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UKSC/2025/0090
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:The scope of the doctrine of issue estoppel.
Last updated: 13 March 2026
UKSC/2025/0068
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Whether ‘furlough’ payments made under the Government Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme fall to be deducted from the amount payable in insurance claims for business interruption losses suffered by companies as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Linked casesLast updated: 13 March 2026
UKSC/2025/0067
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:Whether ‘furlough’ payments made under the Government Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme fall to be deducted from the amount payable in insurance claims for business interruption losses suffered by companies as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Linked casesLast updated: 13 March 2026
UKSC/2025/0169
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INSOLVENCY
Case closedCase summary:What is the correct approach to the treatment of creditors who would be “out of the money” (would not receive a payout) in the “relevant alternative” to a restructuring plan sanctioned under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006?
Last updated: 13 March 2026
UKSC/2024/0103
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Does Regulation 28(3) of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019/855 (the “Regulations”) prohibit a German bank from discharging payment obligations owed to Irish companies under letters of credit issued as security for agreements to lease aircraft to Russian airlines, where those lease agreements were lawful when entered into and terminated before the payment obligations fell due?
Linked casesLast updated: 13 March 2026
UKSC/2024/0102
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Does Regulation 28(3) of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019/855 (the “Regulations”) prohibit a German bank from discharging payment obligations owed to Irish companies under letters of credit issued as security for agreements to lease aircraft to Russian airlines, where those lease agreements were lawful when entered into and terminated before the payment obligations fell due?
Linked casesLast updated: 13 March 2026
UKSC/2025/0050
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Hearing listedCase summary:Whether a local authority’s duty to house homeless applicants under section 193 of the Housing Act 1996 ends by operation of law or whether the local authority is required to make a decision that the duty has ended.
Last updated: 13 March 2026
UKSC/2026/0004
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TAX
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Are losses sustained by a taxpayer through his involvement in a gilt strip tax avoidance scheme losses for the purpose of paragraph 14A of Schedule 13 to the Finance Act 1996?
Last updated: 12 March 2026
UKSC/2026/0003
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COURT PROCEDURE
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:If a litigant pays a sum of money owed under a court order, and the court order is subsequently set aside, is the litigant entitled to interest on the sum paid? In this claim, should the respondent therefore have paid interest on the money it held from 2016-2024?
Last updated: 12 March 2026
UKSC/2026/0006
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EU LAW
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Under the Withdrawal Agreement, is an EU national living in the UK under the pre-settled status scheme eligible for homelessness assistance under the Housing Act 1996? In particular, does Article 13(4) of the Withdrawal Agreement empower the UK to adopt such schemes granting a right to reside “on the basis of” the Withdrawal Agreement to EU citizens who do not satisfy the conditions under Article 13(1)?
Last updated: 12 March 2026
UKSC/2025/0200
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:The lawfulness of an out of borough placement made available to a homeless applicant. In particular: Does the scope of an appeal to the County Court under section 204 of the Housing Act 1996 include a breach of the duty under section 208(2) and (4) to notify the host borough of an out of borough placement? In circumstances where a housing applicant cannot be accommodated with their district, what is the extent of the local authority’s obligation under section 208 to secure accommodation that is as close as reasonably practicable to the applicant’s former home?
Last updated: 12 March 2026
UKSC/2025/0154
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IMMIGRATION
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:In an appeal against a decision to deprive an individual of their British Citizenship under section 40 of the British Nationality Act 1981 on the ground that it is “conducive to the public good”, does the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (“SIAC”) have to take a separate approach where the deprivation decision was based on criminal conduct, particularly serious organised crime, rather than the individual’s risk to national security?
Linked casesLegal Issue
Last updated: 12 March 2026
UKSC/2025/0186
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:In an appeal against a decision to deprive an individual of their British Citizenship under section 40 of the British Nationality Act 1981 on the ground that it is “conducive to the public good”, does the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (“SIAC”) have to take a separate approach where the deprivation decision was based on criminal conduct, particularly serious organised crime, rather than the individual’s risk to national security?
Linked casesLast updated: 12 March 2026
UKSC/2026/0001
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Does the “main housing duty” owed under s193(2) Housing Act 1996 end automatically, or does it require a decision of the local housing authority to that effect? If a decision of the local housing authority is required, must that decision be notified to the applicant together with reasons for reaching that decision and with details of the right to request a review? If the local housing authority has not provided notification (on the assumption that there is an obligation to notify), can that breach be used as a defence by the applicant in possession proceedings?
Last updated: 12 March 2026
UKSC/2026/0029
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 12 March 2026
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