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UKSC/2025/0182
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Does the Secretary of State have the power to prosecute persons alleged to have committed offences contrary to the Welfare at Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015? If the Secretary of State does have that power, could it assign that power to the Crown Prosecution Service under s3(2)(g) Prosecution of Offences Act 1985?
Last updated: 2 February 2026
UKSC/2025/0197
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COURT PROCEDURE
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did the courts below err in their application of the test for the discoverability of a mistake of law within the meaning of s32(1)(c) Limitation Act 1980? If not, should the formulation of that test be revisited?
Last updated: 2 February 2026
UKSC/2026/0003
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COURT PROCEDURE
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:If a litigant pays a sum of money owed under a court order, and the court order is subsequently set aside, is the litigant entitled to interest on the sum paid? In this claim, should the respondent therefore have paid interest on the money it held from 2016-2024?
Last updated: 2 February 2026
UKSC/2025/0164
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase summary:What is the correct test the courts should adopt when applying the “Ouster Principle” in the context of determining whether a purported easement is capable of forming the subject matter of a grant (and therefore valid)?
Last updated: 30 January 2026
UKSC/2025/0170
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Is the lessee under an unregistered long lease a qualifying tenant within the meaning of s75 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, so that they should be served with a ‘participation notice’ before a right to manage company claims the right to manage the block of flats? (2) 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: 30 January 2026
UKSC/2025/0028
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TAX
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:Are certain members of BlueCrest LLP to be treated as employees for tax purposes?
Last updated: 30 January 2026
UKSC/2025/0024
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:The principal issue concerns the validity of a civil penalty notice issued by the Secretary of State for the Home Department under section 15 of the Immigration Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. In view of the requirement under s.15(6)(a) that a notice must “state why the Secretary of State thinks the employer is liable to the penalty”, is the penalty notice invalid if it does not identify which of the grounds in s.15(1) applies (i.e. by specifying the circumstances in which a person subject to immigration control has no right to work)?
Last updated: 29 January 2026
UKSC/2025/0186
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:In an appeal against a decision to deprive an individual of their British Citizenship under section 40 of the British Nationality Act 1981 on the ground that it is “conducive to the public good”, does the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (“SIAC”) have to take a separate approach where the deprivation decision was based on criminal conduct, particularly serious organised crime, rather than the individual’s risk to national security?
Linked casesLast updated: 28 January 2026
UKSC/2026/0009
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FAMILY
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in denying that the father had acquiesced to the removal of the child from Romania to England? Did the Court of Appeal err in denying that the Romanian court had acquiesced to the removal of the child? Did the Court of Appeal err in denying that there was a grave risk to the child if the mother and child were made to return to Romania?
Last updated: 28 January 2026
UKSC/2025/0154
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IMMIGRATION
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:In an appeal against a decision to deprive an individual of their British Citizenship under section 40 of the British Nationality Act 1981 on the ground that it is “conducive to the public good”, does the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (“SIAC”) have to take a separate approach where the deprivation decision was based on criminal conduct, particularly serious organised crime, rather than the individual’s risk to national security?
Linked casesLegal Issue
Last updated: 28 January 2026
UKSC/2026/0012
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 27 January 2026
UKSC/2025/0058/A
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:(1) Do the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction to determine disputes as to what licence terms are fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory at the request of an implementor rather than a patent owner, where the licence is offered by an intermediary as part of a pool or platform of patents? (2) What is the scope of the rule of civil procedure concerning the service of documents in intellectual property claims and the appropriate forum in relation to claims seeking licences under standard-essential patents?
Linked casesCross Appeal
Last updated: 26 January 2026
UKSC/2025/0094/A
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INSOLVENCY
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Can a bankruptcy petition be founded on a foreign judgment which has not been recognised in England and Wales? Should the Court of Appeal have ordered that the Appellant pay the Respondent’s costs of the Set Aside Application and Petition, and on an indemnity basis?
Linked casesLast updated: 26 January 2026
UKSC/2025/0070
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CRIME
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in its interpretation and application of section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (“DVCVA”)?
Last updated: 23 January 2026
UKSC/2025/0090
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COMMERCIAL
Hearing listedCase summary:The scope of the doctrine of issue estoppel.
Last updated: 23 January 2026
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