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  • UKSC/2025/0193

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    In the matter of R (A Child)
    Permission to Appeal application lodged
    Case summary:

    Last updated: 2 December 2025

  • UKSC/2024/0152

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    INTERNATIONAL

    The Kingdom of Bahrain (Appellant) v Shehabi and another (Respondents)
    Awaiting Judgment
    Case summary:

    Is a foreign State whose agents, located abroad, cause spyware to be installed remotely on the computers of individuals located in the United Kingdom, causing those individuals psychiatric injury when they discover that the State has been spying on them in this way, entitled to immunity from civil proceedings under section 5 of the State Immunity Act 1978?

    Last updated: 2 December 2025

  • UKSC/2024/0156

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    INTERNATIONAL

    Republic of Zimbabwe (Appellant) v Border Timbers Ltd and another (Respondents)
    Hearing listed
    Case 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.

    Linked cases
    UKSC/2024/0155 Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.A.R.L and another (Respondents) v The Kingdom of Spain (Appellant)

    Legal issue

    Last updated: 2 December 2025

  • UKSC/2024/0155

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    INTERNATIONAL

    Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.A.R.L and another (Respondents) v The Kingdom of Spain (Appellant)
    Hearing listed
    Case 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.

    Last updated: 2 December 2025

  • UKSC/2025/0143

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    LANDLORD AND TENANT

    Lowe (Appellant) v The Governors of Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse (Respondent)
    Permission to Appeal application lodged
    Case summary:

    (1) Is the Information Requirement in Article 2(1)(g)(vi) of the Housing (Tenancy Deposits) (Prescribed Information) Order 2007 (“the 2007 Order”) satisfied where the landlord makes reference to a clause in a tenancy agreement that is not attached and which differs in numbering from the actual tenancy agreement? (2) Is the Confirmation Requirement in Article 2(1)(g)(vii) of the 2007 Order satisfied where the landlord signs a covering letter enclosing the certificate, rather than the certificate itself?

    Last updated: 2 December 2025

  • UKSC/2025/0183

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    COURT PROCEDURE

    Milligan (Respondent) v Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC and others (Appellants)
    Permission to Appeal application lodged
    Case summary:

    Did the courts below take the wrong approach to determining whether the respondent is suitable to be appointed as the representative party in group proceedings?

    Last updated: 2 December 2025

  • UKSC/2025/0192

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    IMMIGRATION

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

    Last updated: 2 December 2025

  • UKSC/2025/0165

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    CRIME

    R v AFY and others (Appellants)
    Permission to Appeal granted
    Case summary:

    Did individuals charged with an offence contrary to section 78(1) and (4) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Court Act 2022 (“the 2022 Act”) of the 2022 Act have “no case to answer”, on the basis that there was no evidence before the jury of an essential element of the offence?

    Last updated: 1 December 2025

  • UKSC/2025/0171

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    ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING

    Secretary of State for the Home Department and another (Respondents) v Epping Forest District Council (Appellant)
    Permission to Appeal refused
    Case summary:

    Did the Court of Appeal err: (i) in joining the Secretary of State for the Home Department to proceedings concerning the accommodation of asylum seekers in a hotel; (ii) in granting an interim injunction restraining that accommodation; (iii) in the process followed to determine these issues?

    Last updated: 1 December 2025

  • UKSC/2025/0172

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    ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING

    R (on the application of Smar Holdings Limited) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Respondent)
    Permission to Appeal refused
    Case summary:

    The Appellant illegally felled trees on land in respect of which planning permission is likely to be granted in future. The Forestry Commission issued a restocking notice requiring the Appellant to replant the illegally felled trees and maintain them for ten years. This will delay the proposed development. In considering an appeal against the restocking notice, should the Secretary of State have taken account of the public interest in development?

    Last updated: 1 December 2025

  • UKSC/2025/0167

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    PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

    R (on the application of Ellis) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Justice (Respondent)
    Permission to Appeal refused
    Case summary:

    What is the legal test for the right of access to education under Article 2 of the First Protocol to the European Convention of Human Rights? Did the High Court err in not taking into account events occurring after the issue of the claim?

    Last updated: 1 December 2025

  • UKSC/2025/0070

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    CRIME

    R v Sheikh and others (Respondents)
    Permission to Appeal granted
    Case summary:

    Did the Court of Appeal err in its interpretation and application of section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (“DVCVA”)?

    Last updated: 1 December 2025

  • UKSC/2025/0168

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    LANDLORD AND TENANT

    On Tower UK Limited (Respondent) v British Telecommunications PLC (Appellant)
    Permission to Appeal refused
    Case summary:

    For a notice served pursuant to paragraph 31 of the Electronic Communications Code (“the Code”) to be valid, is it sufficient to comply with the statutory requirements in the Code or is it also necessary to comply with any contractual notice requirements for terminating the agreement? Did the Appellant serve a valid contractual break notice on the Respondent?

    Last updated: 1 December 2025

  • UKSC/2025/0170

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    LANDLORD AND TENANT

    Avon Freeholds Limited (Respondent) v Cresta Court E RTM Company Limited (Appellant)
    Permission to Appeal granted in part
    Case summary:

    (1) Is the lessee under an unregistered long lease a qualifying tenant within the meaning of s75 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, so that they should be served with a ‘participation notice’ before a right to manage company claims the right to manage the block of flats? (2) Does the failure to serve a participation notice on a qualifying tenant invalidate a claim notice served by the right to manage company?

    Last updated: 1 December 2025

  • UKSC/2025/0164

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    BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

    Stenner (Appellant) v Teignbridge District Council (Respondent)
    Permission to Appeal granted
    Case summary:

    What is the correct test the courts should adopt when applying the “Ouster Principle” in the context of determining whether a purported easement is capable of forming the subject matter of a grant (and therefore valid)?

    Last updated: 1 December 2025

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