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UKSC/2025/0041
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EXTRADITION
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:What is the correct interpretation of the words “extradited to the territory to which his extradition is requested” in s.93(4) of the Extradition Act 2003?
Last updated: 9 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0051
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INTERNATIONAL
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal error by: 1) Ignoring the context when considering the proper approach to the statutory interpretation of s.13(3) of the State Immunity Act 1978, and in particular the fundamentally important role played by immunity from execution. 2) Interpreting ‘enforcement’ and ‘execution’ of an arbitral award as being the same stage. 3) Adopting the reasoning (such as it was) in two foreign judgments, taking a blanket approach to an alleged waiver of immunity under the ICC Rules of Arbitration.
Last updated: 9 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0049
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:(1) In deciding whether to revoke a person’s refugee status, does the Secretary of State for the Home Department (“the SSHD”) need to balance the risk to national security against the cost and practicality of measures to ameliorate that risk, and show that revocation is a last resort? (2) Is the determination of whether a person poses a risk to national security solely for the SSHD or must the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (“SIAC”) make its own determination?
Last updated: 9 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0043
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase 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: 9 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0038
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EXTRADITION
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Whether Japan’s requirement for a convicted prisoner to work 40 hours a week, that is 8 hours a day, five days a week excluding weekends and public holidays, is work done in the ordinary course of detention and so not forced or compulsory labour within the meaning of article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”)?
Linked casesLast updated: 9 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0037
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EXTRADITION
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Whether Japan’s requirement for a convicted prisoner to work 40 hours a week, that is 8 hours a day, five days a week excluding weekends and public holidays, is work done in the ordinary course of detention and so not forced or compulsory labour within the meaning of article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”)?
Linked casesLast updated: 9 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0094
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 6 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0036
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COURT PROCEDURE
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal correct to dismiss the appellant’s appeal for lack of jurisdiction?
Last updated: 6 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0069
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TAX
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Whether expenditure incurred on studies used to inform the development of wind farms falls within the scope of “qualifying expenditure” for the purposes of the Capital Allowances Act 2001.
Last updated: 6 June 2025
UKSC/2024/0086
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TAX
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Can Hotel La Tour Ltd, the representative company of the Hotel La Tour Group which carries on the taxable business of providing hotel accommodation, recover input tax incurred in connection with a sale of shares in its managed subsidiary, Hotel La Tour Birmingham Ltd?
Last updated: 6 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0042
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DEVOLUTION
Appeal issuedCase 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: 6 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0005
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EU LAW
Hearing listedCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal correct to hold that (A) whether the claims are time-barred has not been finally determined in the Prudential test case, and should be determined in the present proceedings by applying the law as it stands now (“Limitation Issue”); (B) GREA is not entitled to a claim in restitution for payment of unlawful advance corporation tax utilised against lawful tax or repaid before the issue of its claim (“Set-off Issue”); and (C) by 1 April 2010, the Appellants had not pleaded a claim in restitution for the recovery of unlawful tax paid as a result of their inability to offset unused double taxation relief credit (“Pleading Issue”)?
Last updated: 5 June 2025
UKSC/2024/0109
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment scheduledCase summary:When considering whether extradition pursuant to a conviction warrant is a proportionate interference with the requested person’s right to respect for their private and family life under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”), what is the relevance of the possibility of early release in the requesting State?
Last updated: 5 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0071
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COURT PROCEDURE
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Was the Court of Appeal correct to dismiss the Appellant’s application?
Last updated: 5 June 2025
UKSC/2025/0064
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COURT PROCEDURE
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the Inner House err in repelling the appellant’s objection to the Auditor of Court’s assessment of the respondent’s expenses?
Last updated: 4 June 2025
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