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UKSC/2020/0066
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Judgment given[2022] UKSC 1Case summary:Where a company incorporated by leaseholders in a block of flats acquires the right to manage the block under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 ("the Act"), and the leaseholders also enjoy rights over the estate in which the block is situated, does the company only acquire the right to manage the block itself, or does it also acquire the right to manage the rest of the estate?
Last updated: 24 October 2026
UKSC/2020/0084
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CRIME
Judgment given[2022] UKSC 2Case summary:(1) Does section 13(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000 create a strict liability offence? (2) If so, is section 13(1) compatible with article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights?
Linked casesLast updated: 24 October 2026
UKSC/2020/0076
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CRIME
Judgment given[2022] UKSC 2Case summary:(1) Does section 13(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000 create a strict liability offence? (2) If so, is section 13(1) compatible with Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights
Linked casesLegal issue
Last updated: 24 October 2026
UKSC/2025/0034
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EU LAW
Judgment scheduled[2026] UKSC 36Case summary:Absent a contrary agreement, does section 13 of the State Immunity Act 1978 (“SIA”) prevent an arbitral tribunal from awarding (i) an injunction, and (ii) equitable damages, against a State for its breach of an equitable obligation to arbitrate? Can an arbitral tribunal award equitable compensation against a State for such a breach?
Linked casesLast updated: 23 October 2026
UKSC/2025/0194
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TORT
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:Is the CPS advocate immune from suit in respect of anything said or done in the course of a bail hearing, including the disclosure of a vulnerable person’s confidential address to their abusive ex-partner? Does that immunity extend to the police, who included the Appellant’s address in the file for the CPS? If the common law immunity does exist and apply, does it bar claims under the Human Rights Act 1998 and Data Protection Act 2018? Did the Court of Appeal err in reinstating the summary disposal of the Appellant’s Human Rights Act claims?
Last updated: 23 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0158
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 22 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0157
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 22 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0141
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COMMERCIAL
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:(i) The proper interpretation of a Mortgagee’s Interest Insurance Policy, written on the standard London Institute Mortgagees’ Interest Clauses Hulls (1/3/97) (Cl. 337) wording and underwritten by the Appellant; and (ii) the Respondent's entitlement to an indemnity thereunder.
Last updated: 22 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0129/A
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NEGLIGENCE
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Should the Cross-Respondents be held liable in nuisance?
Linked casesLast updated: 22 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0129
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NEGLIGENCE
Appeal issuedCase summary:Did the Appellants owe a duty of care to their neighbour where they were not liable to them in nuisance? If they did owe such a duty, did they breach it?
Linked casesLast updated: 22 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0137
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:(1) Can refinancing documentation which makes the borrower’s obligations and payment conditional upon specified requirements, including a first legal charge stated to be “Already held”, itself create a substitute equitable mortgage where that charge is ineffective and the lender advances funds despite those conditions not being satisfied? (2) Where an appellate court itself introduces during oral argument a new proprietary-law argument which formed no part of the parties' written cases, and counsel expressly states that he is considering the Court's points for the first time, what opportunity to address that point must be afforded before the court may finally determine it as a substantive basis for its decision?
Last updated: 22 October 2026
UKSC/2018/0192
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment given[2023] UKSC 11Case summary:The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc (the "Trustee") is trustee of notes with a nominal value of USD 3bn carrying interest of 5 per cent per annum (the "Notes"). The Trustee has applied for summary judgment of its claim against Ukraine for non-payment of the sums due under the Notes. The Supreme Court is asked to decide whether Ukraine should be permitted to defend the claim at trial. The appeals raise the following issues: (i) Did Ukraine have the capacity to issue the Notes or to ensure into the ancillary contracts? (ii) Were the Notes issued or the ancillary contracts entered into without authority? (iii) Can Ukraine maintain that it was entitled to avoid the Notes for duress exerted by the Russian Federation? (iv) Can Ukraine maintain that non-payment of the sums due under the Notes is a lawful countermeasure?
Linked casesLast updated: 21 October 2026
UKSC/2018/0191
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment given[2023] UKSC 11Case summary:The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc (the "Trustee") is trustee of notes with a nominal value of USD 3bn carrying interest of 5 per cent per annum (the "Notes"). The Trustee has applied for summary judgment of its claim against Ukraine for non-payment of the sums due under the Notes. The Supreme Court is asked to decide whether Ukraine should be permitted to defend the claim at trial. The appeals raise the following issues: (i) Did Ukraine have the capacity to issue the Notes or to ensure into the ancillary contracts? (ii) Were the Notes issued or the ancillary contracts entered into without authority? (iii) Can Ukraine maintain that it was entitled to avoid the Notes for duress exerted by the Russian Federation? (iv) Can Ukraine maintain that non-payment of the sums due under the Notes is a lawful countermeasure?
Linked casesLast updated: 21 October 2026
UKSC/2026/0097
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IMMIGRATION
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:Does the Secretary of State for the Home Department have an implied statutory power to withdraw or vary a grant of indefinite leave to remain where, through an error by her officials, a letter granting such leave was sent to an asylum claimant instead of the letter granting limited leave to remain that she intended to be sent?
Last updated: 21 October 2026
UKSC/2025/0047
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TAX
Judgment given[2026] UKSC 35Case summary:Does the rule preventing the deduction of penalty payments for the purpose of calculating taxable profits encompass payments made to consumers/consumer organisations in settlement of regulatory investigations?
Last updated: 21 October 2026
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