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• UKSC/2020/0206

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  PROCEDURE

  AIC Ltd (Respondent) v Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (Appellant)
  Judgment given
  [2022] UKSC 16
  Case summary:

  A. Whether the execution of the Court of Appeal’s judgment and order should be stayed pending the resolution of this application for permission to appeal and, if permission is granted, pending the appeal.B. In the proposed appeal: (i) What is the correct approach to an application to reconsider an order after it has been made, but before it has been sealed, (ii) Whether the Court of Appeal erred by interfering in the judge’s exercise of her discretion in relation to the jurisdiction to reconsider an order, and (iii) Whether FAAN, the applicant seeking reconsideration of the order, required relief from sanctions under the Civil Procedure Rules in circumstances where the relevant order only permitted AIC to apply for enforcement of the arbitral award rather than to enforce it straight away if FAAN failed to comply with the order.

  Last updated: 28 August 2026

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• UKSC/2020/0039

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  BANKING/INSOLVENCY

  Candey Ltd (Appellant) v Crumpler and another (as Joint Liquidators of Peak Hotels and Resorts Ltd (In Liquidation)) (Respondents)
  Judgment given
  [2022] UKSC 35
  Case summary:

  In what circumstances will solicitors have waived (or be inferred to have waived) their equitable lien when a solicitor enters into a security arrangement with a client?

  Last updated: 28 August 2026

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• UKSC/2025/0170

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  LANDLORD AND TENANT

  Avon Freeholds Limited (Respondent) v Cresta Court E RTM Company Limited (Appellant)
  Judgment given
  [2026] UKSC 31
  Case summary:

  Does the failure to serve a participation notice on a qualifying tenant invalidate a claim notice served by the right to manage company?

  Last updated: 28 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0128

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  Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) v Hirtie (Respondent)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 27 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0127

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  City Outdoor Media Limited (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and another (Respondents)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 27 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0074

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  FAMILY

  In the Petition of DM No 1
  Awaiting judgment
  Case 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?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2026/0080 In the Petition of DM No 2

  Legal Issue

  Last updated: 26 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0080

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  FAMILY

  In the Petition of DM No 2
  Awaiting judgment
  Case 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?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2026/0074 In the Petition of DM No 1

  Legal Issue

  Last updated: 26 August 2026

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• UKSC/2019/0054

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  Bott & Co Solicitors (Appellant) v Ryanair DAC (Respondent)
  Judgment given
  [2022] UKSC 8
  Case summary:

  What are the limits to the principle (as espoused in Gavin Edmondson Solicitors Ltd v Haven Insurance Co Ltd [2018] UKSC 21) under which a solicitor can ask the Court to grant an equitable lien in order to protect his entitlement to fees as against his client?

  Last updated: 26 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0126

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  Geeks Ltd (Appellant) v Watts (Respondent)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 25 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0125

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  Bogolyubov (Appellant) v JSC Commercial Bank Privatbank and another (Respondents)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 24 August 2026

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• UKSC/2025/0081

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  LANDLORD AND TENANT

  Forthwell Limited (Appellant) v Pontegadea UK Limited (Respondent)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case 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: 21 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0124

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  Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) v Ojaleye (Respondent)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 20 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0093

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  COMMERCIAL

  Deckers UK Limited (Respondent) v Up & Running (UK) Limited (Appellant)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  The supplier operates a selective distribution system, whereby it selects who it will appoint to distribute a product. The retailer sought to open a new website to sell the product on a clearance basis, but the supplier refused permission. Does this amount to an unlawful restriction on competition by object?

  Last updated: 20 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0088

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  PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  R (on the application of AA) (Appellant) v London Borough of Waltham Forest (Respondent)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Are steps to be taken by a local housing authority to secure social housing under Part 6 of the Housing Act 1996 for a homeless applicant within the scope of section 189A(4)(b) and (6)(c) of the 1996 Act?

  Last updated: 20 August 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0102

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  TORT

  Kolomoisky (Appellant) v JSC Commercial Bank Privatbank and another (Respondents)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 19 August 2026

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