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UKSC/2024/0156
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INTERNATIONAL
Judgment given[2026] UKSC 9Case 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?
Linked casesLast updated: 27 June 2026
UKSC/2024/0155
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INTERNATIONAL
Judgment given[2026] UKSC 9Case 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: 27 June 2026
UKSC/2025/0149
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:Does a director’s duty to act in “good faith” in the best interests of a company under s172(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: 27 June 2026
UKSC/2025/0150
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ARBITRATION
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:Can the English courts grant an injunction to restrain proceedings brought under the New York Convention in a foreign court that ostensibly seek partial recognition and enforcement of a London-seated arbitral award?
Last updated: 27 June 2026
UKSC/2025/0070
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CRIME
Awaiting judgmentCase 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: 26 June 2026
UKSC/2025/0094
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INSOLVENCY
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:Can a bankruptcy petition be founded on a foreign judgment which has not been recognised in England and Wales?
Linked casesLast updated: 26 June 2026
UKSC/2025/0090
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment scheduled[2026] UKSC 19Case summary:Is a claim brought by SKAT against EDFM barred by issue estoppel because of the dismissal of an earlier claim brought by SKAT against EDFM?
Last updated: 24 June 2026
UKSC/2025/0028
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TAX
Judgment scheduled[2026] UKSC 18Case summary:Are certain members of BlueCrest LLP to be treated as employees for tax purposes?
Last updated: 24 June 2026
UKSC/2025/0145
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Hearing listedCase summary:What is the correct approach that UK courts should adopt when determining fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (“FRAND”) terms for global portfolio licences of standard essential patents? Did the Court of Appeal err in reaching its own determination of the FRAND rate in this case, instead of remitting the matter for re-assessment? Did the Court of Appeal err in its approach to the question of payment of royalties on past sales in FRAND licences? Did the Court of Appeal err in its consideration of the effects of parallel foreign patent infringement proceedings?
Linked casesLast updated: 24 June 2026
UKSC/2025/0144
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Hearing listedCase summary:What is the correct approach that UK courts should adopt when determining fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (“FRAND”) terms for global portfolio licences of standard essential patents? Did the Court of Appeal err in reaching its own determination of the FRAND rate in this case, instead of remitting the matter for re-assessment? Did the Court of Appeal err in its approach to the question of payment of royalties on past sales in FRAND licences? Did the Court of Appeal err in its consideration of the effects of parallel foreign patent infringement proceedings?
Linked casesLast updated: 24 June 2026
UKSC/2026/0062
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CRIME
Hearing listedCase summary:Were the directions given to the jury by the trial judge in this case right in law? Did the Court of Appeal correctly understand and apply R v Kennedy (No 2) [2007] UKHL 38, and should the Supreme Court reconsider that decision?
Last updated: 24 June 2026
UKSC/2026/0087
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 24 June 2026
UKSC/2025/0034
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EU LAW
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:Absent a contrary agreement, does section 13 of the State Immunity Act 1978 (“SIA”) prevent an arbitral tribunal from awarding (i) an injunction, and (ii) equitable damages, against a State for its breach of an equitable obligation to arbitrate? Can an arbitral tribunal award equitable compensation against a State for such a breach?
Linked casesLast updated: 24 June 2026
UKSC/2025/0138
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:Issue 1: What is the meaning and substance of “detention at His Majesty’s pleasure”, the mandatory sentence for those who commit murder while they are children under the age of 18, as provided for by section 259 of the Sentencing Act 2020? Issue 2: Is section 128 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, which inserted sections 27A and 27B into the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, compatible with articles 5, 7, and 14 (read with article 5), of the European Convention on Human Rights?
Last updated: 24 June 2026
UKSC/2021/0139
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PROCEDURE
Judgment given[2023] UKSC 41Case summary:The Limitation Act 1980 sets out the time limits (or limitation periods) for bringing different kinds of legal claims. Section 32(1)(b) postpones the commencement of the ordinary limitation period where any fact relevant to the claimant's right of action has been "deliberately concealed" from them by the defendant. Section 32(2) provides that, for the purposes of section 32(1), "deliberate commission of a breach of duty in circumstances in which it is unlikely to be discovered for some time amounts to deliberate concealment of the facts involved in that breach of duty." In this appeal, the Supreme Court is asked to clarify the meaning of the phrases "deliberately concealed" in section 32(1)(b) and "deliberate commission of a breach of duty" in section 32(2), so as to determine whether Mrs Potter's claim against Canada Square Operations Ltd ("Canada Square"), was issued too late and is therefore time barred.
Last updated: 22 June 2026
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