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UKSC/2025/0081
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Awaiting JudgmentCase 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: 20 May 2026
UKSC/2025/0105
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:Was the Secretary of State (“SSEFRA”) wrong to approve a compulsory purchase order in a form in which the rights authorised to be compulsorily acquired appear to include an unbounded private law right to discharge “water, soil and effluent” into a canal, even where the discharge occurs in such a way as to amount to a criminal offence and/or a nuisance?
Last updated: 20 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0063
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ARBITRATION
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 20 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0051
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COMMERCIAL
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Does Clause 12 of the Licence Agreement supply a right for the licensee to terminate the contract on reasonable notice, either as a matter of construction or on the basis of an implied term?
Last updated: 20 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0045
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TAX
Case summary:In 2025 the government introduced VAT on private school fees. The appellants are religious private schools, their pupils, and their pupils’ parents. Was the introduction of VAT on private school fees compatible with the appellants’ right to equal treatment under Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, to property under Article 1 of Protocol 1 of the Convention, and to education under Article 2 of Protocol 2 of the Convention?
Last updated: 20 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0062
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 20 May 2026
UKSC/2025/0047
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TAX
Awaiting judgmentCase 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: 20 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0047
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COMMERCIAL
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Whether the courts below erred in construing an indemnity clause in a 2013 contract between Sahara and Sonara as not extending to certain charges levied by Sahara’s banks and in treating the losses claimed by Sahara as time-barred.
Linked casesLast updated: 20 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0046
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COMMERCIAL
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:This appeal raises three issues: (i) the proper construction of Resolution 4 of the Joint Report, as discussed below; (ii) the nature and import of the trial Judge’s position concerning Sonara’s dependence on the Government of Cameroon for support; and (iii) whether the timing and schedule of payments comprise essential terms such that there was no agreement in the Joint Report for the payment of Incremental Interest and FX Differential claims, as defined below.
Linked casesLast updated: 20 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0042
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COMMERCIAL
Case summary:Is a cause of action under section 18(1) of the Competition Act 1998 excluded by section 18(8) of the Water Industry Act 1991?
Last updated: 20 May 2026
UKSC/2023/0056
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IMMIGRATION
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) When making immigration decisions that affect the safeguarding and welfare of children, what is required to comply with section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 and article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights? (2) Did the Secretary of State or the First-tier Tribunal make an error of law with respect to section 55 or article 8 when considering the Respondent's asylum application?
Last updated: 20 May 2026
UKSC/2022/0007
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TAX
Judgment givenCase summary:Was the right or opportunity for Mr Noble to acquire the 2007 Option (a) available by reason of his directorship of VHL (section 471(1) Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (“ITEPA”)); or (b) made available by Mr Noble’s employer (section 471(3) ITEPA), thereby subjecting it to income tax under Chapter 5, Part 7 of ITEPA?
Last updated: 19 May 2026
UKSC/2022/0046
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PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Does the court have the power to grant "newcomer injunctions", i.e. injunctions against persons who are unknown and unidentified as at the date of the order, and who have not yet performed, or threatened to perform, the acts which the injunction prohibits? If so, on what basis and subject to what safeguards?
Last updated: 19 May 2026
UKSC/2022/0124
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:Was the majority of the Court of Appeal wrong to find that the collateral warranty in this case was a "construction contract" for the purposes of section 104(1) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996?
Last updated: 19 May 2026
UKSC/2023/0080
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BANKING/INSOLVENCY
Judgment givenCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal correctly interpret section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 by determining that: (1) a person can 'enter into' a transaction where they act on behalf of a company; and (2) there can be a 'transaction' for the purposes of section 423 where the asset which is alleged to have been disposed of at an undervalue was not beneficially owned by the 'debtor'?
Last updated: 19 May 2026
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