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UKSC/2026/0072
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ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Whether section 70C of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (“1990 Act”) can apply to a prospective planning application; whether the Court of Appeal correctly construed the purpose of this provision; and whether the abusive nature of the planning application or its design to delay effective enforcement was a mandatory material consideration in reviewing the rationality of the decision under review.
Last updated: 10 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0079
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:In a summary prosecution for an offence under Article 10 of the Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 to which the consent requirement of Article 25 thereof (as modified by section 41(2) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002) applies, does the magistrates’ court have jurisdiction to hear and determine the prosecution in the absence of a consent to prosecute from the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland?
Last updated: 10 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0076
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FAMILY
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Can the court make a declaration of non-parentage where there is a 50% probability that the individual named on the child’s birth certificate is the child’s biological father?
Linked casesLast updated: 10 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0084
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the trial judge’s decision to exclude certain text messages from the evidence presented to the jury breach JM’s right to a fair trial under article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights?
Last updated: 10 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0065
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FAMILY
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Does an individual acquire parental responsibility for a child where they are registered as the child’s father on the birth certificate, but they are not in fact the child’s biological father?
Linked casesLast updated: 10 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0097
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 10 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0080
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FAMILY
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:Can the views of a child be taken into account when considering whether the defence under Article 13(b) of the Hague Convention 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (“the Convention”) is made out? Were the Inner House correct to override the Outer House’s decision as to whether the child concerned should be returned?
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Last updated: 10 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0074
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FAMILY
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:Can the views of a child be taken into account when considering whether the defence under Article 13(b) of the Hague Convention 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (“the Convention”) is made out? Were the Inner House correct to override the Outer House’s decision as to whether the child concerned should be returned?
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Last updated: 10 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0096
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 10 July 2026
UKSC/2022/0144
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PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment given[2024] UKSC 7Case summary:Whether the Review Tribunal (the Tribunal) was entitled to conclude that RM's mental disorder continues to be of a nature or degree warranting his continued detention in hospital for medical treatment (i.e. whether the test for discharge from a Restriction Order under Article 78 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (the Order) is met).
Linked casesLast updated: 10 July 2026
UKSC/2022/0145
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PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment given[2024] UKSC 7Case summary:Whether the Review Tribunal (the Tribunal) was entitled to conclude that RM's mental disorder continues to be of a nature or degree warranting his continued detention in hospital for medical treatment (i.e. whether the test for discharge from a Restriction Order under Article 78 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (the Order) is met).
Linked casesLast updated: 10 July 2026
UKSC/2022/0100
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment given[2024] UKSC 6Case summary:Where the hirer of a car contractually agrees to pay the car hire company a sum for loss of use if the hire car is damaged during the hire period, and the hire car is then damaged due to the negligent driving of a third party, can the hirer recover that contractual liability from the negligent driver (or their insurer)?
Last updated: 10 July 2026
UKSC/2022/0019
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TAX
Judgment given[2024] UKSC 5Case summary:Was the Court of Appeal wrong to uphold the order striking out Jersey Choice Limited's claim on the basis the pleadings disclosed no reasonable grounds?
Last updated: 10 July 2026
UKSC/2022/0078
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PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment given[2024] UKSC 4Case summary:Is applying a lower threshold test for the recall of prisoners on licence who are subject to a "determinate custodial sentence", such as the Appellant, than is applied for the recall of prisoners subject to other allegedly comparable types of sentence discriminatory and a breach of the Appellant's rights under Article 5 (right to liberty and security) read with Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)?
Last updated: 10 July 2026
UKSC/2021/0130
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FAMILY
Judgment given[2024] UKSC 3Case summary:Should the court have granted the wife permission to apply for financial relief pursuant to Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984?
Last updated: 10 July 2026
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