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UKSC/2026/0010
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 16 January 2026
UKSC/2025/0105
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:Was the Secretary of State (“SSEFRA”) wrong to approve a compulsory purchase order in a form in which the rights authorised to be compulsorily acquired appear to include an unbounded private law right to discharge “water, soil and effluent” into a canal, even where the discharge occurs in such a way as to amount to a criminal offence and/or a nuisance?
Last updated: 16 January 2026
UKSC/2026/0009
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 15 January 2026
UKSC/2024/0130
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:In relation to a contract based on the 2016 edition of the JCT Design and Build Contract, whether – properly construed – a right to terminate under clause 8.9.3 must first have accrued before a contractor can have any right to terminate under clause 8.9.4.
Last updated: 15 January 2026
UKSC/2025/0195
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INSOLVENCY
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:(1) Are separate ‘cells’ or ‘funds’ of foreign companies capable of being wound up as an “unregistered company” within the meaning of section 220 of the Insolvency Act 1986 despite themselves not having separate legal personality under the laws of that country? (2) If the answer above is yes, if the ‘cell’ or ‘fund’ has been dissolved in accordance with the laws of that country, does a petitioner have to establish that they are a contingent creditor in the ‘cell’ or ‘fund’ to have standing to bring the winding up petition concerning it or can the petitioner rely on the exceptional jurisdiction of the court?
Last updated: 15 January 2026
UKSC/2024/0043
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TORT
Judgment scheduledCase summary:Where an individual commits an unlawful act due to the alleged negligent failure by another to prevent it but is, at trial, found not guilty by reason of insanity, does the illegality defence apply to bar the individual’s claim against the negligent party in tort?
Linked casesLegal issue
Last updated: 15 January 2026
UKSC/2024/0040
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TORT
Judgment scheduledCase summary:Where an individual commits an unlawful act due to the alleged negligent failure by another to prevent it but is, at trial, found not guilty by reason of insanity, does the illegality defence apply to bar the individual’s claim against the negligent party in tort?
Linked casesLegal issue
Last updated: 15 January 2026
UKSC/2024/0039
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TORT
Judgment scheduledCase summary:Where an individual commits an unlawful act due to the alleged negligent failure by another to prevent it but is, at trial, found not guilty by reason of insanity, does the illegality defence apply to bar the individual’s claim against the negligent party in tort?
Linked casesLast updated: 15 January 2026
UKSC/2026/0008
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 15 January 2026
UKSC/2026/0007
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 14 January 2026
UKSC/2026/0006
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 14 January 2026
UKSC/2026/0005
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 13 January 2026
UKSC/2025/0197
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COURT PROCEDURE
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the courts below err in their application of the test for the discoverability of a mistake of law within the meaning of s32(1)(c) Limitation Act 1980? If not, should the formulation of that test be revisited?
Last updated: 12 January 2026
UKSC/2025/0196
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:These proceedings raise three main issues: (i) whether the Court of Appeal erred in its approach to section 31(2A) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 and to the Judge’s application of it; (ii) whether the Court of Appeal adopted an erroneous approach to the behaviour policy of Winchmore School (the “School”) and the respondent’s approach to it; and (iii) whether the Court of Appeal adopted a flawed approach to the applicable standard of judicial review.
Last updated: 12 January 2026
UKSC/2025/0184
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COURT PROCEDURE
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal correct to dismiss the Appellant’s appeals for lack of jurisdiction?
Last updated: 12 January 2026
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