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UKSC/2025/0079
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CRIME
Judgment scheduledCase summary:Do the terms of section 12(1A) of the Terrorism Act 2000 represent a disproportionate interference with the appellants’ right to freedom of expression under article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights? If so, is it possible to read down the terms of the offence to make them compatible?
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Last updated: 20 February 2026
UKSC/2025/0059
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CRIME
Judgment scheduledCase summary:Do the terms of section 12(1A) of the Terrorism Act 2000 represent a disproportionate interference with the appellants’ right to freedom of expression under article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights? If so, is it possible to read down the terms of the offence to make them compatible?
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Last updated: 20 February 2026
UKSC/2024/0135
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CRIME
Judgment scheduledCase summary:What are the circumstances in which a District Judge in Magistrates’ Courts in Northern Ireland may reopen a case in which sentence has been passed in order to impose a different outcome, under the power the power of the Magistrates’ Court to ‘vary or rescind’ a sentence or order under Article 158A of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981?
Last updated: 19 February 2026
UKSC/2024/0047
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COURT PROCEDURE
Judgment scheduledCase summary:Is there a statutory limitation period applicable to a claim under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006? If so, what is that period?
Last updated: 19 February 2026
UKSC/2026/0020
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 19 February 2026
UKSC/2023/0111
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TORT
Judgment givenCase summary:Can a young child claimant recover damages for financial loss caused by her inability to work during the years of expected life she has lost due to the defendant’s clinical negligence (“lost years damages”)?
Last updated: 18 February 2026
UKSC/2026/0019
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 18 February 2026
UKSC/2024/0156
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INTERNATIONAL
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:(1) Does Article 54(1) of the ICSID Convention, properly interpreted, constitute a submission to the jurisdiction by prior agreement for the purposes of section 2(2) State Immunity Act 1978 (“SIA 1978”)? (2) Does section 9 of the SIA 1978 require UK courts to satisfy themselves that there exists a valid arbitration agreement, such that the appellant state was not immune from the adjudicative jurisdiction of the English courts pursuant to section 1(1) SIA?
Linked casesLast updated: 18 February 2026
UKSC/2026/0010
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Is a person “intentionally homeless” for the purposes of section 191 Housing Act 1996 in circumstances where they are served with a landlord’s notice to vacate and subsequently decline an offer of accommodation from the local authority?
Last updated: 18 February 2026
UKSC/2026/0011
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TAX
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:When a taxpayer appeals against an HMRC penalty on the basis that the underlying tax claimed is not owed, does the burden rest on the taxpayer to prove that he or she is not liable to pay the underlying tax?
Last updated: 18 February 2026
UKSC/2026/0018
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 18 February 2026
UKSC/2026/0001
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Does the “main housing duty” owed under s193(2) Housing Act 1996 end automatically, or does it require a decision of the local housing authority to that effect? If a decision of the local housing authority is required, must that decision be notified to the applicant together with reasons for reaching that decision and with details of the right to request a review? If the local housing authority has not provided notification (on the assumption that there is an obligation to notify), can that breach be used as a defence by the applicant in possession proceedings?
Last updated: 17 February 2026
UKSC/2025/0039
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FAMILY
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:Does a court have jurisdiction to set aside a valid adoption order other than by way of appeal?
Last updated: 13 February 2026
UKSC/2026/0017
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 13 February 2026
UKSC/2025/0194
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TORT
Permission to Appeal granted in partCase summary:Is the CPS advocate immune from suit in respect of anything said or done in the course of a bail hearing, including the disclosure of a vulnerable person’s confidential address to their abusive ex-partner? Does that immunity extend to the police, who included the Appellant’s address in the file for the CPS? If the common law immunity does exist and apply, does it bar claims under the Human Rights Act 1998 and Data Protection Act 2018? Did the Court of Appeal err in reinstating the summary disposal of the Appellant’s Human Rights Act claims?
Last updated: 13 February 2026
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