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UKSC/2021/0149
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment givenCase summary:In Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11, the Supreme Court held that a doctor "is under a duty to take reasonable care to ensure that the patient is aware of any material risks involved in any recommended treatment, and of any reasonable alternative or variant treatments." In this appeal, the Supreme Court is asked to decide what test should be applied when assessing whether an alternative treatment is reasonable and requires to be discussed with the patient. More specifically, did the doctor in this case fall below the required standard of reasonable care by failing to make a patient aware of an alternative treatment in a situation where the doctor's opinion was that the alternative treatment was not reasonable and that opinion was supported by a responsible body of medical opinion? It is also asked whether the courts below erred in their approach to the issue of causation.
Last updated: 11 May 2026
UKSC/2022/0044
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment givenCase summary:Can an individual make a claim for psychiatric injury caused by witnessing the death or other horrifying event of a close relative as a result of earlier clinical negligence?
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Last updated: 11 May 2026
UKSC/2022/0049
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment givenCase summary:Can an individual make a claim for psychiatric injury caused by witnessing the death or other horrifying event of a close relative as a result of earlier clinical negligence?
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Last updated: 11 May 2026
UKSC/2022/0038
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NEGLIGENCE
Judgment givenCase summary:Can an individual make a claim for psychiatric injury caused by witnessing the death or other horrifying event of a close relative as a result of earlier clinical negligence?
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Last updated: 11 May 2026
UKSC/2021/0152
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CRIME
Judgment givenCase summary:In a conviction extradition case, is it sufficient for the requested person to show substantial grounds for believing that there is a real risk that his trial was so flagrantly unfair as to deprive him of the essence of his Article 6 rights, and therefore a real risk that his imprisonment in the requesting state will violate his Article 5 rights?
Last updated: 11 May 2026
UKSC/2021/0208
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TORT
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether, and (if so), in what circumstances, can the court evaluate and reject what is described as an "uncontroverted" expert’s report?
Last updated: 11 May 2026
UKSC/2022/0168
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IMMIGRATION
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether periods of time the appellant spent in the UK after overstaying a visa should be considered as time in the UK for the purpose of establishing 10 years' continuous lawful residence for an application for indefinite leave to remain in the UK. During the ten year period, the appellant had periods with leave and without leave to remain.
Linked casesLast updated: 11 May 2026
UKSC/2022/0021
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IMMIGRATION
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) Does section 3C of the Immigration Act 1971 apply where an application for leave to remain is said to be invalid by reason of the failure to pay the relevant fee at the proper time, so that leave is extended by that provision until the application is decided or withdrawn? (2) What is the meaning of the word "disregarded" in the second sentence of para 276B of the Immigration Rules with regards to overstaying book-ended by periods of leave to remain?
Linked casesLast updated: 11 May 2026
UKSC/2022/0083
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TORT
Judgment givenCase summary:Is the law applicable to the Respondent's claim the law of England and Wales or the law of the six countries in which he alleges he was unlawfully detained and tortured by the United States' authorities?
Last updated: 10 May 2026
UKSC/2022/0064
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ENVIRONMENT/PLANNING
Judgment givenCase summary:Under Directive 2011/92 EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017, was it unlawful for the Council not to require the environmental impact assessment for a project of crude oil extraction for commercial purposes to include an assessment of the impacts of downstream greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the eventual use of the refined products of the extracted oil?
Last updated: 8 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0057
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 8 May 2026
UKSC/2025/0156
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Did the Court of Appeal take the wrong approach to whether it was ‘just and equitable’ to make a remediation contribution order under s124 Building Safety Act 2022? (2) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to conclude that a remediation contribution order under s124 Building Safety Act 2022 can be made in respect of costs incurred before that provision came into force on 28 June 2022?
Linked casesLast updated: 8 May 2026
UKSC/2025/0157
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase summary:Does paragraph 9 of Schedule 8 to the Building Safety Act 2022 (“BSA 2022”) preclude the recovery of legal or professional costs by way of service charge from leaseholders holding a qualifying lease where those costs were incurred before the BSA 2022 came into effect?
Linked casesLast updated: 8 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0002
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ARBITRATION
Hearing listedCase summary:When a time-chartered vessel is redelivered late, by which time the owner is contractually committed to selling the vessel and the sale contracts preclude the owner from chartering it again, are the owners entitled to recover substantial damages assessed by reference to the market rate for the period of the overrun?
Last updated: 8 May 2026
UKSC/2026/0024
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Is section 121 Equality Act 2010 (EA 2010) compatible with Article 6 and/or Article 14 Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998)?
Last updated: 8 May 2026
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