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UKSC/2025/0189
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INSOLVENCY
Hearing listedCase summary:These cases raise three main issues: (i) whether an agent can provide signed writing for the purposes of section 53(1)(b) of the Law of Property Act 1925 (“LPA 1925”); (ii) whether a company can provide signed writing for the purposes of section 53(1)(b) without executing a document or through the signature of an individual acting on behalf of a corporate attorney by combined effect of 74(3) and (4) LPA 1925; and (iii) whether a transaction was at an undervalue within the scope of section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (“IA 1986”).
Linked casesLast updated: 21 May 2026
UKSC/2025/0190
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INSOLVENCY
Hearing listedCase summary:These cases raise three main issues: (i) whether an agent can provide signed writing for the purposes of section 53(1)(b) of the Law of Property Act 1925 (“LPA 1925”); (ii) whether a company can provide signed writing for the purposes of section 53(1)(b) without executing a document or through the signature of an individual acting on behalf of a corporate attorney by combined effect of 74(3) and (4) LPA 1925; and (iii) whether a transaction was at an undervalue within the scope of section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (“IA 1986”).
Linked casesLast updated: 21 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0008
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EMPLOYMENT
Awaiting JudgmentCase 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: 21 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0005
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EMPLOYMENT
Awaiting JudgmentCase 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: 21 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0054
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Does the designation of an overseas entity as subject to financial sanctions bring the entity “within the jurisdiction” of the United Kingdom under Article 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the “ECHR”) such that the Human Rights Act 1998 (the “HRA”) is engaged notwithstanding that the entity has no assets or business in the United Kingdom?
Last updated: 21 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0064
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 21 May 2026
UKSC/2025/0081
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Awaiting JudgmentCase 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: 21 May 2026
UKSC/2025/0119
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:Does the judicial review claim fall within the scope of Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention so that the Appellant can access costs protection under Part IX of CPR 46?
Last updated: 21 May 2026
UKSC/2023/0092
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:In respect of an established nuisance, was there an available and effective alternative remedy in private law such as to oust an application for judicial review against the public authorities?
Last updated: 21 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0032
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COURT PROCEDURE
Appeal issuedCase summary:Where the claimant mistakenly names the wrong defendant in the claim form, does the Court have the power to allow substitution in the claim form of one defendant for another under rule 19.6(3)(a) or (b)?
Last updated: 21 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0021
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NEGLIGENCE
Appeal issuedCase summary:Should the court order substitution under the Civil Procedure Rules r19.6(3)(a) due to a mistake made by the claimants in naming the defendant, where the alleged negligent party had merged with the named defendant?
Last updated: 21 May 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: 20 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0063
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ARBITRATION
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 20 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0051
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COMMERCIAL
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Does Clause 12 of the Licence Agreement supply a right for the licensee to terminate the contract on reasonable notice, either as a matter of construction or on the basis of an implied term?
Last updated: 20 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0045
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TAX
Case summary:In 2025 the government introduced VAT on private school fees. The appellants are religious private schools, their pupils, and their pupils’ parents. Was the introduction of VAT on private school fees compatible with the appellants’ right to equal treatment under Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, to property under Article 1 of Protocol 1 of the Convention, and to education under Article 2 of Protocol 2 of the Convention?
Last updated: 20 May 2026
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