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UKSC/2025/0161
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Was Moderna’s patent relating to Covid-19 vaccines invalid, or was the information within the patent already within the public domain and therefore not patentable?
Linked casesLast updated: 14 October 2025
UKSC/2025/0160
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Was Moderna’s patent relating to Covid-19 vaccines invalid, or was the information within the patent already within the public domain and therefore not patentable?
Linked casesLast updated: 14 October 2025
UKSC/2025/0141
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FAMILY
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Was F, a child, habitually resident in England and Wales at the relevant time such that the father’s retention of F in this jurisdiction was wrongful?
Last updated: 14 October 2025
UKSC/2025/0155
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:(1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to hold that there is no generally applicable duty upon a judge to disclose advice, information or evaluative assistance provided by an assessor appointed under s114(7) Equality Act 2010? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to conclude that the assessor had the skill and experience necessary to assist the court on the matters identified by the County Court judge in his judgment? (3) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to find that the decisions of the courts below were not wrong or unjust because of a serious procedural or other irregularity?
Last updated: 14 October 2025
UKSC/2025/0130
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IMMIGRATION
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Does the Appellant’s removal to China breach the UK’s obligations to persons entitled to humanitarian protection? Does the Respondent have the burden of proof to show the safety of return to China including re-entry and the risk of refoulment to Yemen? Was the risk of refoulment from China to Yemen a readily discernible and obvious point so that the Appellant was entitled to raise it for the first time on appeal?
Last updated: 14 October 2025
UKSC/2025/0166
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FAMILY
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the Inner House err in finding that a children’s hearing acted lawfully in determining that the child’s father was not a “relevant person”, as defined in the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Review of Contact Directions and Definition of Relevant Person) Order 2013 (“the 2013 Order”)?
Last updated: 14 October 2025
UKSC/2025/0042
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DEVOLUTION
Hearing listedCase summary:Does the Minister of Health for Northern Ireland have the power to revise the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice (“the Code”) so that persons aged 16 and over who lack capacity to make decisions about their care and treatment can give valid consent to their confinement through the expression of their wishes and feelings?
Last updated: 14 October 2025
UKSC/2025/0094
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INSOLVENCY
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:Can a bankruptcy petition be founded on a foreign judgment which has not been recognised in England and Wales?
Last updated: 14 October 2025
UKSC/2025/0013/A
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Case summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in departing from Colton J’s decision to disapply provisions of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 for breach of the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Linked casesLast updated: 13 October 2025
UKSC/2025/0013
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:In summary, did the Court of Appeal err by holding that: (1) The trial judge at first instance was entitled to disapply provisions of the Legacy Act under Article 2(1) of the Windsor Framework (and the related EU and Treaty mechanisms); (2) The trial judge was wrong to find no violation of the European Convention of Human Rights ("ECHR") with respect to the ability of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (“ICRIR”) to comply with its obligations under the ECHR.
Linked casesLast updated: 13 October 2025
UKSC/2025/0110
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TAX
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:How should a court determine whether a corporate distribution is a “dividend of a capital nature” for the purposes of s.402(4) of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (“ITTOIA”)?
Last updated: 13 October 2025
UKSC/2025/0106
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IMMIGRATION
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:(1) Where the High Court’s jurisdiction for judicial review of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) is not excluded by Section 11A of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, can it nevertheless refuse permission on the basis that the claim has no prospect of success? (2) Does section 117B(4) of the Nationality and Immigration Asylum Act 2002 extend to adult dependent relatives?
Last updated: 13 October 2025
UKSC/2025/0116
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COURT PROCEDURE
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:If a claimant brings a road traffic accident claim in which they seek damages for (at least) personal injury and credit hire costs, having hired a replacement vehicle from a credit hire company on deferred payment terms, and the claim fails, in what circumstances can the non-party credit hire company be made liable for the defendant’s costs?
Linked casesLast updated: 13 October 2025
UKSC/2025/0117
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COURT PROCEDURE
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:If a claimant brings a road traffic accident claim in which they seek damages for (at least) personal injury and credit hire costs, having hired a replacement vehicle from a credit hire company on deferred payment terms, and the claim fails, in what circumstances can the non-party credit hire company be made liable for the defendant’s costs?
Linked casesLast updated: 13 October 2025
UKSC/2025/0103
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COMMERCIAL
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Does the Competition Appeal Tribunal have the power to make an order in collective proceedings that a litigation funder’s fee or return shall be paid out of the award of damages before it is distributed to members of the class?
Linked casesLast updated: 13 October 2025
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