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UKSC/2025/0107
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TORT
Case summary:Whether the police were under a duty of care to prevent the occurrence of harm to the Appellant because they had a special level of control over the source of the danger and/or because they had assumed a responsibility to protect the Appellant from the danger.
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Last updated: 24 July 2025
UKSC/2024/0159
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Does a car dealer who receives a commission from a lender for arranging finance in a tripartite transaction between customer, dealer, and lender in which a car is bought on credit owe a duty to the buyer of the car such as to enable that buyer (absent the requisite level of disclosure) to bring a claim against the lender for bribery or dishonest assistance, or under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (the “CCA”)? The appeal requires the determination of the following sub-issues: (i) Does, or should, the law recognise a distinct tort of bribery? (ii) If such a tort is recognised, what is the nature of the duty or relationship (here between dealer and customer) that must exist in order for the tort to be engaged? (iii) Relatedly, what level of disclosure will prevent liability for bribery from arising? (iv) In Mr Johnson’s case, was the relationship between customer and lender “unfair” for the purposes of the CCA?
Linked casesLast updated: 24 July 2025
UKSC/2024/0158
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:The appeal requires the determination of the following sub-issues: (i) Does, or should, the law recognise a distinct tort of bribery? (ii) If such a tort is recognised, what is the nature of the duty or relationship (here between dealer and customer) that must exist in order for the tort to be engaged? (iii) Relatedly, what level of disclosure will prevent liability for bribery from arising? (iv) In Mr Johnson’s case, was the relationship between customer and lender “unfair” for the purposes of the CCA?
Linked casesLast updated: 24 July 2025
UKSC/2024/0157
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Does a car dealer who receives a commission from a lender for arranging finance in a tripartite transaction between customer, dealer, and lender in which a car is bought on credit owe a duty to the buyer of the car such as to enable that buyer (absent the requisite level of disclosure) to bring a claim against the lender for bribery or dishonest assistance, or under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (the “CCA”)? The appeal requires the determination of the following sub-issues: (i) Does, or should, the law recognise a distinct tort of bribery? (ii) If such a tort is recognised, what is the nature of the duty or relationship (here between dealer and customer) that must exist in order for the tort to be engaged? (iii) Relatedly, what level of disclosure will prevent liability for bribery from arising? (iv) In Mr Johnson’s case, was the relationship between customer and lender “unfair” for the purposes of the CCA?
Linked casesLast updated: 24 July 2025
UKSC/2024/0081
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ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
Judgment scheduledCase 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: 24 July 2025
UKSC/2025/0126
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 24 July 2025
UKSC/2025/0099
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Were the Appellant’s rights under the European Convention of Human Rights breached by the Police Service of Northern Ireland failing to investigate his allegations of ill treatment by a former partner? Was the Appellant denied a fair hearing?
Last updated: 23 July 2025
UKSC/2024/0087
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CRIME
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether as a matter of law upon the proper construction of the LIBOR and EURIBOR definitions: (a) if a LIBOR or EURIBOR submission is influenced by trading advantage, it is for that reason not a genuine or honest answer to the question posed by the definitions; and (b) the submission must be an assessment of the single cheapest rate at which the panel bank, or a prime bank, respectively, could borrow at the time of submission, rather than a selection from within a range of borrowing rates.
Linked casesLast updated: 23 July 2025
UKSC/2024/0088
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CRIME
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether as a matter of law upon the proper construction of the LIBOR and EURIBOR definitions: (a) if a LIBOR or EURIBOR submission is influenced by trading advantage, it is for that reason not a genuine or honest answer to the question posed by the definitions; and (b) the submission must be an assessment of the single cheapest rate at which the panel bank, or a prime bank, respectively, could borrow at the time of submission, rather than a selection from within a range of borrowing rates.
Linked casesLast updated: 23 July 2025
UKSC/2023/0142
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TORT
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) Whether a dishonest assistant can be liable in relation to a breach of a constructive trust of secret profits. (2) The extent to which gains from one breach of fiduciary duty can be set off against losses from another connected breach.
Last updated: 23 July 2025
UKSC/2023/0178
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Where information falls within multiple qualified exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“FOIA”), does section 2(2)(b) of FOIA require the public interest in maintaining each of those exemptions to be aggregated (“the cumulative approach”), or does it require the public interest in maintaining each exemption to be considered separately (“the independent approach”)?
Last updated: 23 July 2025
UKSC/2024/0119
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment scheduledCase summary:Whether – under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 – a private hire vehicle operator who accepts a booking is required to contract (as principal) with the relevant customer, to fulfil that booking.
Last updated: 23 July 2025
UKSC/2024/0055
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment scheduledCase summary:Should the Secretary of State for Transport’s (“SST”) decision to detain a yacht in London under the UK’s Russian sanctions regime be set aside on (i) human rights, or (ii) public law, grounds?
Linked casesLast updated: 23 July 2025
UKSC/2024/0045
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment scheduledCase summary:(i) Did the Court of Appeal adopt the wrong approach to determining whether the Appellant’s designation was a proportionate interference with his rights under Article 8 and Article 1, Protocol 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”)? (ii) Was the Court of Appeal wrong to conclude that maintaining the Appellant’s designation was not a breach of his rights under Article 8 and Article 1, Protocol 1 of the ECHR?
Linked casesLast updated: 23 July 2025
UKSC/2024/0089
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FAMILY
Judgment givenCase summary:When does non-matrimonial property become matrimonial property in the context of financial remedy proceedings, and how should the sharing principle be applied to such property?
Last updated: 23 July 2025
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