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UKSC/2024/0081
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ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
Hearing in progressCase summary:Whether the Court of Appeal erred in upholding the first instance decisions definition of “crematorium” for the purposes of the Crematorium Act 1902.
Last updated: 20 May 2025
UKSC/2025/0087
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CRIME
Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 19 May 2025
UKSC/2025/0089
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 19 May 2025
UKSC/2025/0088
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IMMIGRATION
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 16 May 2025
UKSC/2025/0017
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err: (i) in concluding that the appellant’s claim under article 3 ECHR, although beyond the temporal scope of the Human Rights Act 1998, did not satisfy the ‘Convention values’ test? (ii) in not applying its findings and those of the court below in respect of article 14 ECHR and, separately, the Windsor Framework to the appellant’s case? Alternatively, does the common law prohibition of torture act as a limit upon the sovereignty of Parliament?
Last updated: 16 May 2025
UKSC/2025/0016
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Was Ms Cabo Ms Dezotti’s landlord for the purposes of the Housing and Planning Act 2016?
Last updated: 16 May 2025
UKSC/2025/0018
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TAX
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Were the charging notices to diverted profits tax (“DPT”) in the amount of c.£167 million issued by HMRC to the First to Third Appellants (the “Notices”) lawful?
Last updated: 16 May 2025
UKSC/2025/0028
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TAX
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Are certain members of BlueCrest LLP to be treated as employees for tax purposes?
Last updated: 16 May 2025
UKSC/2025/0065
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in upholding the High Court’s finding that the Respondent had a legitimate expectation to be consulted in respect of policies issued by the Appellant concerning immigration detention, arrangements of healthcare and safeguarding of detained people?
Last updated: 16 May 2025
UKSC/2025/0061
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INTERNATIONAL
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in holding that an exception to a foreign state’s right to adjudicative immunity under s 1 of the State Immunity Act 1978 can be established by an issue estoppel arising from a decision of a foreign court.
Last updated: 16 May 2025
UKSC/2024/0076
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TORT
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:(1) When is a former director of a company liable as an intermeddler? (2) Is the original transfer of Shares to the Company subject to an unpaid vendor’s lien? (3) Is the quantum of equitable compensation for misappropriated property to be ascertained by reference to the date of misappropriation or the date of judgment? (4) Which party bears the burden for proving that the claimant has or has not suffered loss on a counterfactual scenario?
Last updated: 16 May 2025
UKSC/2024/0075
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TORT
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:(1) When is a former director of a company liable as an intermeddler? (2) Is the original transfer of Shares to the Company subject to an unpaid vendor’s lien? (3) Is the quantum of equitable compensation for misappropriated property to be ascertained by reference to the date of misappropriation or the date of judgment? (4) Which party bears the burden for proving that the claimant has or has not suffered loss on a counterfactual scenario?
Linked casesLast updated: 16 May 2025
UKSC/2025/0086
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 16 May 2025
UKSC/2023/0110
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment scheduledCase summary:1. Is loss that is otherwise recoverable in the tort of negligence irrecoverable if it is incurred (i) without an enforceable legal obligation to do so, and (ii) in respect of property in which the claimant has no proprietary interest, because such loss is voluntarily incurred, and that means it falls outside the scope of the defendant’s duty of care and/or is too remote? 2. Do the retrospective extended limitation periods provided for by section 135 of the Building Safety Act 2022 apply to other claims (eg in the tort of negligence) which are dependent on the time-bar applicable to claims under section 1 of the Defective Premises Act 1972 (“DPA”) 3. Does section 1(1)(a) of the DPA apply only to purchasers of properties, or does it also apply to property developers? 4. Is the respondent entitled to bring a contribution claim against the appellant under section 1 of the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 when there has been no judgment or settlement between the respondent and any third party and no third party has ever asserted any claim against the respondent?
Last updated: 15 May 2025
UKSC/2023/0126
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CONSTITUTION
Judgment scheduledCase summary:Does section 10(1) of the Dartmoor Commons Act 1985 (the “1985 Act”) confer on the public a right to pitch tents or otherwise make camp overnight on the Dartmoor Commons (“the Commons”)?
Last updated: 15 May 2025
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