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UKSC/2026/0023
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 26 February 2026
UKSC/2024/0135
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CRIME
Judgment givenCase summary:What are the circumstances in which a District Judge in Magistrates’ Courts in Northern Ireland may reopen a case in which sentence has been passed in order to impose a different outcome, under the power 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?
Last updated: 26 February 2026
UKSC/2025/0195
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INSOLVENCY
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:(1) Are separate ‘cells’ or ‘funds’ of foreign companies capable of being wound up as an “unregistered company” within the meaning of section 220 of the Insolvency Act 1986 despite themselves not having separate legal personality under the laws of that country? (2) If the answer above is yes, if the ‘cell’ or ‘fund’ has been dissolved in accordance with the laws of that country, does a petitioner have to establish that they are a contingent creditor in the ‘cell’ or ‘fund’ to have standing to bring the winding up petition concerning it or can the petitioner rely on the exceptional jurisdiction of the court?
Last updated: 26 February 2026
UKSC/2024/0156
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INTERNATIONAL
Judgment scheduledCase summary:(1) Does Article 54(1) of the ICSID Convention, properly interpreted, constitute a submission to the jurisdiction by prior agreement for the purposes of section 2(2) State Immunity Act 1978 (“SIA 1978”)? (2) Does section 9 of the SIA 1978 require UK courts to satisfy themselves that there exists a valid arbitration agreement, such that the appellant state was not immune from the adjudicative jurisdiction of the English courts pursuant to section 1(1) SIA?
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UKSC/2024/0155
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INTERNATIONAL
Judgment scheduledCase summary:(1) Did the Court of Appeal err in law by finding that Article 54(1) of the ICSID Convention, properly interpreted, constitutes a submission to the jurisdiction by prior agreement for the purposes of s2(2) State Immunity Act 1978 (“SIA”). (2) (For the First Appellant only): Did Fraser J err in law by finding that there was a valid arbitration agreement between Spain and the First Respondents for the purposes of s9(1) SIA, such that Spain was not immune from the adjudicative jurisdiction of the English courts pursuant to s1(1) SIA.
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Last updated: 26 February 2026
UKSC/2025/0079
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CRIME
Judgment givenCase summary:Do the terms of section 12(1A) of the Terrorism Act 2000 represent a disproportionate interference with the appellants’ right to freedom of expression under article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights? If so, is it possible to read down the terms of the offence to make them compatible?
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Last updated: 26 February 2026
UKSC/2025/0059
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CRIME
Judgment givenCase summary:Do the terms of section 12(1A) of the Terrorism Act 2000 represent a disproportionate interference with the appellants’ right to freedom of expression under article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights? If so, is it possible to read down the terms of the offence to make them compatible?
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Last updated: 26 February 2026
UKSC/2026/0002
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ARBITRATION
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:When a time-chartered vessel is redelivered late, by which time the owner is contractually committed to selling the vessel and the sale contracts preclude the owner from chartering it again, are the owners entitled to recover substantial damages assessed by reference to the market rate for the period of the overrun?
Last updated: 25 February 2026
UKSC/2026/0022
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 25 February 2026
UKSC/2024/0047
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COURT PROCEDURE
Judgment givenCase 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: 25 February 2026
UKSC/2025/0162
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Is the exercise of the Attorney General’s power to allow or refuse to allow an application to be made for an inquest to be re-opened amenable to Judicial Review? (2) If so, on what grounds may the Attorney General’s exercise of that power be reviewed?
Last updated: 24 February 2026
UKSC/2025/0185
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PRIVACY AND INFORMATION
Hearing listedCase summary:Does a threshold of seriousness apply to claims for damages under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA 2018”)?
Last updated: 24 February 2026
UKSC/2024/0020
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Case closedCase summary:Does section 26 of the Competition Act 1998 apply extraterritorially? Can a notice under section 26 of the Competition Act 1998 be served on, and bind, an undertaking as a whole, such that any entity which forms a part of the addressee undertaking is required to produce information or documents over which it has no corporate, contractual, or legal control?
Last updated: 24 February 2026
UKSC/2024/0019
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Case closedCase summary:Does section 26 of the Competition Act 1998 apply extraterritorially? Can a notice under section 26 of the Competition Act 1998 be served on, and bind, an undertaking as a whole, such that any entity which forms a part of the addressee undertaking is required to produce information or documents over which it has no corporate, contractual, or legal control?
Last updated: 24 February 2026
UKSC/2026/0021
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 24 February 2026
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