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• UKSC/2026/0076

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  Re P (Loss of Parental Responsibility)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 4 June 2026

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• UKSC/2025/0105

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  PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  The Manchester Ship Canal Company Limited (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and another (Respondents)
  Awaiting hearing date
  Case summary:

  Was the Secretary of State (“SSEFRA”) wrong to approve a compulsory purchase order in a form in which the rights authorised to be compulsorily acquired appear to include an unbounded private law right to discharge “water, soil and effluent” into a canal, even where the discharge occurs in such a way as to amount to a criminal offence and/or a nuisance?

  Last updated: 4 June 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0008

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Barton Turns Developments Limited (Appellant) v Treadwell (Respondent)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  (1) Does section 47B(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (the “ERA”) prevent an employee from bringing a claim under section 47B ERA against a co-worker and/or their employer for being subjected to detriment where that detriment amounts to a dismissal? (2) Were the Court of Appeal bound to apply the earlier decision of Timis v Osipov [2018] EWCA Civ 2321 (“Osipov”) on section 47B(2) ERA in the present appeals and was that decision correctly decided?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2026/0005 Rice (Respondent) v Wicked Vision Limited (Appellant)

  Legal Issue

  Last updated: 4 June 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0005

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Rice (Respondent) v Wicked Vision Limited (Appellant)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  (1) Does section 47B(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (the “ERA”) prevent an employee from bringing a claim under section 47B ERA against a co-worker and/or their employer for being subjected to detriment where that detriment amounts to a dismissal? (2) Were the Court of Appeal bound to apply the earlier decision of Timis v Osipov [2018] EWCA Civ 2321 (“Osipov”) on section 47B(2) ERA in the present appeals and was that decision correctly decided?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2026/0008 Barton Turns Developments Limited (Appellant) v Treadwell (Respondent)

  Legal Issue

  Last updated: 4 June 2026

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• UKSC/2025/0081

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  LANDLORD AND TENANT

  Forthwell Limited (Appellant) v Pontegadea UK Limited (Respondent)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  In what circumstances can a party to a contract recover damages for a breach of that contract in respect of losses that were sustained not by the contracting party itself but by its subsidiary?

  Last updated: 4 June 2026

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• UKSC/2025/0047

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  TAX

  ScottishPower (SCPL) Limited and others (Respondents) v Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Appellant)
  Awaiting judgment
  Case summary:

  Does the rule preventing the deduction of penalty payments for the purpose of calculating taxable profits encompass payments made to consumers/consumer organisations in settlement of regulatory investigations?

  Last updated: 4 June 2026

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• UKSC/2021/0159

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  FAMILY

  Unger and another (in substitution for Hasan) (Appellants) v Ul-Hasan (deceased) and another (Respondents)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Whether an unadjudicated claim for financial provision under the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 survives the death of the respondent and can be continued against their estate.

  Last updated: 4 June 2026

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• UKSC/2025/0149

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Saxon Woods Investments Limited and others (Respondents) v Costa (Appellant)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Does a director’s duty to act in “good faith” in the best interests of a company under section 172(1) Companies Act 2006 require them to act in a way that is objectively honest, or does it suffice that the director subjectively believed that what they were doing was in the best interests of the company?

  Last updated: 4 June 2026

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• UKSC/2021/0010

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  BANKING/INSOLVENCY

  Brake and another (Respondents) v Chedington Court Estate Ltd (Appellant)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Does a bankrupt have standing under section 303(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986 to challenge transactions entered by their trustee in bankruptcy in situations where the relief sought would have no impact on their position within the bankruptcy?

  Last updated: 4 June 2026

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• UKSC/2020/0212

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  PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS

  In the matter of an application by Rosaleen Dalton for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Whether the procedural obligation to investigate pursuant to Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights applies to the State in respect of Mr Dalton’s death.

  Last updated: 4 June 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0075

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  JA (Appellant) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 4 June 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0074

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  In the Petition of DM
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 3 June 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0073

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  Roxlena Limited (Appellant) v R (on the application of Ramblers' Association) and others (Respondents)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 3 June 2026

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• UKSC/2020/0002

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  COMMERCIAL

  Barton and others (Respondents) v Morris and another in place of Gwyn–Jones (deceased) (Appellants)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Where an oral contract provides for an introduction fee to be payable upon a property being sold for a certain amount, and the property is sold for less than that conditional amount, does the seller have an obligation, whether contractual or non-contractual, to pay reasonable remuneration to the introducer for their services?

  Last updated: 3 June 2026

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• UKSC/2022/0052

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  PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS

  R (on the application of Pearce and another) (Respondents) v Parole Board for England and Wales (Appellant)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  (1) When the Parole Board is deciding whether or not to direct the release of a prisoner on licence, can it only take into account allegations if they are proved on the balance of probabilities? (2) Does the Parole Board’s "Guidance on Allegations" (the Guidance) misstate the law on this issue?

  Last updated: 3 June 2026

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