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UKSC/2021/0233
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BANKING/INSOLVENCY
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether an administrator appointed under Part II of the Insolvency Act 1986 is an "officer" of the company within the meaning of the phrase "director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate" so as to fall within section 194(3) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
Last updated: 15 May 2026
UKSC/2021/0195
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IMMIGRATION
Judgment givenCase summary:The sole issue in this appeal is: what is the territorial scope of the public sector equality duty ("PSED") in section 149(1) of the Equality Act 2010, which requires public authorities to have due regard to equality issues?
Last updated: 15 May 2026
UKSC/2020/0208
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PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:In the context of police misconduct proceedings, is it open to a reasonable disciplinary panel to make a finding of misconduct if an officer’s honest, but mistaken, belief that his life was threatened was found to be unreasonable.
Last updated: 15 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0039
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in finding that the conditions of CHK’s immigration bail do not constitute a sufficient restraint on his liberty to justify a writ of habeas corpus? Did the Court of Appeal err in ordering CHK to pay the respondent’s costs?
Last updated: 15 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0057
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Last updated: 15 May 2026
UKSC/2021/0056
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TAX
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether SSE is entitled to claim capital allowances for the expenditure that it incurred in the construction of the Glendoe Hydro Electric Power Scheme (the Scheme). Specifically, whether some elements of the Scheme are properly described as tunnels or aqueducts and so excluded from section 22(1)(a) in Part 2 of the Capital Allowances Act 2001.
Last updated: 15 May 2026
UKSC/2018/0102
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:See judgment
Last updated: 15 May 2026
UKSC/2025/0145
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Hearing listedCase summary:What is the correct approach that UK courts should adopt when determining fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (“FRAND”) terms for global portfolio licences of standard essential patents? Did the Court of Appeal err in reaching its own determination of the FRAND rate in this case, instead of remitting the matter for re-assessment? Did the Court of Appeal err in its approach to the question of payment of royalties on past sales in FRAND licences? Did the Court of Appeal err in its consideration of the effects of parallel foreign patent infringement proceedings?
Linked casesLast updated: 15 May 2026
UKSC/2025/0144
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Hearing listedCase summary:What is the correct approach that UK courts should adopt when determining fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (“FRAND”) terms for global portfolio licences of standard essential patents? Did the Court of Appeal err in reaching its own determination of the FRAND rate in this case, instead of remitting the matter for re-assessment? Did the Court of Appeal err in its approach to the question of payment of royalties on past sales in FRAND licences? Did the Court of Appeal err in its consideration of the effects of parallel foreign patent infringement proceedings?
Linked casesLast updated: 15 May 2026
UKSC/2025/0070
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CRIME
Hearing listedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in its interpretation and application of section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (“DVCVA”)?
Last updated: 15 May 2026
UKSC/2025/0094
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INSOLVENCY
Hearing listedCase summary:Can a bankruptcy petition be founded on a foreign judgment which has not been recognised in England and Wales?
Linked casesLast updated: 15 May 2026
UKSC/2025/0138
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:Issue 1: What is the meaning and substance of “detention at His Majesty’s pleasure”, the mandatory sentence for those who commit murder while they are children under the age of 18, as provided for by section 259 of the Sentencing Act 2020? Issue 2: Is section 128 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, which inserted sections 27A and 27B into the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, compatible with articles 5, 7, and 14 (read with article 5), of the European Convention on Human Rights?
Last updated: 15 May 2026
UKSC/2025/0149
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase summary:Does a director’s duty to act in “good faith” in the best interests of a company under s172(1) Companies Act 2006 require them to act in a way that is objectively honest, or does it suffice that the director subjectively believed that what they were doing was in the best interests of the company?
Last updated: 15 May 2026
UKSC/2025/0150
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ARBITRATION
Hearing listedCase summary:Can the English courts grant an injunction to restrain proceedings brought under the New York Convention in a foreign court that ostensibly seek partial recognition and enforcement of a London-seated arbitral award?
Last updated: 15 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: 15 May 2026
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