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UKSC/2013/0030
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Judgment givenCase summary:See judgment
Last updated: 30 September 2025
UKSC/2025/0118
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:(1) Was the Vale of Glamorgan Council entitled to refuse to allow the parents of AY, a child with additional learning needs, to be accompanied by a solicitor of their choosing at a meeting to review the management of AY’s learning needs? (2) Did the Court of Appeal err in declining to decide whether the Vale of Glamorgan Council’s refusal was Wednesbury unreasonable on the basis that the question had become academic?
Last updated: 30 September 2025
UKSC/2025/0138
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Issue 1: What is the meaning and substance of “detention at His Majesty’s pleasure”, the mandatory sentence for those who commit murder while they are children under the age of 18, as provided for by section 259 of the Sentencing Act 2020? Issue 2: 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: 30 September 2025
UKSC/2025/0127
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TAX
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Where a payment is made as part of a tax avoidance arrangement, what is the test for determining whether that arrangement is a means of providing a reward, recognition or a loan “in connection with” a person’s employment or prospective employment for the purposes of section 554A(1)(c) Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003? Was the Upper Tribunal entitled to interfere with the First-Tier Tribunal’s finding that a payment made for tax avoidance purposes was made “wholly and exclusively for the purposes of … trade” within section 54 Corporation Tax Act 2009?
Last updated: 30 September 2025
UKSC/2025/0124
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INSOLVENCY
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:(1) Do the appellants require leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal? (2) Was the appellants’ appeal to the Court of Appeal made within the applicable time limit?
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Last updated: 30 September 2025
UKSC/2025/0122
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EMPLOYMENT
Appeal issuedCase summary:Does Regulation 5 of the Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (the “Part-Time Workers Regulations”) apply if a worker’s part-time status is an effective cause, but not the sole cause, of their less favourable treatment?
Last updated: 30 September 2025
UKSC/2025/0119
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Does the judicial review claim fall within the scope of Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention so that the Appellant can access costs protection under Part IX of CPR 46?
Last updated: 30 September 2025
UKSC/2025/0063
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:(1) Did the Court of Appeal take the wrong approach to the assessment of whether the Respondent was entitled to cease the Appellant’s refugee status? (2) Did the Court of Appeal take the wrong approach to the assessment of whether returning the Appellant to Vietnam would violate her rights under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights?
Last updated: 30 September 2025
UKSC/2025/0148
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Does a local housing authority’s failure to carry out an assessment of an applicant’s case under s189A Housing Act 1996 mean that any subsequent decision the authority takes as to the suitability of accommodation for that applicant is necessarily unlawful?
Last updated: 30 September 2025
UKSC/2025/0154
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IMMIGRATION
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 30 September 2025
UKSC/2025/0171
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 26 September 2025
UKSC/2025/0170
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 25 September 2025
UKSC/2024/0103
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COMMERCIAL
Hearing listedCase summary:Does Regulation 28(3) of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019/855 (the “Regulations”) prohibit a German bank from discharging payment obligations owed to Irish companies under letters of credit issued as security for agreements to lease aircraft to Russian airlines, where those lease agreements were lawful when entered into and terminated before the payment obligations fell due?
Linked casesLast updated: 24 September 2025
UKSC/2024/0102
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COMMERCIAL
Hearing listedCase summary:Does Regulation 28(3) of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019/855 (the “Regulations”) prohibit a German bank from discharging payment obligations owed to Irish companies under letters of credit issued as security for agreements to lease aircraft to Russian airlines, where those lease agreements were lawful when entered into and terminated before the payment obligations fell due?
Linked casesLast updated: 24 September 2025
UKSC/2025/0013
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:In summary, did the Court of Appeal err by holding that: (1) The trial judge at first instance was entitled to disapply provisions of the Legacy Act under Article 2(1) of the Windsor Framework (and the related EU and Treaty mechanisms); (2) The trial judge was wrong to find no violation of the European Convention of Human Rights ("ECHR") with respect to the ability of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (“ICRIR”) to comply with its obligations under the ECHR.
Linked casesLast updated: 24 September 2025
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