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UKSC/2026/0158
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 22 October 2026
UKSC/2025/0194
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TORT
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Is the CPS advocate immune from suit in respect of anything said or done in the course of a bail hearing, including the disclosure of a vulnerable person’s confidential address to their abusive ex-partner? Does that immunity extend to the police, who included the Appellant’s address in the file for the CPS? If the common law immunity does exist and apply, does it bar claims under the Human Rights Act 1998 and Data Protection Act 2018? Did the Court of Appeal err in reinstating the summary disposal of the Appellant’s Human Rights Act claims?
Last updated: 22 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0157
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 22 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0141
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COMMERCIAL
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:(i) The proper interpretation of a Mortgagee’s Interest Insurance Policy, written on the standard London Institute Mortgagees’ Interest Clauses Hulls (1/3/97) (Cl. 337) wording and underwritten by the Appellant; and (ii) the Respondent's entitlement to an indemnity thereunder.
Last updated: 22 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0129/A
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NEGLIGENCE
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Should the Cross-Respondents be held liable in nuisance?
Linked casesLast updated: 22 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0129
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NEGLIGENCE
Appeal issuedCase summary:Did the Appellants owe a duty of care to their neighbour where they were not liable to them in nuisance? If they did owe such a duty, did they breach it?
Linked casesLast updated: 22 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0137
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:(1) Can refinancing documentation which makes the borrower’s obligations and payment conditional upon specified requirements, including a first legal charge stated to be “Already held”, itself create a substitute equitable mortgage where that charge is ineffective and the lender advances funds despite those conditions not being satisfied? (2) Where an appellate court itself introduces during oral argument a new proprietary-law argument which formed no part of the parties' written cases, and counsel expressly states that he is considering the Court's points for the first time, what opportunity to address that point must be afforded before the court may finally determine it as a substantive basis for its decision?
Last updated: 22 October 2026
UKSC/2018/0192
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment given[2023] UKSC 11Case summary:The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc (the "Trustee") is trustee of notes with a nominal value of USD 3bn carrying interest of 5 per cent per annum (the "Notes"). The Trustee has applied for summary judgment of its claim against Ukraine for non-payment of the sums due under the Notes. The Supreme Court is asked to decide whether Ukraine should be permitted to defend the claim at trial. The appeals raise the following issues: (i) Did Ukraine have the capacity to issue the Notes or to ensure into the ancillary contracts? (ii) Were the Notes issued or the ancillary contracts entered into without authority? (iii) Can Ukraine maintain that it was entitled to avoid the Notes for duress exerted by the Russian Federation? (iv) Can Ukraine maintain that non-payment of the sums due under the Notes is a lawful countermeasure?
Linked casesLast updated: 21 October 2026
UKSC/2018/0191
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment given[2023] UKSC 11Case summary:The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc (the "Trustee") is trustee of notes with a nominal value of USD 3bn carrying interest of 5 per cent per annum (the "Notes"). The Trustee has applied for summary judgment of its claim against Ukraine for non-payment of the sums due under the Notes. The Supreme Court is asked to decide whether Ukraine should be permitted to defend the claim at trial. The appeals raise the following issues: (i) Did Ukraine have the capacity to issue the Notes or to ensure into the ancillary contracts? (ii) Were the Notes issued or the ancillary contracts entered into without authority? (iii) Can Ukraine maintain that it was entitled to avoid the Notes for duress exerted by the Russian Federation? (iv) Can Ukraine maintain that non-payment of the sums due under the Notes is a lawful countermeasure?
Linked casesLast updated: 21 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0097
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IMMIGRATION
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:Does the Secretary of State for the Home Department have an implied statutory power to withdraw or vary a grant of indefinite leave to remain where, through an error by her officials, a letter granting such leave was sent to an asylum claimant instead of the letter granting limited leave to remain that she intended to be sent?
Last updated: 21 October 2026
UKSC/2025/0047
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TAX
Judgment given[2026] UKSC 35Case 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: 21 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0156
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 20 October 2026
UKSC/2025/0091
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:In summary, did the Court of Appeal err by: (1) Concluding that the ministerial advice was deficient, in a way which failed to apply the correct standard of Wednesbury irrationality; and then not permitting the Appellant to reconsider the decision in light of full and fresh advice from officials addressing the matters identified by the Court of Appeal. (2) Assuming the role of decision-maker in this case and overstepping its constitutional boundaries. (3) Failing to properly consider what is characterised as the ‘floodgates argument’. (4) Taking into account its recent decision in Dillon, despite that decision being subject of an ongoing appeal to the Supreme Court, and the relevant part of the decision being a section 4 Human Rights Act (“HRA”) declaration that did not change the law. (5) Ignoring the scheme for remedial action under the HRA, and or the Appellant’s appeal rights in relation to Dillon. (6) Concluding, in both its consideration of the substantive appeal and in relation to remedy, that this case was an exceptional one that could be distinguished from other similar Troubles related cases. (7) Concluding that the choice faced by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (“SOSNI”), when considering the appropriate investigative mechanism to discharge the Article 2 European Convention of Human Rights (“ECHR”) investigative obligation, was a “binary one” meaning that the only lawful option available was to order a Public Inquiry. (8) Then ordering the mandatory holding of a public inquiry.
Last updated: 19 October 2026
UKSC/2023/0126
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CONSTITUTION
Judgment given[2025] UKSC 20Case summary:Does section 10(1) of the Dartmoor Commons Act 1985 (the “1985 Act”) confer on the public a right to pitch tents or otherwise make camp overnight on the Dartmoor Commons (“the Commons”)?
Last updated: 17 October 2026
UKSC/2025/0143
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Hearing listedCase 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: 16 October 2026
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