is revoked due to fundamental breaches occasioned by further terrorist offending while on release and the prisoner is convicted of such further offences, receiving no effective additional sentence,[ ] having regard to the provisions of the 1998 Act and the Life Sentences (NI) Order 2001 (“2001 Order”) is the prisoner’s judicially determined “tariff” to include the period of his release on licence?
Linked casesLast updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2019/0032
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 6Case summary:Where a life prisoner convicted of inter alia terrorist murders secures early release on licence under the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (“1998 Act”) and such licence is revoked due to fundamental breaches occasioned by further terrorist offending while on release and the prisoner is convicted of such further offences, receiving no effective additional sentence,[ ] having regard to the provisions of the 1998 Act and the Life Sentences (NI) Order 2001 (“2001 Order”) is the prisoner’s judicially determined “tariff” to include the period of his release on licence?
Linked casesLast updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2018/0177
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EU LAW
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 5Case summary:Does the High Court have the power to stay the enforcement of an award given in accordance with the procedure in the International Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID)?
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2018/0140
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IMMIGRATION
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 7Case summary:The Supreme Court is asked to consider (1) whether R (on the application of Draga) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 842 (“Draga”) was correctly decided and (2) whether the Court of Appeal in this case was, in fact, bound for the reasons it gave to follow Draga.
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2019/0089
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CRIME
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 8Case summary:See judgment
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2018/0159
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IMMIGRATION
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 9Case summary:1. Where the Competent Authority for the purposes of the European Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (ECAT) has determined that a person is not a victim of trafficking, what effect does this have on the jurisdiction of a tribunal hearing an appeal against a decision to remove that person to decide whether a person is a victim of trafficking? 2. Where a tribunal decides that a person is the victim of trafficking, what impact does this have on the lawfulness of the decision to remove the person by reference to article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and applicable policy?
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2019/0057
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CRIME
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 10Case summary:(a) Whether it is unlawful for the Secretary of State to exercise his power to provide mutual legal assistance so as to provide evidence to a foreign state that will facilitate the imposition of the death penalty in that state on the individual in respect of whom the evidence is sought. (b) Whether (and if so in what circumstances) it is lawful under Part 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018, as interpreted in light of relevant provisions of European Union data protection law, for enforcement authorities in the UK to transfer personal data to law enforcement authorities abroad for use in capital criminal proceedings.
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2019/0013
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 14Case summary:Whether the Respondent can recover damages for expenses of surrogacy arrangements which she intended to make in the UK or elsewhere. Whether it is correct to differentiate between “own egg” and “donor egg” surrogacies in awarding damages for such surrogacy expenses.
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2018/0164
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TORT
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 13Case summary:Is a defendant employer liable for sexual assaults committed by a medical practitioner in the course of medical examinations carried out at the employer’s request either before or during the claimant’s employment?
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2018/0213
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PRIVACY AND INFORMATION
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 12Case summary:(1) Whether the Data Protection Act 1988 (‘the DPA’) excludes the application of vicarious liability to a breach of that Act, or for misuse of private information or breach of confidence (2) Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that the disclosure of data by the appellant’s employee occurred in the course of his employment, for which the appellant should be held vicariously liable
Last updated: 29 September 2026
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