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• UKSC/2025/0149

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  BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS

  Saxon Woods Investments Limited and others (Respondents) v Costa (Appellant)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Does a director’s duty to act in “good faith” in the best interests of a company under s172(1) Companies Act 2006 require them to act in a way that is objectively honest, or does it suffice that the director subjectively believed that what they were doing was in the best interests of the company?

  Last updated: 3 June 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0074

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  In the Petition of DM
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 3 June 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0073

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  Roxlena Limited (Appellant) v R (on the application of Ramblers' Association) and others (Respondents)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:
  

  Last updated: 3 June 2026

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• UKSC/2020/0002

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  COMMERCIAL

  Barton and others (Respondents) v Morris and another in place of Gwyn–Jones (deceased) (Appellants)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Where an oral contract provides for an introduction fee to be payable upon a property being sold for a certain amount, and the property is sold for less than that conditional amount, does the seller have an obligation, whether contractual or non-contractual, to pay reasonable remuneration to the introducer for their services?

  Last updated: 3 June 2026

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• UKSC/2022/0052

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  PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS

  R (on the application of Pearce and another) (Respondents) v Parole Board for England and Wales (Appellant)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  (1) When the Parole Board is deciding whether or not to direct the release of a prisoner on licence, can it only take into account allegations if they are proved on the balance of probabilities? (2) Does the Parole Board’s "Guidance on Allegations" (the Guidance) misstate the law on this issue?

  Last updated: 3 June 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0057

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  CRIME

  R (on the application of Jones) (Appellant) v The Governor of HMP Peterborough and another (Respondents)
  Permission to Appeal refused
  Case summary:

  Did the Administrative Court of the King’s Bench Division of the High Court err in refusing the appellant’s applications to quash the decision to remand him in custody and for a writ of habeas corpus?

  Last updated: 3 June 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0055

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  EU LAW

  Molnar (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Must the Secretary of State when deciding to deport an EU citizen based on crimes committed in the United Kingdom post-Brexit consider whether or not deportation is proportionate?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2026/0053 Vargova (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)

  Legal Issue

  Last updated: 3 June 2026

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• UKSC/2026/0053

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  EU LAW

  Vargova (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)
  Permission to Appeal application lodged
  Case summary:

  Must the Secretary of State when deciding to deport an EU citizen based on crimes committed in the United Kingdom post-Brexit consider whether or not deportation is proportionate?

  Linked cases

  UKSC/2026/0055 Molnar (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)

  Legal Issue

  Last updated: 3 June 2026

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• UKSC/2025/0178

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  COMMERCIAL

  Great Asia Maritime Limited (Respondent) v Orion Shipping and Trading LLC (Appellant)
  Awaiting Judgment
  Case summary:

  Does the obligation on the seller to pay “due compensation” in Clause 14 of the SALEFORM 2012 standard form contract entitle the buyer to loss of bargain compensation?

  Last updated: 3 June 2026

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• UKSC/2021/0027

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  HOUSING, LANDLORD & TENANT

  Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd (a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands) (Respondent) v Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd (Appellant)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its construction of a provision in a commercial lease concerning service charges.

  Last updated: 3 June 2026

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• UKSC/2025/0150

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  ARBITRATION

  Star Hydro Power Limited (Respondent) v National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (Appellant)
  Hearing listed
  Case summary:

  Can the English courts grant an injunction to restrain proceedings brought under the New York Convention in a foreign court that ostensibly seek partial recognition and enforcement of a London-seated arbitral award?

  Last updated: 2 June 2026

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• UKSC/2025/0042

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  DEVOLUTION

  A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Does the Minister of Health for Northern Ireland have the power to revise the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice (“the Code”) so that persons aged 16 and over who lack capacity to make decisions about their care and treatment can give valid consent to their confinement through the expression of their wishes and feelings?

  Last updated: 2 June 2026

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• UKSC/2023/0092

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  PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  In the matter of an application by Noeleen McAleenon for Judicial Review (AP) (Appellant) (Northern Ireland)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  In respect of an established nuisance, was there an available and effective alternative remedy in private law such as to oust an application for judicial review against the public authorities?

  Last updated: 1 June 2026

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• UKSC/2022/0075

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  COMMERCIAL

  Philipp (Respondent) v Barclays Bank UK PLC (Appellant)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  (1) Does the Quincecare duty have any application in a case where the relevant payment instruction was not issued to the bank by an agent of the bank’s customer? (2) If not, should either (i) the Quincecare duty be extended so as to include the obligations contended for by Mrs Philipp in relation to authorised push payment fraud, or (ii) the law recognise or impose such obligations on a paying bank as incidents of its duty to exercise reasonable skill and care in and about executing an instruction? (3) Should the Court determine issues 1 and/or 2 above on a summary judgment and/or strike-out application?

  Last updated: 1 June 2026

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• UKSC/2021/0188

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  HOUSING, LANDLORD & TENANT

  Rakusen (Respondent) v Jepsen and others (Appellants)
  Judgment given
  Case summary:

  Can a Rent Repayment Order only be made against an immediate landlord or can a superior landlord also be liable?

  Last updated: 1 June 2026

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