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UKSC/2024/0152
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INTERNATIONAL
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Is a foreign State whose agents, located abroad, cause spyware to be installed remotely on the computers of individuals located in the United Kingdom, causing those individuals psychiatric injury when they discover that the State has been spying on them in this way, entitled to immunity from civil proceedings under section 5 of the State Immunity Act 1978?
Last updated: 3 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0015
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TAX
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to conclude that a share transfer was a “scheme transaction” for the purposes of s75A(5) Finance Act 2003? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to conclude that the deemed notional transaction under s75A Finance Act 2003 did not attract group relief?
Last updated: 3 July 2026
UKSC/2025/0091
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:In summary, did the Court of Appeal err by: (1) Concluding that the ministerial advice was deficient, in a way which failed to apply the correct standard of Wednesbury irrationality; and then not permitting the Appellant to reconsider the decision in light of full and fresh advice from officials addressing the matters identified by the Court of Appeal. (2) Assuming the role of decision-maker in this case and overstepping its constitutional boundaries. (3) Failing to properly consider what is characterised as the ‘floodgates argument’. (4) Taking into account its recent decision in Dillon, despite that decision being subject of an ongoing appeal to the Supreme Court, and the relevant part of the decision being a section 4 Human Rights Act (“HRA”) declaration that did not change the law. (5) Ignoring the scheme for remedial action under the HRA, and or the Appellant’s appeal rights in relation to Dillon. (6) Concluding, in both its consideration of the substantive appeal and in relation to remedy, that this case was an exceptional one that could be distinguished from other similar Troubles related cases. (7) Concluding that the choice faced by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (“SOSNI”), when considering the appropriate investigative mechanism to discharge the Article 2 European Convention of Human Rights (“ECHR”) investigative obligation, was a “binary one” meaning that the only lawful option available was to order a Public Inquiry. (8) Then ordering the mandatory holding of a public inquiry.
Last updated: 3 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0048
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CONTEMPT
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Can seeking an injunction from a foreign court with the purpose of hindering or preventing proceedings in England and Wales amount to a criminal contempt of court?
Last updated: 3 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0044
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:Is there an obligation on an NHS commissioning body to apply to the Court of Protection to resolve disputes about medical treatment (including life-sustaining treatment) where the treatment sought on behalf of an incapacitated patient is not being offered by the patient’s treating clinicians because they have concluded that such treatment is clinically inappropriate?
Linked casesLast updated: 3 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0059
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TAX
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:When applying the statutory fiction in section 1259 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 to calculate the taxable profits of a limited liability partnership whose members are corporations, is the court required to import into that calculation the real-world ownership and control characteristics of the partnership? If the answer to the question above is “no”, does the extended definition of “related party” introduced by the Finance Act 2016 apply for accounting periods commencing on or after 25 November 2015, in circumstances where the Material Assets were acquired by the partnership prior to the effective date of those amendments?
Last updated: 3 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0047
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COMMERCIAL
Permission to Appeal refusedCase 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: 3 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0046
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COMMERCIAL
Permission to Appeal refusedCase 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: 3 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0080
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FAMILY
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Linked casesLegal Issue
Last updated: 3 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0074
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FAMILY
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Linked casesLegal Issue
Last updated: 3 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0055
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EU LAW
Permission to Appeal grantedCase 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 casesLegal Issue
Last updated: 2 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0053
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EU LAW
Permission to Appeal grantedCase 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 casesLegal Issue
Last updated: 2 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0050
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal wrong not to order interim relief under section 48 Mental Capacity Act 2005?
Linked casesLast updated: 2 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0049
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IMMIGRATION
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:The appellant contends that his deportation order should be revoked based on his Article 8 right to a private and family life. The issues in this appeal are: 1) Is public confidence in the deportation system a relevant factor when assessing the proportionality of deportation, when the individual is at low risk of re-offending? 2) Did the Upper Tribunal err in its approach to setting aside findings of fact made by the First-tier Tribunal?
Last updated: 2 July 2026
UKSC/2026/0043
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TORT
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:(i) What is the correct definition of a ‘head-on situation’ under Rule 14 of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (as amended) (the “Collision Regulations”)? (ii) Can a ‘head-on situation’ exist under the Collision Regulations where, by night, one vessel sees another ahead or nearly ahead but can only see one of their sidelights but not both?
Last updated: 2 July 2026
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