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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: 28 April 2026
UKSC/2026/0008
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EMPLOYMENT
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Does section 47B(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (the “ERA”) prevent an employee from bringing a claim under section 47B ERA against a co-worker and/or their employer for being subjected to detriment where that detriment amounts to a dismissal? (2) Were the Court of Appeal bound to apply the earlier decision of Timis v Osipov [2018] EWCA Civ 2321 (“Osipov”) on section 47B(2) ERA in the present appeals and was that decision correctly decided?
Linked casesLast updated: 28 April 2026
UKSC/2026/0005
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EMPLOYMENT
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Does section 47B(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (the “ERA”) prevent an employee from bringing a claim under section 47B ERA against a co-worker and/or their employer for being subjected to detriment where that detriment amounts to a dismissal? (2) Were the Court of Appeal bound to apply the earlier decision of Timis v Osipov [2018] EWCA Civ 2321 (“Osipov”) on section 47B(2) ERA in the present appeals and was that decision correctly decided?
Linked casesLast updated: 28 April 2026
UKSC/2025/0058/A
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Hearing listedCase 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?
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Last updated: 28 April 2026
UKSC/2025/0058
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Hearing in progressCase summary: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?
Linked casesLast updated: 28 April 2026
UKSC/2022/0133
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EMPLOYMENT
Judgment givenCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal wrong to find that Tesco was entitled to terminate certain employment contracts which included an entitlement to "Retained Pay", described as "permanent", and offer re-engagement on terms without Retained Pay (the so-called "fire and re-hire" mechanism)?
Last updated: 27 April 2026
UKSC/2024/0015
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:Are the courts of England and Wales the proper place for UniCredit to bring its claim for an anti-suit injunction against RusChemAlliance, or should the claim have been brought in France? Are the arbitration agreements between the parties governed by French law or English law?
Last updated: 27 April 2026
UKSC/2023/0053
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FAMILY
Judgment givenCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal right, in balancing the respective article 8 and article 10 rights, to discharge the relevant Reporting Restriction Orders?
Linked casesLast updated: 27 April 2026
UKSC/2023/0052
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FAMILY
Judgment givenCase summary:On what basis can injunctions, granted in connection with proceedings initiated to determine whether it is in a child’s best interests that life-sustaining treatment should be withdrawn, be continued once those proceedings have ended?
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Last updated: 27 April 2026
UKSC/2026/0052
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 27 April 2026
UKSC/2026/0039
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Appeal issuedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in finding that the conditions of CHK’s immigration bail do not constitute a sufficient restraint on his liberty to justify a writ of habeas corpus? Did the Court of Appeal err in ordering CHK to pay the respondent’s costs?
Last updated: 24 April 2026
UKSC/2026/0037
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TORT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Can the tort of unlawful means conspiracy be founded on: 1. a civil wrong that is not independently actionable by the claimant? 2. a breach of contract to which the claimant is not a party? 3. a breach of foreign law? 4. conduct that the defendant did not know to be unlawful?
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Last updated: 24 April 2026
UKSC/2026/0034
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TORT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Can the tort of unlawful means conspiracy be founded on: 1. a civil wrong that is not independently actionable by the claimant? 2. a breach of contract to which the claimant is not a party? 3. a breach of foreign law? 4. conduct that the defendant did not know to be unlawful?
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Last updated: 24 April 2026
UKSC/2026/0035
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TORT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Can the tort of unlawful means conspiracy be founded on: 1. a civil wrong that is not independently actionable by the claimant? 2. a breach of contract to which the claimant is not a party? 3. a breach of foreign law? 4. conduct that the defendant did not know to be unlawful?
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Last updated: 24 April 2026
UKSC/2021/0189
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TAX
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether outsourced loan administration services supplied by Target are standard rated supplies for VAT purposes, or if they fall under the "financial services exemption" under article 135(1)(d) of the Principal VAT Directive, implemented in the Value Added Tax Act 1994?
Last updated: 23 April 2026
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