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UKSC/2022/0113
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IMMIGRATION
Judgment givenCase summary:When will a refusal by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to grant leave to remain to an individual, who cannot be removed to their country of nationality, violate that individual's right to respect for private and family life under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights?
Last updated: 12 March 2026
UKSC/2022/0080
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CRIME
Judgment givenCase summary:Can a worker who is subject to detriment for the purpose of preventing or deterring her participation in a union-organised industrial action can potentially bring a claim under s. 146(2)(b) of the Trade Union & Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 ("TULRCA")? In particular: (i) does Article 11 ECHR protect workers in such circumstances, and can the absence of sufficient protection under s. 146 TULRCA as conventionally interpreted be justified under Article 11(2)?; and (ii) is it possible to interpret s. 146 TULRCA so as to be compatible with Article 11 pursuant to the duty in s. 3 HRA 1998, or should the court make a declaration of incompatibility pursuant to s. 4 HRA 1998?
Last updated: 12 March 2026
UKSC/2025/0050
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Hearing listedCase summary:Whether a local authority’s duty to house homeless applicants under section 193 of the Housing Act 1996 ends by operation of law or whether the local authority is required to make a decision that the duty has ended.
Last updated: 11 March 2026
UKSC/2026/0028
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 11 March 2026
UKSC/2022/0015
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment givenCase summary:This appeal concerns the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (the "1975 Act"), which gives courts the power to order a lump or recurring sum to be paid out of the estate of a deceased person for his or her family and dependants. Section 3(1)(a) of the 1975 Act provides that, in determining whether and in what manner the court should exercise such a power, it shall have regard to "the financial resources and financial needs which the applicant has or is likely to have in the foreseeable future" (among other matters). The question for the UK Supreme Court is: was the Court of Appeal wrong in law to decide that a conditional fee agreement ("CFA") success fee is a debt the satisfaction of which may constitute a "financial need" for which the court may make provision in an award under the 1975 Act?
Last updated: 10 March 2026
UKSC/2022/0174
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TAX
Judgment givenCase summary:Does section 298(1)(b) of the Capital Allowances Act 2001 (“the 2001 Act”) entitle the appellants to initial 100% capital allowances for expenditure they incurred in the construction of data centres in an enterprise zone?
Last updated: 9 March 2026
UKSC/2021/0098
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EU LAW
Judgment givenCase summary:Is a pilot unexpectedly falling ill while off-duty an "extraordinary circumstance which could not have been avoided even if all reasonable measures had been taken" within the meaning of EC Regulation 261/2004 (the "Regulation"), which provides for air carriers to pay compensation to passengers of cancelled flights?
Last updated: 9 March 2026
UKSC/2023/0047
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HOUSING, LANDLORD & TENANT
Judgment givenCase summary:Does a failure to serve a claim notice on an intermediate landlord with no management responsibilities invalidate a right to manage claim under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002?
Last updated: 9 March 2026
UKSC/2023/0062
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the current test for an account of profits (where a fiduciary has to pay back money earned due to a breach of a duty) should be changed to introduce a requirement that the fiduciary could not have made the same profit in a way that avoided a breach of duty, i.e. to introduce a test that asks: ‘Could the same profit have been made but for the breach of fiduciary duty’?
Last updated: 9 March 2026
UKSC/2024/0156
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INTERNATIONAL
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) Does Article 54(1) of the ICSID Convention, properly interpreted, constitute a submission to the jurisdiction by prior agreement for the purposes of section 2(2) State Immunity Act 1978 (“SIA 1978”)? (2) Does section 9 of the SIA 1978 require UK courts to satisfy themselves that there exists a valid arbitration agreement, such that the appellant state was not immune from the adjudicative jurisdiction of the English courts pursuant to section 1(1) SIA?
Linked casesLast updated: 5 March 2026
UKSC/2024/0155
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INTERNATIONAL
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) Did the Court of Appeal err in law by finding that Article 54(1) of the ICSID Convention, properly interpreted, constitutes a submission to the jurisdiction by prior agreement for the purposes of s2(2) State Immunity Act 1978 (“SIA”). (2) (For the First Appellant only): Did Fraser J err in law by finding that there was a valid arbitration agreement between Spain and the First Respondents for the purposes of s9(1) SIA, such that Spain was not immune from the adjudicative jurisdiction of the English courts pursuant to s1(1) SIA.
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Last updated: 5 March 2026
UKSC/2026/0001
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LANDLORD AND TENANT
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Does the “main housing duty” owed under s193(2) Housing Act 1996 end automatically, or does it require a decision of the local housing authority to that effect? If a decision of the local housing authority is required, must that decision be notified to the applicant together with reasons for reaching that decision and with details of the right to request a review? If the local housing authority has not provided notification (on the assumption that there is an obligation to notify), can that breach be used as a defence by the applicant in possession proceedings?
Last updated: 5 March 2026
UKSC/2025/0186
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:In an appeal against a decision to deprive an individual of their British Citizenship under section 40 of the British Nationality Act 1981 on the ground that it is “conducive to the public good”, does the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (“SIAC”) have to take a separate approach where the deprivation decision was based on criminal conduct, particularly serious organised crime, rather than the individual’s risk to national security?
Linked casesLast updated: 5 March 2026
UKSC/2025/0154
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IMMIGRATION
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:In an appeal against a decision to deprive an individual of their British Citizenship under section 40 of the British Nationality Act 1981 on the ground that it is “conducive to the public good”, does the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (“SIAC”) have to take a separate approach where the deprivation decision was based on criminal conduct, particularly serious organised crime, rather than the individual’s risk to national security?
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Last updated: 5 March 2026
UKSC/2026/0027
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 5 March 2026
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