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UKSC/2025/0119
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Does the judicial review claim fall within the scope of Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention so that the Appellant can access costs protection under Part IX of CPR 46?
Last updated: 11 June 2026
UKSC/2026/0036
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CRIME
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Does virtual, in-game currency satisfy the definition of “property” in section 4 of the Theft Act 1968?
Last updated: 11 June 2026
UKSC/2026/0038
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COURT PROCEDURE
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Ms Mulumba filed applications to appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal against two Employment Tribunal judgments late. Should the Employment Appeal Tribunal Registrar have granted her an extension of time?
Last updated: 11 June 2026
UKSC/2026/0033
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IMMIGRATION
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did the Upper Tribunal and Court of Appeal err in holding that the First-tier Tribunal made no error of law in upholding a decision of the Secretary of State to refuse the appellant indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom? Did the First-tier Tribunal err in law by failing to follow the Joint Presidential Guidance Note No 2 of 2010: Child, vulnerable adult and sensitive appellant guidance?
Last updated: 11 June 2026
UKSC/2026/0030
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IMMIGRATION
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did the Upper Tribunal err in dismissing the appellant’s appeal against the decision of the Secretary of State for Home Department depriving him of British citizenship? Did the Court of Appeal err in dismissing the appellant’s appeal against the Upper Tribunal’s ruling?
Last updated: 11 June 2026
UKSC/2026/0028
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TAX
Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:(1) Does section 64(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (the “LGFA”) create a specific, separate regime for advertising rights for the purposes of determining who is liable for business rates on those hereditaments or do established rating concepts also apply? (2) Regarding the rating of railway advertisement rights, do the concerned advertising rights at certain train stations form part of the appellant’s single, ‘bloc’ hereditament comprising the national railway meaning it should feature on the Central List or should those advertising rights be treated as separate, distinct hereditaments and feature on the relevant local lists instead?
Last updated: 11 June 2026
UKSC/2024/0123
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TAX
Judgment scheduledCase summary:(1) Does section 850 of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (“ITTOIA”) apply to profits retained by a corporate member of a limited liability partnership and subsequently reallocated to individual members of that partnership pursuant to an incentivisation and deferral arrangement? (2) If the answer to (1) is no, are the profits allocated by a corporate member of a limited liability partnership to its individual members under an incentivisation and deferral arrangement chargeable income tax, either (A) as miscellaneous income under section 687 ITTOIA; or (B) as sales of occupation income under the Income Tax Act 2007 (“ITA”)?
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Last updated: 11 June 2026
UKSC/2024/0122
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TAX
Judgment scheduledCase summary:(1) Does section 850 of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (“ITTOIA”) apply to profits retained by a corporate member of a limited liability partnership and subsequently reallocated to individual members of that partnership pursuant to an incentivisation and deferral arrangement? (2) If the answer to (1) is no, are the profits allocated by a corporate member of a limited liability partnership to its individual members under an incentivisation and deferral arrangement chargeable income tax, either (A) as miscellaneous income under section 687 ITTOIA; or (B) as sales of occupation income under the Income Tax Act 2007 (“ITA”)?
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UKSC/2026/0081
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EXTRADITION
Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 10 June 2026
UKSC/2026/0062
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CRIME
Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 9 June 2026
UKSC/2022/0077
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CRIME
Judgment givenCase summary:Is clause 5(2)(a) of the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Northern Ireland) Bill outside the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly because it disproportionately interferes with the rights of persons who wish to express their opposition to the provision of abortion treatment services in Northern Ireland?
Last updated: 8 June 2026
UKSC/2026/0080
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 8 June 2026
UKSC/2021/0019
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PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:Can the Secretary of State direct the Office of Communications (Ofcom) not to introduce regulations exempting certain wireless telegraphy equipment from a licensing requirement on national security grounds?
Last updated: 8 June 2026
UKSC/2022/0098
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PUBLIC LAW/HUMAN RIGHTS
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) Is the question referred by the Lord Advocate a “devolution issue”? If not, it cannot be the subject of a reference under paragraph 34 of Schedule 6, which would mean that the Court does not have jurisdiction to decide it. (2) Even if the question referred by the Lord Advocate is a devolution issue, should the Court decline to determine the reference as a matter of its inherent discretion? (3) Does the provision of the proposed Scottish Independence Referendum Bill that provides that the question to be asked in a referendum would be “Should Scotland be an independent country?” relate to reserved matters? In particular, does it relate to: (i) the Union of the Kingdoms of Scotland and England; and/or (ii) the Parliament of the United Kingdom?
Last updated: 8 June 2026
UKSC/2026/0034
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TORT
Permission to Appeal grantedCase summary:Can the tort of unlawful means conspiracy be founded on: 1. a civil wrong that is not independently actionable by the claimant? 2. a breach of contract to which the claimant is not a party? 3. a breach of foreign law? 4. conduct that the defendant did not know to be unlawful?
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Last updated: 5 June 2026
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