Visit JCPCAll cases
1331 Cases
UKSC/2025/0043
•
PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Was it procedurally unfair for the Secretary of State for the Home Department to deprive Mr Kolicaj of his British citizenship without affording him an opportunity to make representations? (2) Did the Court of Appeal act in excess of jurisdiction by quashing the deprivation order made against Mr Kolicaj?
Last updated: 16 July 2025
UKSC/2025/0042
•
DEVOLUTION
Hearing listedCase summary:“Whether the Minister of Health has power to revise the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice issued under s.288 of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (‘the 2016 Act’) so as to provide that, in the context of the delivery of care and treatment, individuals aged 16 and over with impaired decision-making may be understood to be consenting to confinement through the expression of wishes and feelings, so that their circumstances do not fall within the scope of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR)’)”
Last updated: 16 July 2025
UKSC/2024/0043
•
TORT
Awaiting JudgmentCase 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?
Linked casesLegal issue
Legal Issue
Last updated: 16 July 2025
UKSC/2024/0040
•
TORT
Awaiting JudgmentCase 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?
Linked casesLegal issue
Legal Issue
Last updated: 16 July 2025
UKSC/2024/0039
•
TORT
Awaiting JudgmentCase 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?
Linked casesLegal issue
Legal Issue
Last updated: 16 July 2025
UKSC/2025/0079
•
CRIME
Awaiting hearing dateCase summary:(1) Do the terms of s.12(1A) of the Terrorism Act 2000 (“the TA”) represent a disproportionate interference with the appellants’ rights under article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”)? In the event that they do, is it possible to read down the terms of the offence to render them compatible? (2) What is the mental element in relation to the offence under s.12(1A)
Linked casesLegal Issue
Last updated: 16 July 2025
UKSC/2025/0116
•
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 16 July 2025
UKSC/2024/0081
•
ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in upholding the interpretation of the definition of “crematorium” in section 2 of the Cremation Act 1902 for the purpose of the radius clause prohibition in section 5?
Last updated: 16 July 2025
UKSC/2023/0142
•
TORT
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:(1) Whether a dishonest assistant can be liable in relation to a breach of a constructive trust of secret profits. (2) The extent to which gains from one breach of fiduciary duty can be set off against losses from another connected breach.
Last updated: 16 July 2025
UKSC/2025/0115
•
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 15 July 2025
UKSC/2025/0114
•
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 15 July 2025
UKSC/2025/0059
•
CRIME
Awaiting hearing dateCase summary:(1) Do the terms of s.12(1A) of the Terrorism Act 2000 (“the TA”) represent a disproportionate interference with the appellants’ rights under article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”)? In the event that they do, is it possible to read down the terms of the offence to render them compatible? (2) What is the mental element in relation to the offence under s.12(1A)?
Linked casesLegal Issue
Last updated: 15 July 2025
UKSC/2023/0178
•
PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Where information falls within multiple qualified exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“FOIA”), does section 2(2)(b) of FOIA require the public interest in maintaining each of those exemptions to be aggregated (“the cumulative approach”), or does it require the public interest in maintaining each exemption to be considered separately (“the independent approach”)?
Last updated: 15 July 2025
UKSC/2024/0055
•
PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Should the Secretary of State for Transport’s (“SST”) decision to detain a yacht in London under the UK’s Russian sanctions regime be set aside on (i) human rights, or (ii) public law, grounds?
Linked casesLast updated: 14 July 2025
UKSC/2024/0045
•
PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:(i) Did the Court of Appeal adopt the wrong approach to determining whether the Appellant’s designation was a proportionate interference with his rights under Article 8 and Article 1, Protocol 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”)? (ii) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to conclude that maintaining the Appellant’s designation was not a breach of his rights under Article 8 and Article 1, Protocol 1 of the ECHR?
Linked casesLast updated: 14 July 2025
Sign up for case email alerts
Sign up to receive email alerts when a new case is added by the Court.