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UKSC/2021/0028
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PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:The key issue is whether the Respondent’s charging policy for community care services is discriminatory.
Last updated: 4 June 2026
UKSC/2025/0178
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Does the obligation on the seller to pay “due compensation” in Clause 14 of the SALEFORM 2012 standard form contract entitle the buyer to loss of bargain compensation?
Last updated: 4 June 2026
UKSC/2026/0056
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:In 2025 the government introduced VAT on private school fees. The appellants are religious private schools, their pupils, and their pupils’ parents. Was the introduction of VAT on private school fees compatible with the appellants’ right to equal treatment under Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, to property under Article 1 of Protocol 1 of the Convention, and to education under Article 2 of Protocol 2 of the Convention?
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UKSC/2026/0045
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TAX
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:In 2025 the government introduced VAT on private school fees. The appellants are religious private schools, their pupils, and their pupils’ parents. Was the introduction of VAT on private school fees compatible with the appellants’ right to equal treatment under Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, to property under Article 1 of Protocol 1 of the Convention, and to education under Article 2 of Protocol 2 of the Convention?
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UKSC/2026/0041
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TORT
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did Mr Fox’s social media posts cause or were likely to cause serious harm to the reputation of Mr Blake and Mr Seymour within the meaning of section 1(1) the Defamation Act 2013?
Last updated: 4 June 2026
UKSC/2026/0037
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TORT
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:Can the tort of unlawful means conspiracy be founded on: 1. a civil wrong that is not independently actionable by the claimant? 2. a breach of contract to which the claimant is not a party? 3. a breach of foreign law? 4. conduct that the defendant did not know to be unlawful?
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Last updated: 4 June 2026
UKSC/2026/0035
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TORT
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:Can the tort of unlawful means conspiracy be founded on: 1. a civil wrong that is not independently actionable by the claimant? 2. a breach of contract to which the claimant is not a party? 3. a breach of foreign law? 4. conduct that the defendant did not know to be unlawful?
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Last updated: 4 June 2026
UKSC/2026/0034
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TORT
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:Can the tort of unlawful means conspiracy be founded on: 1. a civil wrong that is not independently actionable by the claimant? 2. a breach of contract to which the claimant is not a party? 3. a breach of foreign law? 4. conduct that the defendant did not know to be unlawful?
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Last updated: 4 June 2026
UKSC/2026/0029
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did the employment contract incorporate a term contained in an internal policy document ‘Handling concerns about the conduct, performance and health of medical and dental staff’ known as E27? Did that term require that the role of Case Manager in an investigation under the policy be carried out by the Medical Director personally such that it cannot be delegated to another person?
Last updated: 4 June 2026
UKSC/2025/0105
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Awaiting hearing dateCase summary:Was the Secretary of State (“SSEFRA”) wrong to approve a compulsory purchase order in a form in which the rights authorised to be compulsorily acquired appear to include an unbounded private law right to discharge “water, soil and effluent” into a canal, even where the discharge occurs in such a way as to amount to a criminal offence and/or a nuisance?
Last updated: 4 June 2026
UKSC/2026/0076
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 4 June 2026
UKSC/2026/0008
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EMPLOYMENT
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:(1) Does section 47B(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (the “ERA”) prevent an employee from bringing a claim under section 47B ERA against a co-worker and/or their employer for being subjected to detriment where that detriment amounts to a dismissal? (2) Were the Court of Appeal bound to apply the earlier decision of Timis v Osipov [2018] EWCA Civ 2321 (“Osipov”) on section 47B(2) ERA in the present appeals and was that decision correctly decided?
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UKSC/2026/0005
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EMPLOYMENT
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:(1) Does section 47B(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (the “ERA”) prevent an employee from bringing a claim under section 47B ERA against a co-worker and/or their employer for being subjected to detriment where that detriment amounts to a dismissal? (2) Were the Court of Appeal bound to apply the earlier decision of Timis v Osipov [2018] EWCA Civ 2321 (“Osipov”) on section 47B(2) ERA in the present appeals and was that decision correctly decided?
Linked casesLast updated: 4 June 2026
UKSC/2025/0081
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:In what circumstances can a party to a contract recover damages for a breach of that contract in respect of losses that were sustained not by the contracting party itself but by its subsidiary?
Last updated: 4 June 2026
UKSC/2025/0047
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TAX
Awaiting judgmentCase 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: 4 June 2026
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