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UKSC/2023/0092
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:In respect of an established nuisance, was there an available and effective alternative remedy in private law such as to oust an application for judicial review against the public authorities?
Last updated: 1 June 2026
UKSC/2022/0075
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) Does the Quincecare duty have any application in a case where the relevant payment instruction was not issued to the bank by an agent of the bank’s customer? (2) If not, should either (i) the Quincecare duty be extended so as to include the obligations contended for by Mrs Philipp in relation to authorised push payment fraud, or (ii) the law recognise or impose such obligations on a paying bank as incidents of its duty to exercise reasonable skill and care in and about executing an instruction? (3) Should the Court determine issues 1 and/or 2 above on a summary judgment and/or strike-out application?
Last updated: 1 June 2026
UKSC/2021/0188
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HOUSING, LANDLORD & TENANT
Judgment givenCase summary:Can a Rent Repayment Order only be made against an immediate landlord or can a superior landlord also be liable?
Last updated: 1 June 2026
UKSC/2021/0085
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ARBITRATION
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its approach to section 9 of the Arbitration Act 1996 in finding that the Republic of Mozambique's ("Mozambique") claims were "matters" within the scope of the relevant arbitration agreements.
Last updated: 1 June 2026
UKSC/2021/0216
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TAX
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the taxpayer's sale of certain property to an unconnected purchaser was a supply exempt from value added tax ("VAT") under Schedule 10 to the VAT Act 1994.
Last updated: 1 June 2026
UKSC/2023/0075
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EMPLOYMENT
Judgment givenCase summary:Can the Public and Commercial Services Union ("PCS") enforce a contractual term offering the facility for "check-off arrangements", whereby employees' trade union subscriptions are deducted directly from their salaries through the payroll system and then paid to PCS, pursuant to section 1 of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999?
Linked casesLast updated: 1 June 2026
UKSC/2023/0076
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EMPLOYMENT
Judgment givenCase summary:Can the Public and Commercial Services Union ("PCS") enforce a contractual term offering the facility for "check-off arrangements", whereby employees' trade union subscriptions are deducted directly from their salaries through the payroll system and then paid to PCS, pursuant to section 1 of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999?
Linked casesLast updated: 1 June 2026
UKSC/2023/0077
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EMPLOYMENT
Judgment givenCase summary:Can the Public and Commercial Services Union ("PCS") enforce a contractual term offering the facility for "check-off arrangements", whereby employees' trade union subscriptions are deducted directly from their salaries through the payroll system and then paid to PCS, pursuant to section 1 of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999?
Linked casesLast updated: 1 June 2026
UKSC/2023/0115
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong in its interpretation of section 70(4) of the Solicitors Act 1974 (the "Act") because (i) it found that there does not need to be a "settlement of account" in order for there to be a "payment" under section 70(4) of the Act; and (ii) it did not take into account the regulatory framework and protection of consumers in construing section 70(4) of the Act? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to find that the Respondent had complied with Rule 4.3 of the Solicitors' Account Rules?
Last updated: 1 June 2026
UKSC/2021/0184
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PROCEDURE
Judgment givenCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal wrong: (i) when it determined that the doctrine of merger did not extinguish Zavarco's cause of action in the 2016 Claim and thereby prevent pursuit of the identical cause of action in the 2018 Claim; (ii) to find that the doctrine of merger does not depend on the cause of action asserted, but instead upon the relief obtained; (iii) to find that the doctrine of merger does not apply to any judgment granting a declaration.
Last updated: 1 June 2026
UKSC/2023/0085
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the one-year time limit in Article III, rule 6 of the Hague Visby Rules applies to claims for mis-delivery of cargo after discharge of the cargo from the vessel.
Last updated: 1 June 2026
UKSC/2023/0062
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the current test for an account of profits (where a fiduciary has to pay back money earned due to a breach of a duty) should be changed to introduce a requirement that the fiduciary could not have made the same profit in a way that avoided a breach of duty, i.e. to introduce a test that asks: ‘Could the same profit have been made but for the breach of fiduciary duty’?
Last updated: 1 June 2026
UKSC/2023/0121
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Is it lawful for a local authority's constitution to restrict voting by members on a deferred application for planning permission to those who had been present at the meeting(s) at which the application had previously been considered?
Last updated: 1 June 2026
UKSC/2021/0047
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TAX
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that News Corp's supplies of digital issues of The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun and The Sun on Sunday were not supplies of "newspapers" within the meaning of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (the "VAT Act") such that they could not be zero-rated for Value Added Tax ("VAT") during the period 30 August 2010 – 4 December 2016.
Last updated: 1 June 2026
UKSC/2021/0038
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PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the death of a disabled woman who was deprived of her liberty engaged the state’s obligation to protect life under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, therefore requiring an inquest jury to make findings regarding the circumstances by which the death occurred.
Last updated: 1 June 2026
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