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UKSC/2026/0059
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 13 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0043
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TORT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:(i) What is the correct definition of a ‘head-on situation’ under Rule 14 of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (as amended) (the “Collision Regulations”)? (ii) Can a ‘head-on situation’ exist under the Collision Regulations where, by night, one vessel sees another ahead or nearly ahead but can only see one of their sidelights but not both?
Last updated: 13 May 2026
UKSC/2022/0022
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ENVIRONMENT/PLANNING
Judgment givenCase summary:Which local authority was responsible for the after-care of a service-user who had been detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983? The case turns on the issue of where the service-user had been "ordinarily resident…immediately before being detained" for the purposes of section 117(3)(a) of the Mental Health Act 1983.
Last updated: 12 May 2026
UKSC/2021/0125
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IMMIGRATION
Judgment givenCase summary:This appeal raises issues concerning: (1) the meaning of "control" of investment money in the relevant provisions of the Immigration Rules and the facts and circumstances relevant to the assessment of "control"; and (2) the approach to the interpretation of the Immigration Rules.
Last updated: 12 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0058
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 12 May 2026
UKSC/2021/0181
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) What is the test for determining "bad faith" in section 3(6) of the Trade Marks Act 1994? (2) If such bad faith is found, what is the correct approach to determining the specification that the proprietor of the trademark should be permitted to retain?
Last updated: 11 May 2026
UKSC/2021/0149
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment givenCase summary:In Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11, the Supreme Court held that a doctor "is under a duty to take reasonable care to ensure that the patient is aware of any material risks involved in any recommended treatment, and of any reasonable alternative or variant treatments." In this appeal, the Supreme Court is asked to decide what test should be applied when assessing whether an alternative treatment is reasonable and requires to be discussed with the patient. More specifically, did the doctor in this case fall below the required standard of reasonable care by failing to make a patient aware of an alternative treatment in a situation where the doctor's opinion was that the alternative treatment was not reasonable and that opinion was supported by a responsible body of medical opinion? It is also asked whether the courts below erred in their approach to the issue of causation.
Last updated: 11 May 2026
UKSC/2022/0102
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HOUSING, LANDLORD & TENANT
Judgment givenCase summary:When should a court make a mandatory order against a local housing authority to enforce a duty owed to a homeless individual under section 193(2) of the Housing Act 1996 (the "1996 Act")? In particular, should the court take account of either: (a) budgetary constraints imposed on the housing authority; or (b) the availability of housing under a non-secured tenancy under Part VII of the 1996 Act (as opposed to a secured tenancy under Part VI of the 1996 Act).
Last updated: 11 May 2026
UKSC/2022/0044
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment givenCase summary:Can an individual make a claim for psychiatric injury caused by witnessing the death or other horrifying event of a close relative as a result of earlier clinical negligence?
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Last updated: 11 May 2026
UKSC/2022/0049
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment givenCase summary:Can an individual make a claim for psychiatric injury caused by witnessing the death or other horrifying event of a close relative as a result of earlier clinical negligence?
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Last updated: 11 May 2026
UKSC/2022/0038
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment givenCase summary:Can an individual make a claim for psychiatric injury caused by witnessing the death or other horrifying event of a close relative as a result of earlier clinical negligence?
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Last updated: 11 May 2026
UKSC/2021/0152
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CRIME
Judgment givenCase summary:In a conviction extradition case, is it sufficient for the requested person to show substantial grounds for believing that there is a real risk that his trial was so flagrantly unfair as to deprive him of the essence of his Article 6 rights, and therefore a real risk that his imprisonment in the requesting state will violate his Article 5 rights?
Last updated: 11 May 2026
UKSC/2021/0208
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TORT
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether, and (if so), in what circumstances, can the court evaluate and reject what is described as an "uncontroverted" expert’s report?
Last updated: 11 May 2026
UKSC/2022/0168
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IMMIGRATION
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether periods of time the appellant spent in the UK after overstaying a visa should be considered as time in the UK for the purpose of establishing 10 years' continuous lawful residence for an application for indefinite leave to remain in the UK. During the ten year period, the appellant had periods with leave and without leave to remain.
Linked casesLast updated: 11 May 2026
UKSC/2022/0021
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IMMIGRATION
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) Does section 3C of the Immigration Act 1971 apply where an application for leave to remain is said to be invalid by reason of the failure to pay the relevant fee at the proper time, so that leave is extended by that provision until the application is decided or withdrawn? (2) What is the meaning of the word "disregarded" in the second sentence of para 276B of the Immigration Rules with regards to overstaying book-ended by periods of leave to remain?
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