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• UKSC/2009/0052

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  EXTRADITION

  Norris (Appellant) v Government of the United States of America (Respondent)
  Judgment given
  [2010] UKSC 9
  Case summary:

  Whether the public interest in honouring extradition treaties is such as to require, in any extradition case, that an appellant must show 'striking and unusual facts' or reach 'a high threshold' if his article 8 claim is to succeed.

  Last updated: 11 September 2026

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• UKSC/2009/0106

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  PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  R (on the application of A) (FC) (Appellant) v London Borough of Croydon (Respondent) and one other action
  Judgment given
  [2009] UKSC 8
  Case summary:

  Whether, in the case of a dispute as to the age of an individual who claims to be a child, it is for the court (in the absence of any other independent and impartial tribunal) to determine whether that individual is a child for the purpose of section 20(1) of the Children Act 1989.

  Last updated: 11 September 2026

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• UKSC/2009/0098

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  IMMIGRATION

  BA (Nigeria) (Respondent) (FC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) and others
  Judgment given
  [2009] UKSC 7
  Case summary:

  In the absence of a fresh asylum or human rights claim, is the right of appeal against the Home Office’s refusal to revoke a deportation order exercisable from within the United Kingdom?

  Last updated: 11 September 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0135

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  SL (Respondent) v RL (Appellant)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 11 September 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0134

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  St Patrick's International College Limited and others (Respondents) v Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (Appellant)
  Appeal issued
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 11 September 2026

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• UKSC/2024/0089

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  FAMILY

  Standish (Appellant) v Standish (Respondent)
  Judgment given
  [2025] UKSC 26
  Case summary:

  When does non-matrimonial property become matrimonial property in the context of financial remedy proceedings, and how should the sharing principle be applied to such property?

  Last updated: 10 September 2026

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• UKSC/2009/0184

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  FAMILY

  S-B (Children)
  Judgment given
  [2009] UKSC 17
  Case summary:

  The case concerns the proper approach to deciding who has been responsible for harming a child in proceedings taken to protect that child, and others in the family, from harm and the consequences of such a decision.

  Last updated: 10 September 2026

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• UKSC/2009/0070

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  COMMERCIAL

  The Office of Fair Trading (Respondent) v Abbey National plc and others (Appellants)
  Judgment given
  [2009] UKSC 6
  Case summary:

  Whether the Respondent is entitled to assess the fairness of certain charges made by the Appellants under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Regulations 1999.

  Last updated: 10 September 2026

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• UKSC/2009/0050

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  PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  Tomlinson and others (FC) (Appellants) v Birmingham City Council (Respondents)
  Judgment given
  [2010] UKSC 8
  Case summary:

  Whether the decision in Runa Begum v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council (that the review procedure involved in decisions offering homeless persons accommodation was compatible with article 6(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights) applies to a determination where the reviewing officer determines a simple issue of primary fact.

  Last updated: 10 September 2026

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• UKSC/2025/0070

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  CRIME

  R v Sheikh and others (Respondents)
  Judgment given
  [2026] UKSC 28
  Case 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: 10 September 2026

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• UKSC/2025/0094

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  INSOLVENCY

  Valeriy Ernestovich Drelle (Respondent) v Servis-Terminal LLC (In Liquidation in the Russian Federation) (Appellant)
  Judgment given
  [2026] UKSC 29
  Case summary:

  Can a bankruptcy petition be founded on a foreign judgment which has not been ‘recognised’ in England and Wales?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2025/0094/A Valeriy Ernestovich Drelle (Appellant) v Servis-Terminal LLC (In Liquidation in the Russian Federation) (Respondent) No 2

  Cross Appeal

  Last updated: 10 September 2026

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• UKSC/2025/0081

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  LANDLORD AND TENANT

  Forthwell Limited (Appellant) v Pontegadea UK Limited (Respondent)
  Judgment scheduled
  [2026] UKSC 33
  Case 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: 10 September 2026

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• UKSC/2009/0168

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  PRIVACY AND INFORMATION

  Office of Communications (Respondents) v The Information Commissioner (Appellant)
  Judgment given
  [2010] UKSC 3
  Case summary:

  What is the correct approach to the application of the public interest balancing test which lies at the heart of the both the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000?

  Last updated: 10 September 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0074

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  FAMILY

  In the Petition of DM No 1
  Judgment given
  [2026] UKSC 32
  Case summary:

  Can the views of a child be taken into account when considering whether the defence under Article 13(b) of the Hague Convention 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (“the Convention”) is made out? Were the Inner House correct to override the Outer House’s decision as to whether the child concerned should be returned?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2026/0080 In the Petition of DM No 2

  Legal Issue

  Last updated: 10 September 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0080

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  FAMILY

  In the Petition of DM No 2
  Judgment given
  [2026] UKSC 32
  Case summary:

  Can the views of a child be taken into account when considering whether the defence under Article 13(b) of the Hague Convention 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (“the Convention”) is made out? Were the Inner House correct to override the Outer House’s decision as to whether the child concerned should be returned?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2026/0074 In the Petition of DM No 1

  Legal Issue

  Last updated: 10 September 2026

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