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UKSC/2026/0109
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TORT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:What is the correct application of the principles of (dual) vicarious liability where the tort is committed by an employee of an independent contractor?
Last updated: 25 September 2026
UKSC/2026/0108
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FAMILY
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:1. What is a “judgment” for the purposes of s.40 Constitutional Reform Act 2005? 2. Is a totally without merit certification valid where a jurisdictional objection has been raised but never determined?
Last updated: 25 September 2026
UKSC/2026/0103
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COMMERCIAL
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:To refuse the Charterers’ orders to load the cargo, was it sufficient for the Owners to judge a real risk of sanctions liability, or did they need to judge that sanctions liability was more likely than not to arise?
Last updated: 25 September 2026
UKSC/2026/0105
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Can premises constitute a “vertical division of the building” for the purpose of the qualifying condition for the right to manage in section 72(3) of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 if part of the premises is physically undivided from the remainder of the building?
Last updated: 25 September 2026
UKSC/2026/0110
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COURT PROCEDURE
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:This appeal is concerned with three issues: (1) Does the High Court have the inherent power to make a second order requiring a judgment debtor, or the officer of a judgment debtor, to attend Court for examination as to the means of the judgment debtor to satisfy its judgment debt, in circumstances where the Court has previously made such an order under CPR Part 71 but no longer has the power to make a fresh such order? (2) Must a judge, when exercising a discretionary power, explain any departure in his or her approach from that taken on an earlier exercise of discretion in the same or related proceedings? (3) Where a person is joined to proceedings for the purposes of costs only pursuant to CPR 46.2, and gives an address for service in that context, do they thereby agree to be served at that address with applications in the proceedings that relate to matters other than costs?
Last updated: 24 September 2026
UKSC/2026/0060
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CRIME
Hearing listedCase summary:If two people exchange gunfire and one gunman’s shot hits an innocent bystander, what are the circumstances in which the other gunman could be criminally liable for the injury to the victim?
Last updated: 23 September 2026
UKSC/2025/0185
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PRIVACY AND INFORMATION
Hearing listedCase summary:Does a threshold of seriousness apply to claims for damages under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA 2018”)?
Last updated: 23 September 2026
UKSC/2026/0099
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:Was the decision of the Secretary of State for the Home Department to proscribe Palestine Action under section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2000 lawful?
Last updated: 23 September 2026
UKSC/2026/0112
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the conduct of the proceedings in the Industrial Tribunal and Court of Appeal breach the Appellant’s right to a fair hearing under article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights and constitute a failure to make reasonable adjustments under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995? Did the Court of Appeal fail to correctly apply the relevant legal tests when assessing the Appellant’s claims of procedural unfairness, discrimination due to disability, and apparent bias?
Last updated: 23 September 2026
UKSC/2026/0100
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PRIVACY AND INFORMATION
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:(1) Is the concept of consent in data protection and e-privacy legislation a purely objective one, or does it contain subjective elements? (2) Under what circumstances is it procedurally unfair for the Court of Appeal to determine an issue without seeking or considering submissions from one of the parties on that issue? (3) Under what circumstances can the Court of Appeal remit issues to a different judge than the one who heard the first trial?
Last updated: 23 September 2026
UKSC/2025/0138
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment given[2026] UKSC 34Case summary: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: 23 September 2026
UKSC/2026/0101
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the trial judge’s decision to exclude certain material from the evidence presented to the jury breach the appellant’s right to a fair trial under article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights?
Last updated: 22 September 2026
UKSC/2026/0143
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 22 September 2026
UKSC/2026/0142
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 22 September 2026
UKSC/2026/0097
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IMMIGRATION
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase 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: 22 September 2026
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