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UKSC/2026/0089
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ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal correct to refuse an application for extension of time to file an appeal and to also refuse the underlying claim without assessing its merits?
Last updated: 27 July 2026
UKSC/2025/0094
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INSOLVENCY
Judgment given[2026] UKSC 29Case summary:Can a bankruptcy petition be founded on a foreign judgment which has not been ‘recognised’ in England and Wales?
Linked casesLast updated: 27 July 2026
UKSC/2025/0070
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CRIME
Judgment given[2026] UKSC 28Case 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: 27 July 2026
UKSC/2025/0058
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Judgment given[2026] UKSC 27Case summary:Do the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction to determine, at the request of an implementer, what terms are fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (“FRAND”) for a licence to patents which have been declared as essential to a technological standard (called “SEPs”) where the relevant licence is offered by an intermediary as part of a pool or platform of SEPs?
Linked casesLast updated: 27 July 2026
UKSC/2025/0058/A
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Judgment given[2026] UKSC 27Case summary:Do the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction to determine, at the request of an implementer, what terms are fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (“FRAND”) for a licence to patents which have been declared as essential to a technological standard (called “SEPs”) where the relevant licence is offered by an intermediary as part of a pool or platform of SEPs?
Linked casesLast updated: 27 July 2026
UKSC/2025/0024
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment given[2026] UKSC 26Case summary:This appeal concerns the validity of a civil penalty notice issued by the Secretary of State for the Home Department under section 15 of the Immigration Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. In view of the requirement under s.15(6)(a) that a notice must “state why the Secretary of State thinks the employer is liable to the penalty”, is the penalty notice invalid if it does not identify which of the grounds in s.15(1) applies (i.e. by specifying the circumstances in which a person subject to immigration control has no right to work)?
Last updated: 27 July 2026
UKSC/2024/0152
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INTERNATIONAL
Judgment given[2026] UKSC 25Case summary:Is a foreign State whose agents, located abroad, cause spyware to be installed remotely on the computers of individuals located in the United Kingdom, causing those individuals psychiatric injury when they discover that the State has been spying on them in this way, entitled to immunity from civil proceedings under section 5 of the State Immunity Act 1978?
Last updated: 27 July 2026
UKSC/2025/0005
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EU LAW
Judgment given[2026] UKSC 24Case summary:(1) Did the Prudential test case determine the date on which the limitation period starts to run for the purposes of section 32(1)(c) of the Limitation Act 1980 for all claims within the in the GLO? (2) Was the Court of Appeal correct to exercise its discretion under CPR 19.23(1)(a) to order that the determination in the Prudential test case of the Set-Off issue was not binding on the appellants’ claims?
Last updated: 27 July 2026
UKSC/2025/0170
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:(1) Is the lessee under an unregistered long lease a qualifying tenant within the meaning of s75 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, so that they should be served with a ‘participation notice’ before a right to manage company claims the right to manage the block of flats? (2) Does the failure to serve a participation notice on a qualifying tenant invalidate a claim notice served by the right to manage company?
Last updated: 26 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0074
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FAMILY
Awaiting judgmentCase 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?
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Last updated: 26 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0080
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FAMILY
Awaiting judgmentCase 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?
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Last updated: 26 July 2026
UKSC/2025/0145
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Awaiting judgmentCase 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: 25 July 2026
UKSC/2025/0144
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Awaiting judgmentCase 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: 25 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0110
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 24 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0109
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TORT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 24 July 2026
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