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UKSC/2026/0131
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COMMERCIAL
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 4 September 2026
UKSC/2026/0052
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Awaiting hearing dateCase summary:The Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 regulates the circumstances in which the freeholder of a residential building may sell their freehold to a third party. The Act gives a buildings’ leaseholders the right to purchaase the building’s freehold by matching any purchase price the freeholder agrees with a third party. S. 5(3) of the Act states that, where a freeholder proposes to sell the freehold of more than one building at the same time, each building’s leaseholders must separately be given the opportunity to purchase their building’s leasehold. What does s. 5(3) mean by a ‘building’?
Last updated: 3 September 2026
UKSC/2018/0102
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment given[2021] UKSC 34Case summary:See judgment
Last updated: 3 September 2026
UKSC/2026/0080
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FAMILY
Judgment scheduled[2026] UKSC 32Case summary:Can the views of a child be taken into account when considering whether the defence under Article 13(b) of the Hague Convention 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (“the Convention”) is made out? Were the Inner House correct to override the Outer House’s decision as to whether the child concerned should be returned?
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Last updated: 3 September 2026
UKSC/2026/0074
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FAMILY
Judgment scheduled[2026] UKSC 32Case summary:Can the views of a child be taken into account when considering whether the defence under Article 13(b) of the Hague Convention 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (“the Convention”) is made out? Were the Inner House correct to override the Outer House’s decision as to whether the child concerned should be returned?
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Last updated: 3 September 2026
UKSC/2026/0094
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EMPLOYMENT
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:(1) What is the meaning of “work” in equal value claims made under the Equality Act 2010? (2) Can an employment tribunal incorporate training documents instead of resolving disputes of fact under the Employment Tribunals (Equal Value) Rules of Procedure?
Last updated: 3 September 2026
UKSC/2026/0130
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 1 September 2026
UKSC/2026/0129
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 1 September 2026
UKSC/2024/0081
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ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
Judgment given[2025] UKSC 32Case 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: 31 August 2026
UKSC/2024/0095
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment given[2025] UKSC 40Case summary:Do religious education and collective worship provided in a school in Northern Ireland breach the rights of a child, and the child’s parents, under Article 2 of the First Protocol (“A2P1”) to the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”) read with Article 9 ECHR?
Last updated: 31 August 2026
UKSC/2024/0086
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TAX
Judgment given[2025] UKSC 46Case summary:Can Hotel La Tour Ltd recover the VAT on professional fees it incurred to assist with the sale of shares in its managed subsidiary, Hotel La Tour Birmingham Ltd?
Last updated: 31 August 2026
UKSC/2024/0116
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TORT
Judgment given[2025] UKSC 44Case summary:Does the Appellant’s case against the Respondent under section 2 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 satisfy the first stage of the test for vicarious liability?
Last updated: 31 August 2026
UKSC/2020/0129
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PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment given[2022] UKSC 11Case summary:Are the voter identification ("ID") pilot schemes that were implemented in the May 2019 local government elections unlawful?
Last updated: 31 August 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: 31 August 2026
UKSC/2020/0122
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PRIVACY/INFORMATION
Judgment given[2022] UKSC 5Case summary:Whether, and to what extent, a person who has not been charged with an offence can have a reasonable expectation of privacy in relation to information that relates to a criminal investigation into his activities.
Last updated: 31 August 2026
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