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UKSC/2024/0083
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) What is the correct approach to reviewing the decision of an inferior court or tribunal that has purported to disagree with the assessment of national security issues by the responsible Minister? (2) Were cogent (or any) reasons provided in this case sufficient to render lawful the proposed departure from the Minister’s assessment? (3) Does procedural fairness require a coroner proposing to provide a gist of sensitive information, over which public-interest immunity has been asserted in a Ministerial Certificate, to give the relevant Minster an opportunity to make representations and submissions on the proposed gist before the decision is made to release it? (4) Did the coroner here act ultra vires, Wednesbury irrationally and/or fail to take into account a material consideration when she ordered disclosure of a gist / information damaging to national security when the inquest could never be completed by operation of statute?
Last updated: 11 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0096
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 11 June 2025
UKSC/2024/0109
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:When considering whether extradition pursuant to a conviction warrant is a proportionate interference with the requested person’s right to respect for their private and family life under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”), what is the relevance of the possibility of early release in the requesting State?
Last updated: 11 June 2025
UKSC/2024/0116
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TORT
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Does the Appellant’s case against the Respondent under section 2 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 satisfy the first stage of the test for vicarious liability?
Last updated: 10 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0033
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (“IFA”) directly discriminate against Mr Davda on the basis of his British nationality by treating him less favourably than Indian nationals with respect to the number of opportunities he had to pass qualifying actuary examinations?
Last updated: 10 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0040
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Where an employee manifests a belief which is protected under the Equality Act 2010 in an objectively objectionable manner, is adverse treatment by their employer “because of” their protected belief (as opposed to the objectionable feature), and therefore direct discrimination, unless the employer can objectively justify that treatment?
Last updated: 10 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0029
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Whether a redundancy process can be considered fair when an employer assesses and scores the employee(s) in question before the consultation process begins.
Last updated: 10 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0027
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Does the reference to “the activities of trade unions” in Regulation 3(2)(a) of the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010 (“the Blacklisting Regulations”) include participation in industrial action?
Last updated: 10 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0095
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 10 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0041
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EXTRADITION
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:What is the correct interpretation of the words “extradited to the territory to which his extradition is requested” in s.93(4) of the Extradition Act 2003?
Last updated: 10 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0051
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INTERNATIONAL
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal error by: 1) Ignoring the context when considering the proper approach to the statutory interpretation of s.13(3) of the State Immunity Act 1978, and in particular the fundamentally important role played by immunity from execution. 2) Interpreting ‘enforcement’ and ‘execution’ of an arbitral award as being the same stage. 3) Adopting the reasoning (such as it was) in two foreign judgments, taking a blanket approach to an alleged waiver of immunity under the ICC Rules of Arbitration.
Last updated: 9 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0049
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:(1) In deciding whether to revoke a person’s refugee status, does the Secretary of State for the Home Department (“the SSHD”) need to balance the risk to national security against the cost and practicality of measures to ameliorate that risk, and show that revocation is a last resort? (2) Is the determination of whether a person poses a risk to national security solely for the SSHD or must the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (“SIAC”) make its own determination?
Last updated: 9 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0043
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:(1) Was it procedurally unfair for the Secretary of State for the Home Department to deprive Mr Kolicaj of his British citizenship without affording him an opportunity to make representations? (2) Did the Court of Appeal act in excess of jurisdiction by quashing the deprivation order made against Mr Kolicaj?
Last updated: 9 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0038
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EXTRADITION
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Whether Japan’s requirement for a convicted prisoner to work 40 hours a week, that is 8 hours a day, five days a week excluding weekends and public holidays, is work done in the ordinary course of detention and so not forced or compulsory labour within the meaning of article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”)?
Linked casesLast updated: 9 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0037
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EXTRADITION
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Whether Japan’s requirement for a convicted prisoner to work 40 hours a week, that is 8 hours a day, five days a week excluding weekends and public holidays, is work done in the ordinary course of detention and so not forced or compulsory labour within the meaning of article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”)?
Linked casesLast updated: 9 June 2025
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