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1552 Cases

• UKSC/2025/0058/A

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  INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

  Tesla, Inc and others (Respondents) v InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc and another (Appellants) No 2
  Judgment given
  [2026] UKSC 27
  Case summary:

  Do the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction to determine, at the request of an implementer, what terms are fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (“FRAND”) for a licence to patents which have been declared as essential to a technological standard (called “SEPs”) where the relevant licence is offered by an intermediary as part of a pool or platform of SEPs?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2025/0058 Tesla, Inc and another (Appellants) v InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc and others (Respondents)

  Cross Appeal

  Last updated: 7 August 2026

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• UKSC/2025/0058

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  INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

  Tesla, Inc and another (Appellants) v InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc and others (Respondents)
  Judgment given
  [2026] UKSC 27
  Case summary:

  Do the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction to determine, at the request of an implementer, what terms are fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (“FRAND”) for a licence to patents which have been declared as essential to a technological standard (called “SEPs”) where the relevant licence is offered by an intermediary as part of a pool or platform of SEPs?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2025/0058/A Tesla, Inc and others (Respondents) v InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc and another (Appellants) No 2

  Cross Appeal

  Last updated: 7 August 2026

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• UKSC/2025/0122

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  EMPLOYMENT

  Augustine (Appellant) v Data Cars Limited (Respondent)
  Judgment scheduled
  [2026] UKSC 30
  Case summary:

  Does Regulation 5 of the Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (the “Part-Time Workers Regulations”) apply if a worker’s part-time status is an effective cause, but not the sole cause, of their less favourable treatment?

  Last updated: 7 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0118

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  R (on the application of North Warwickshire Borough Council) (Respondent) v Secretary of State for Transport and another (Appellants)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 7 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0117

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  Bunting and another (Respondents) v Blaney (Appellant)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 7 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0116

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  IMMIGRATION

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

  Last updated: 7 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0115

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  Onafeko (Appellant) v UK Postbox Limited and others (Respondents)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 7 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0114

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

  Last updated: 7 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0113

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  TORT

  ZZZ (Respondent) v Ministry of Defence (Appellant)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 6 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0112

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  EMPLOYMENT

  DD (Appellant) v TT (Respondent)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 6 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0054

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  PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  Dana Astra IOOO (a company registered in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Belarus) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Developmental Affairs (Respondent)
  Permission to Appeal refused
  Case summary:

  Does the designation of an overseas entity as subject to financial sanctions bring the entity “within the jurisdiction” of the United Kingdom under Article 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the “ECHR”) such that the Human Rights Act 1998 (the “HRA”) is engaged notwithstanding that the entity has no assets or business in the United Kingdom?

  Last updated: 6 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0089

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  ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING

  R (on the application of Luton and District Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Transport (Respondent)
  Permission to Appeal refused
  Case summary:

  Was the Court of Appeal correct to refuse an application for extension of time to file an appeal and to also refuse the underlying claim without fully assessing its merits?

  Last updated: 5 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0096

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  TAX

  Bolt Services UK Limited (Appellant) v Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Respondent)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Do mobile ride-hailing services fall within the scope of the Tour Operators’ Margin Scheme (“TOMS”), a simplified accounting scheme for certain tour operators or travel agents for the purposes of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (“VATA”)?

  Last updated: 5 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0087

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  COURT PROCEDURE

  Turk (Appellant) v Legal Aid Agency (Respondent)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Does the High Court have jurisdiction to make a Recovery of Defence Costs Order (“RDCO”) in respect of civil contempt proceedings?

  Last updated: 5 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0050

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  PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  Townsend (Appellant) v Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (Respondent)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Is there an obligation on an NHS commissioning body to apply to the Court of Protection to resolve disputes about medical treatment (including life-sustaining treatment) where the treatment sought on behalf of an incapacitated patient is not being offered by the patient’s treating clinicians because they have concluded that such treatment is clinically inappropriate? Was the Court of Appeal wrong not to order interim relief under section 48 Mental Capacity Act 2005?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2026/0044 Townsend (Respondent) v Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (Appellant)

  Legal Issue

  Last updated: 5 August 2026

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