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UKSC/2026/0020
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INSOLVENCY
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:When determining the existence of a “transaction at an undervalue” entered into by a company under s238 Insolvency Act 1986, is the only relevant “transaction” one to which the debtor company is a party, or might the “transaction” also include a wider arrangement of which those dealings are an inextricable part? When applying the defence in s238(5)(b) Insolvency Act 1986, must the transaction be a “necessary part” of the wider arrangement for that wider arrangement to be relevant? What is the test for determining whether another transaction is “consideration for” the transaction said to have been entered into at an undervalue?
Last updated: 18 March 2026
UKSC/2023/0025
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TORT
Judgment givenCase summary:How should a court assess damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenity ("PSLA") in the tort of negligence, where the claimant suffered PSLA caused by both: (a) a whiplash injury ("WLI") which comes within the scope of the Civil Liability Act 2018 (the "2018 Act") and therefore attracts a fixed "tariff award"; and (b) a non-whiplash injury ("NWLI") which does not attract a tariff award?
Last updated: 18 March 2026
UKSC/2024/0103
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Does Regulation 28(3) of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019/855 (the “Regulations”) prohibit a German bank from discharging payment obligations owed to Irish companies under letters of credit issued as security for agreements to lease aircraft to Russian airlines, where those lease agreements were lawful when entered into and terminated before the payment obligations fell due?
Linked casesLast updated: 18 March 2026
UKSC/2024/0102
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Does Regulation 28(3) of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019/855 (the “Regulations”) prohibit a German bank from discharging payment obligations owed to Irish companies under letters of credit issued as security for agreements to lease aircraft to Russian airlines, where those lease agreements were lawful when entered into and terminated before the payment obligations fell due?
Linked casesLast updated: 18 March 2026
UKSC/2026/0031
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 18 March 2026
UKSC/2025/0050
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:Whether a local authority’s duty to house homeless applicants under section 193 of the Housing Act 1996 ends by operation of law or whether the local authority is required to make a decision that the duty has ended.
Last updated: 18 March 2026
UKSC/2022/0162
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the silver and the ship carrying it fell within the following provision of the State Immunity Act 1978 section 10(4)(a): "both the cargo and the ship carrying it were, at the time when the cause of action arose, in use or intended for use for commercial purposes" such that the Republic of South Africa is not immune to the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom in respect of Argentum's salvage claim.
Last updated: 17 March 2026
UKSC/2022/0103
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EXTRADITION
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) For a requested person to have deliberately absented himself from trial for the purposes of section 20(3) Extradition Act 2003, must the requesting authority prove that he has actual knowledge that he could be convicted and sentenced in absentia? (2) Where the requesting authority asserts that it can be demonstrated by inference that a requested person could reasonably foresee that he could be convicted and sentenced in absentia, must the inference be the only reasonable inference?
Last updated: 17 March 2026
UKSC/2022/0127
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EXTRADITION
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) Would a requested person be entitled to a retrial or (on appeal) to a review amounting to a retrial where the law of the requesting state confers a right to retrial which depends on a finding by a judicial authority, in the requesting state, as to whether the requested person was deliberately absent from his trial? (2) Would a requested person be entitled to a retrial or (on appeal) to a review amounting to a retrial where it is not possible for a judge to say that a finding of deliberate absence by a judicial authority, in the requesting state, is "theoretical" or "so remote that it can be discounted"?
Last updated: 17 March 2026
UKSC/2025/0081
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Hearing listedCase 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: 16 March 2026
UKSC/2026/0014
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TORT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Person A contracts with Person B to allow Person B an exclusive right. Person A breaches its contract with Person B by reaching an incompatible contract with person C. Person C profits from the contract. Can person B in principle bring an unjust enrichment claim against person C?
Last updated: 16 March 2026
UKSC/2026/0015
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TAX
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:(1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to conclude that a share transfer was a “scheme transaction” for the purposes of s75A(5) Finance Act 2003? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to conclude that the deemed notional transaction under s75A Finance Act 2003 did not attract group relief?
Last updated: 16 March 2026
UKSC/2026/0030
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 13 March 2026
UKSC/2025/0090
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:The scope of the doctrine of issue estoppel.
Last updated: 13 March 2026
UKSC/2025/0068
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Whether ‘furlough’ payments made under the Government Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme fall to be deducted from the amount payable in insurance claims for business interruption losses suffered by companies as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Linked casesLast updated: 13 March 2026
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