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UKSC/2026/0096
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TAX
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Do mobile ride-hailing services fall within the scope of the Tour Operators’ Margin Scheme (“TOMS”), a simplified accounting scheme for certain tour operators or travel agents for the purposes of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (“VATA”)?
Last updated: 2 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0094
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:(1) What is the meaning of “work” in equal value claims made under the Equality Act 2010? (2) Can an employment tribunal incorporate training documents instead of resolving disputes of fact under the Employment Tribunals (Equal Value) Rules of Procedure?
Last updated: 2 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0086
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COMMERCIAL
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:(1) When should the Inner House of the Court of Session disturb evaluative findings made by the Outer House? (2) Did natural justice require that the appellant, a Scottish company, be given notice of its right of appeal against an Emirati debt judgment in English as well as in Arabic?
Last updated: 2 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0109
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TORT
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:What is the correct application of the principles of (dual) vicarious liability where the tort is committed by an employee of an independent contractor?
Last updated: 2 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0106
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FAMILY
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Was the decision of the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland to deny the Appellant father’s application for a Residence Order in respect of the subject child, NI: (i) legally erroneous; (ii) procedurally unfair; or (iii) affected by demonstrable bias in favour of the Respondent mother?
Last updated: 2 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0105
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:Can premises constitute a “vertical division of the building” for the purpose of the qualifying condition for the right to manage in section 72(3) of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 if part of the premises is physically undivided from the remainder of the building?
Last updated: 2 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0100
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PRIVACY AND INFORMATION
Permission to Appeal granted in partCase summary:(1) Is the concept of consent in data protection and e-privacy legislation a purely objective one, or does it contain subjective elements? (2) Under what circumstances is it procedurally unfair for the Court of Appeal to determine an issue without seeking or considering submissions from one of the parties on that issue? (3) Under what circumstances can the Court of Appeal remit issues to a different judge than the one who heard the first trial?
Last updated: 2 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0104
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:How should distinctiveness of a mark be considered in the assessment of likelihood of confusion under s10(2) of the Trade Mark Act 1994?
Last updated: 2 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0092
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Is a written agreement between a solicitor and a client that specifies the solicitor’s hourly rate a Contentious Business Agreement (“CBA”) for the purposes of section 59 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (“the 1974 Act”)?
Last updated: 2 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0019
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COMMERCIAL
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Were the Court of Appeal correct to overturn the factual findings of the trial judge and the trial judge’s conclusion that the Supreme Court decision in JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov (No 14) [2018] UKSC 19 (“Ablyazov”) was distinguishable on the facts?
Last updated: 2 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0091
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did a delay of approximately 20 months between the conclusion of the trial and the delivery of the High Court judgment render the judgment unsafe? Should judges in the High Court and Court of Appeal have recused themselves on the basis of apparent bias? Was the Court of Appeal judgment vitiated by numerical and factual errors? Was the appellant denied a fair trial due to an inequality of arms, breaching his right to a fair trial under Article ECHR? Did the Bank breach its duty as mortgagee by carrying out a portfolio sale?
Last updated: 2 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0144
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 2 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0129/A
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Linked casesLast updated: 2 October 2026
UKSC/2025/0185
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PRIVACY AND INFORMATION
Hearing listedCase summary:Does a threshold of seriousness apply to claims for damages under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA 2018”)?
Last updated: 1 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0062
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CRIME
Hearing listedCase summary:Were the directions given to the jury by the trial judge in this case right in law? Did the Court of Appeal correctly understand and apply R v Kennedy (No 2) [2007] UKHL 38, and should the Supreme Court reconsider that decision?
Last updated: 1 October 2026
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