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UKSC/2022/0019
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TAX
Judgment givenCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal wrong to uphold the order striking out Jersey Choice Limited's claim on the basis the pleadings disclosed no reasonable grounds?
Last updated: 25 March 2026
UKSC/2022/0108
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Judgment givenCase summary:This appeal concerns the application of EU and UK trade mark law to the cross-border marketing and sale of goods on the internet. The question for the Supreme Court is: Where goods marketed and sold on a foreign website are identical to goods for which trade marks are registered in the EU or UK, in what circumstances would the marketing and selling of such goods infringe the EU/UK trade marks?
Last updated: 25 March 2026
UKSC/2022/0145
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PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the Review Tribunal (the Tribunal) was entitled to conclude that RM's mental disorder continues to be of a nature or degree warranting his continued detention in hospital for medical treatment (i.e. whether the test for discharge from a Restriction Order under Article 78 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (the Order) is met).
Linked casesLast updated: 25 March 2026
UKSC/2022/0144
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PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the Review Tribunal (the Tribunal) was entitled to conclude that RM's mental disorder continues to be of a nature or degree warranting his continued detention in hospital for medical treatment (i.e. whether the test for discharge from a Restriction Order under Article 78 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (the Order) is met).
Linked casesLast updated: 25 March 2026
UKSC/2025/0191
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:If a local authority makes a lawful offer of accommodation which it has assessed as suitable for an applicant threatened with homelessness, is that offer rendered unlawful by an earlier failure to carry out an adequate assessment of the applicant’s housing needs?
Last updated: 25 March 2026
UKSC/2022/0037
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INSOLVENCY
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the Court has the jurisdiction/power to recognise a foreign bankruptcy at common law. This depends on the nature and effect of the choice of law rule of private international law known as the "immovables rule" that, as a matter of English law, a foreign Court has no jurisdiction to make orders in respect of land situated in England and that rights relating to such land are governed exclusively by English law ("Immovables Rule").
Last updated: 25 March 2026
UKSC/2024/0102
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:Does Regulation 28(3) of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019/855 (the “Regulations”) prohibit a German bank from discharging payment obligations owed to Irish companies under letters of credit issued as security for agreements to lease aircraft to Russian airlines, where those lease agreements were lawful when entered into and terminated before the payment obligations fell due?
Linked casesLast updated: 25 March 2026
UKSC/2022/0100
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Where the hirer of a car contractually agrees to pay the car hire company a sum for loss of use if the hire car is damaged during the hire period, and the hire car is then damaged due to the negligent driving of a third party, can the hirer recover that contractual liability from the negligent driver (or their insurer)?
Last updated: 25 March 2026
UKSC/2024/0103
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:Does Regulation 28(3) of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019/855 (the “Regulations”) prohibit a German bank from discharging payment obligations owed to Irish companies under letters of credit issued as security for agreements to lease aircraft to Russian airlines, where those lease agreements were lawful when entered into and terminated before the payment obligations fell due?
Linked casesLast updated: 25 March 2026
UKSC/2026/0032
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 24 March 2026
UKSC/2026/0022
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the appellant breach s151 Greater London Authority Act 1999 by deciding to remove a Low Traffic Neighbourhood scheme which had been included in its approved local implementation plan for the delivery of the Mayor of London’s transport strategy in its area?
Last updated: 24 March 2026
UKSC/2026/0017
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did Stonewall Equality Ltd cause Garden Court Chambers to discriminate against Ms Bailey contrary to section 111(2) of the Equality Act 2010? What is the correct approach to causation for the purposes of section 111(2) of the Equality Act 2010?
Last updated: 23 March 2026
UKSC/2026/0020
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INSOLVENCY
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:When determining the existence of a “transaction at an undervalue” entered into by a company under s238 Insolvency Act 1986, is the only relevant “transaction” one to which the debtor company is a party, or might the “transaction” also include a wider arrangement of which those dealings are an inextricable part? When applying the defence in s238(5)(b) Insolvency Act 1986, must the transaction be a “necessary part” of the wider arrangement for that wider arrangement to be relevant? What is the test for determining whether another transaction is “consideration for” the transaction said to have been entered into at an undervalue?
Last updated: 18 March 2026
UKSC/2023/0025
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TORT
Judgment givenCase summary:How should a court assess damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenity ("PSLA") in the tort of negligence, where the claimant suffered PSLA caused by both: (a) a whiplash injury ("WLI") which comes within the scope of the Civil Liability Act 2018 (the "2018 Act") and therefore attracts a fixed "tariff award"; and (b) a non-whiplash injury ("NWLI") which does not attract a tariff award?
Last updated: 18 March 2026
UKSC/2026/0031
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 18 March 2026
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