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UKSC/2009/0105
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment given[2009] UKSC 15Case summary:Whether a Jewish faith school unlawfully discriminates directly or indirectly under the Race Relations Act 1976 in giving priority in admission to the school to those children who are recognised as Jewish under Orthodox Jewish religious law by the Office of the Chief Rabbi.
Linked casesLast updated: 7 September 2026
UKSC/2009/0047
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EXTRADITION
Judgment given[2009] UKSC 4Case summary:Whether the reference to ‘any other warrant’ in section 2(4)(b) and 2(6)(c) of the Extradition Act 2003, properly construed, is a reference to any other domestic warrant on which the European Arrest Warrant is based.
Last updated: 7 September 2026
UKSC/2009/0019
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FAMILY
Judgment given[2009] UKSC 5Case summary:The application of the welfare test under section 1 of the Children Act 1989 to a case involving a residence dispute between the father and the maternal grandmother.
Last updated: 7 September 2026
UKSC/2020/0168
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment given[2022] UKSC 18Case summary:What is the meaning and effect of paragraphs 20 and 27 of the Electronic Communications Code as set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003?
Linked casesLast updated: 7 September 2026
UKSC/2021/0051
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment given[2022] UKSC 18Case summary:Does the Upper Tribunal have jurisdiction to confer rights over land in favour of an operator under the Electronic Communications Code (the Code) where that operator has a Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) protected tenancy and is in occupation of the land?
Linked casesLast updated: 7 September 2026
UKSC/2019/0225
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment given[2022] UKSC 18Case summary:Does the Upper Tribunal have jurisdiction to confer rights, under the Electronic Communications Code ("the Code"), in relation to a particular site, on the Claimant in circumstances where a third party, namely Vodaphone, is currently in occupation of the site?
Linked casesLast updated: 7 September 2026
UKSC/2009/0136
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Judgment given[2009] UKSC 15Case summary:Whether it is appropriate for the courts to order a charitable intervener in public law litigation to bear costs.
Linked casesLast updated: 7 September 2026
UKSC/2009/0104
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment given[2009] UKSC 3Case summary:Whether the interpretation of section 115(7) of the Police Act 1997 to include the disclosure of information to employers which does not relate to criminal behaviour is incompatible with article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Last updated: 6 September 2026
UKSC/2009/0143
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INSOLVENCY
Judgment given[2009] UKSC 2Case summary:See judgment
Last updated: 6 September 2026
UKSC/2021/0020
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TAX
Judgment given[2022] UKSC 26Case summary:(1) Were tax assessments made by HMRC in 2005 made out of time and therefore time barred? (2) Do HMRC have an implied power to refuse to accept a sum claimed by a taxpayer by way of input tax?
Last updated: 6 September 2026
UKSC/2019/0215
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TAX
Judgment given[2022] UKSC 10Case summary:(1) Whether the UK tax treatment of "manufactured overseas dividends" constituted a restriction of the free movement of capital, contrary to Article 63 TFEU. (2) If so, whether this restriction was justified under EU law. (3) If there was a restriction that could not be justified, what is the appropriate remedy.
Last updated: 6 September 2026
UKSC/2009/0075
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FAMILY
Judgment given[2009] UKSC 10Case summary:Whether the reference to a "third state" in Article 12(4) of the Council Regulation (EC) No. 2201/2003 (Brussels II Regulation), allowing for prorogation of jurisdiction in care proceedings where it is in the child’s best interests, extends to children who are habitually resident outside of the EU.
Last updated: 4 September 2026
UKSC/2020/0039
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BANKING/INSOLVENCY
Judgment given[2022] UKSC 35Case summary:In what circumstances will solicitors have waived (or be inferred to have waived) their equitable lien when a solicitor enters into a security arrangement with a client?
Last updated: 4 September 2026
UKSC/2020/0206
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PROCEDURE
Judgment given[2022] UKSC 16Case summary:A. Whether the execution of the Court of Appeal’s judgment and order should be stayed pending the resolution of this application for permission to appeal and, if permission is granted, pending the appeal. B. In the proposed appeal: (i) What is the correct approach to an application to reconsider an order after it has been made, but before it has been sealed, (ii) Whether the Court of Appeal erred by interfering in the judge’s exercise of her discretion in relation to the jurisdiction to reconsider an order, and (iii) Whether FAAN, the applicant seeking reconsideration of the order, required relief from sanctions under the Civil Procedure Rules in circumstances where the relevant order only permitted AIC to apply for enforcement of the arbitral award rather than to enforce it straight away if FAAN failed to comply with the order.
Last updated: 4 September 2026
UKSC/2024/0032
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Judgment given[2025] UKSC 25Case summary:Was the Court of Appeal right to conclude the trial judge’s conclusion on the similarity of logos was irrational? What approach should the court take when assessing whether trade marks are similar? At what point of time should the confusion of consumers be assessed in a claim for trade mark infringement?
Last updated: 4 September 2026
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