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UKSC/2016/0211
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Judgment given[2017] UKSC 82Case summary:Whether the appellants’ fraud made their acquisition of British citizenship a nullity rather than rendering them liable to deprivation of citizenship in accordance with sections 40 and 40A of the British Nationality Act 1981
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2014/0030
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Judgment given[2014] UKSC 66Case summary:Whether, following the approach in James v UK, the appellants were arbitrarily detained in breach of article 5(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights by reason of a failure to provide essential coursework needed for a prisoner serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection (‘IPP’) to demonstrate that he could safely be released; and whether damages were required to provide just satisfaction for such breach
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2009/0042
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Judgment given[2012] UKSC 43Case summary:See judgment
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2009/0180
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Judgment given[2011] UKSC 6Case summary:See judgment
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2021/0044
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Judgment given[2022] UKSC 7Case summary:Can a landlord terminate a flexible tenancy agreement prior to the expiry of the fixed term if the tenancy agreement does not expressly provide for re-entry or forfeiture?
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2018/0218
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TAX
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 1Case summary:Whether customs duty is irrecoverable in circumstances where communication of the customs debt occurred three years after the debt was incurred, in light of the time limit imposed by Article 221(3) of the “Customs Code” (Regulation EEC/2913/92, as amended by Regulation EC/2700/2000).
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2018/0077
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ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 3Case summary:Whether the appellant council misapplied paragraph 90 of the National Planning Policy Framework when considering mineral extraction in the Green Belt.
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2018/0030
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DEVOLUTION
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 2Case summary:A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of devolution issues to the Supreme Court pursuant to Paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 Preliminary Hearing: Issues (1) Whether the Reference raises a devolution issue (per Schedule 10, paragraph 1 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998); (2) Specifically: a. does the Department for Communities’ issuing of lists that give effect to orders made by the Secretary of State commencing universal credit provisions in Northern Ireland constitute an “act” under s. 24(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998? b. does the Reference raise a question of whether the Department has failed to comply with a Convention right under s. 24(1)(a)?
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2018/0137
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IMMIGRATION
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 4Case summary:Whether the imposition of a curfew requirement on a person subject to deportation amounts to ‘imprisonment’ for the purpose of establishing the tort of false imprisonment.
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2019/0033
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 6Case summary:Where a life prisoner convicted of inter alia terrorist murders secures early release on licence under the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (“1998 Act”) and such licence is revoked due to fundamental breaches occasioned by further terrorist offending while on release and the prisoner is convicted of such further offences, receiving no effective additional sentence,[ ] having regard to the provisions of the 1998 Act and the Life Sentences (NI) Order 2001 (“2001 Order”) is the prisoner’s judicially determined “tariff” to include the period of his release on licence?
Linked casesLast updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2019/0032
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 6Case summary:Where a life prisoner convicted of inter alia terrorist murders secures early release on licence under the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (“1998 Act”) and such licence is revoked due to fundamental breaches occasioned by further terrorist offending while on release and the prisoner is convicted of such further offences, receiving no effective additional sentence,[ ] having regard to the provisions of the 1998 Act and the Life Sentences (NI) Order 2001 (“2001 Order”) is the prisoner’s judicially determined “tariff” to include the period of his release on licence?
Linked casesLast updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2018/0177
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EU LAW
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 5Case summary:Does the High Court have the power to stay the enforcement of an award given in accordance with the procedure in the International Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID)?
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2018/0140
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IMMIGRATION
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 7Case summary:The Supreme Court is asked to consider (1) whether R (on the application of Draga) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 842 (“Draga”) was correctly decided and (2) whether the Court of Appeal in this case was, in fact, bound for the reasons it gave to follow Draga.
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2019/0089
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CRIME
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 8Case summary:See judgment
Last updated: 29 September 2026
UKSC/2018/0159
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IMMIGRATION
Judgment given[2020] UKSC 9Case summary:1. Where the Competent Authority for the purposes of the European Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (ECAT) has determined that a person is not a victim of trafficking, what effect does this have on the jurisdiction of a tribunal hearing an appeal against a decision to remove that person to decide whether a person is a victim of trafficking? 2. Where a tribunal decides that a person is the victim of trafficking, what impact does this have on the lawfulness of the decision to remove the person by reference to article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and applicable policy?
Last updated: 29 September 2026
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