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UKSC/2025/0076
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:(1) Was a Department of Health ("DOH") policy unlawful because it exceeded DOH’s statutory powers? (2) Was DOH’s failure to issue guidance on the policy irrational? (3) Are alleged breaches of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (“s.75 NIA”) amenable to judicial review?
Last updated: 23 May 2025
UKSC/2023/0145
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:What are the functions of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (“SIAC”) when it hears an appeal against the Home Secretary’s decisions to deprive a person of their British citizenship and/or to refuse a person entry clearance on national security grounds? Can SIAC engage in a full merits-based review of the Home Secretary’s decisions or is it confined to a more limited review of the decision on public law grounds? To what extent can SIAC interfere with the Home Secretary’s assessment of the risk to national security posed by the affected person?
Last updated: 23 May 2025
UKSC/2024/0066
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:What is the test for determining if a lender has constructive notice (and is, therefore, put on inquiry) that one party in a non-commercial relationship is being unduly influenced to enter a loan with their partner that will, in part, be used to benefit only their partner?
Last updated: 23 May 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: 22 May 2025
UKSC/2024/0116
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TORT
Hearing listedCase summary:Does the Appellant’s case against the Respondent under section 2 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 satisfy the first stage of the test for vicarious liability?
Last updated: 22 May 2025
UKSC/2024/0086
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TAX
Hearing listedCase summary:Can Hotel La Tour Ltd, the representative company of the Hotel La Tour Group which carries on the taxable business of providing hotel accommodation, recover input tax incurred in connection with a sale of shares in its managed subsidiary, Hotel La Tour Birmingham Ltd?
Last updated: 22 May 2025
UKSC/2024/0083
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) What is the correct approach to reviewing the decision of an inferior court or tribunal that has purported to disagree with the assessment of national security issues by the responsible Minister? (2) Were cogent (or any) reasons provided in this case sufficient to render lawful the proposed departure from the Minister’s assessment? (3) Does procedural fairness require a coroner proposing to provide a gist of sensitive information, over which public-interest immunity has been asserted in a Ministerial Certificate, to give the relevant Minster an opportunity to make representations and submissions on the proposed gist before the decision is made to release it? (4) Did the coroner here act ultra vires, Wednesbury irrationally and/or fail to take into account a material consideration when she ordered disclosure of a gist / information damaging to national security when the inquest could never be completed by operation of statute?
Last updated: 22 May 2025
UKSC/2024/0123
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TAX
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Does section 850 of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (“ITTOIA”) apply to profits retained by a corporate member of a limited liability partnership and subsequently reallocated to individual members of that partnership pursuant to an incentivisation and deferral arrangement? (2) If the answer to (1) is no, are the profits allocated by a corporate member of a limited liability partnership to its individual members under an incentivisation and deferral arrangement chargeable income tax, either (A) as miscellaneous income under section 687 ITTOIA; or (B) as sales of occupation income under the Income Tax Act 2007 (“ITA”)?
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Last updated: 22 May 2025
UKSC/2024/0122
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TAX
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Does section 850 of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (“ITTOIA”) apply to profits retained by a corporate member of a limited liability partnership and subsequently reallocated to individual members of that partnership pursuant to an incentivisation and deferral arrangement? (2) If the answer to (1) is no, are the profits allocated by a corporate member of a limited liability partnership to its individual members under an incentivisation and deferral arrangement chargeable income tax, either (A) as miscellaneous income under section 687 ITTOIA; or (B) as sales of occupation income under the Income Tax Act 2007 (“ITA”)?
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UKSC/2024/0093
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EU LAW
Hearing listedCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal wrong: (i) in its understanding of the correct approach to the test to identify a “benefit” for the purposes of the applicable EU Regulations; and (ii) to conclude that the position on this was sufficiently clear that no reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) was needed?
Last updated: 22 May 2025
UKSC/2024/0119
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COMMERCIAL
Hearing listedCase summary:Whether – under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 – a private hire vehicle operator who accepts a booking is required to contract (as principal) with the relevant customer, to fulfil that booking.
Last updated: 22 May 2025
UKSC/2024/0117
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COURT PROCEDURE
Hearing listedCase summary:When, if ever, should a court make an award of costs in a foreign currency?
Last updated: 22 May 2025
UKSC/2024/0106
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COMMERCIAL
Hearing listedCase summary:Following the Appellants’ breach of contract, was the Respondents’ proper remedy in damages or in debt?
Last updated: 22 May 2025
UKSC/2024/0043
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TORT
Hearing listedCase summary:Where an individual commits an unlawful act due to the alleged negligent failure by another to prevent it but is, at trial, found not guilty by reason of insanity, does the illegality defence apply to bar the individual’s claim against the negligent party in tort?
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Last updated: 22 May 2025
UKSC/2024/0040
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TORT
Hearing listedCase summary:Where an individual commits an unlawful act due to the alleged negligent failure by another to prevent it but is, at trial, found not guilty by reason of insanity, does the illegality defence apply to bar the individual’s claim against the negligent party in tort?
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Last updated: 22 May 2025
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