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UKSC/2021/0150
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment givenCase summary:What is the nature and extent of the liability of a director, or senior executive employee, for causing a company to commit a civil wrong, for which a claim can be brought without a finding of fault by the wrongdoer (e.g. a ‘strict liability tort’)? Here, the strict liability tort was trademark infringement. If a director is legally responsible for the tort, can they be ordered to pay profits made as a result of the tort to the wronged part (e.g. an ‘account of profits’), even if those profits were not personally received? Does this extend to the director paying back the portion of their salary that was attributable to the tort?
Last updated: 18 May 2026
UKSC/2021/0147
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Judgment givenCase summary:What is the nature and extent of the liability of a director, or senior executive employee, for causing a company to commit a civil wrong, for which a claim can be brought without a finding of fault by the wrongdoer (e.g. a ‘strict liability tort’)? Here, the strict liability tort was trademark infringement. If a director is legally responsible for the tort, can they be ordered to pay profits made as a result of the tort to the wronged part (e.g. an ‘account of profits’), even if those profits were not personally received? Does this extend to the director paying back the portion of their salary that was attributable to the tort?
Last updated: 18 May 2026
UKSC/2022/0056
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PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether section 30 of the Counter Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 is incompatible with Articles 5 and/or 7 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the 'ECHR'). If so, what (if any) remedy is appropriate.
Last updated: 18 May 2026
UKSC/2021/0144
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TAX
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the Supreme Court should depart from the judgment of the House of Lords in James Buchanan & Co Ltd v Babco Forwarding & Shipping (UK) Ltd [1978] AC 141 ("Buchanan") and hold that excise duty payable in respect of goods which are stolen in the course of international carriage by road cannot be claimed under article 23.44 of the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road 1956 (the "CMR").
Last updated: 18 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0003
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COURT PROCEDURE
Hearing listedCase summary:If a litigant pays a sum of money owed under a court order, and the court order is subsequently set aside, is the litigant entitled to interest on the sum paid? In this claim, should the respondent therefore have paid interest on the money it held from 2016-2024?
Last updated: 18 May 2026
UKSC/2021/0138
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TAX
Judgment givenCase summary:Section 43(5) and (6)(a) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 provides for a mandatory 80% relief from non-domestic rates on premises which are occupied by a charity and used wholly or mainly for charitable purposes. The Supreme Court is asked to decide whether Nuffield Health is entitled to this mandatory relief in respect of its occupation of its members-only gym at Merton Abbey.
Last updated: 18 May 2026
UKSC/2021/0201
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Judgment givenCase summary:(a) Does section 13(2)(a) of the Patents Act 1977 (the "1977 Act") require a person to be named as the inventor in all cases, including where the applicant believes the invention was created by an AI machine in the absence of a traditional human inventor? (b) Does the 1977 Act provide for the grant of a patent without a named human inventor? (c) In the case of an invention made by an AI machine, is the owner, creator and user of that AI machine entitled to the grant of a patent for that invention?
Last updated: 18 May 2026
UKSC/2022/0121
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment givenCase summary:Can The Manchester Ship Canal Company Limited (“MSCC”) bring a private law claim in nuisance and/or trespass against United Utilities Water Limited (“UU”) in respect of unauthorised discharges of untreated foul water by UU into the canal?
Last updated: 18 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0008
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EMPLOYMENT
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Does section 47B(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (the “ERA”) prevent an employee from bringing a claim under section 47B ERA against a co-worker and/or their employer for being subjected to detriment where that detriment amounts to a dismissal? (2) Were the Court of Appeal bound to apply the earlier decision of Timis v Osipov [2018] EWCA Civ 2321 (“Osipov”) on section 47B(2) ERA in the present appeals and was that decision correctly decided?
Linked casesLast updated: 18 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0005
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EMPLOYMENT
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Does section 47B(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (the “ERA”) prevent an employee from bringing a claim under section 47B ERA against a co-worker and/or their employer for being subjected to detriment where that detriment amounts to a dismissal? (2) Were the Court of Appeal bound to apply the earlier decision of Timis v Osipov [2018] EWCA Civ 2321 (“Osipov”) on section 47B(2) ERA in the present appeals and was that decision correctly decided?
Linked casesLast updated: 18 May 2026
UKSC/2025/0081
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Hearing listedCase 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: 18 May 2026
UKSC/2025/0047
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TAX
Hearing in progressCase 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: 18 May 2026
UKSC/2021/0233
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BANKING/INSOLVENCY
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether an administrator appointed under Part II of the Insolvency Act 1986 is an "officer" of the company within the meaning of the phrase "director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate" so as to fall within section 194(3) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
Last updated: 15 May 2026
UKSC/2021/0195
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IMMIGRATION
Judgment givenCase summary:The sole issue in this appeal is: what is the territorial scope of the public sector equality duty ("PSED") in section 149(1) of the Equality Act 2010, which requires public authorities to have due regard to equality issues?
Last updated: 15 May 2026
UKSC/2020/0208
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PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:In the context of police misconduct proceedings, is it open to a reasonable disciplinary panel to make a finding of misconduct if an officer’s honest, but mistaken, belief that his life was threatened was found to be unreasonable.
Last updated: 15 May 2026
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