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UKSC/2024/0045
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase 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?
Last updated: 13 January 2025
UKSC/2019/0193
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CONSTITUTIONS
Judgment givenCase summary:See judgment
Last updated: 13 January 2025
UKSC/2019/0192
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CONSTITUTIONS
Judgment givenCase summary:See judgment
Last updated: 13 January 2025
UKSC/2020/0195
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PROCEDURE
Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the UK Government has recognised Interim President Guaido as Head of State of Venezuela and, if so, whether any challenge to the validity of Mr Guaido’s appointments to the Board of the Central Bank of Venezuela is justiciable in an English court.
Last updated: 13 January 2025
UKSC/2018/0191
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc (the "Trustee") is trustee of notes with a nominal value of USD 3bn carrying interest of 5 per cent per annum (the "Notes"). The Trustee has applied for summary judgment of its claim against Ukraine for non-payment of the sums due under the Notes. The Supreme Court is asked to decide whether Ukraine should be permitted to defend the claim at trial. The appeals raise the following issues:(i) Did Ukraine have the capacity to issue the Notes or to ensure into the ancillary contracts?(ii) Were the Notes issued or the ancillary contracts entered into without authority?(iii) Can Ukraine maintain that it was entitled to avoid the Notes for duress exerted by the Russian Federation?(iv) Can Ukraine maintain that non-payment of the sums due under the Notes is a lawful countermeasure?
Last updated: 13 January 2025
UKSC/2018/0192
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc (the "Trustee") is trustee of notes with a nominal value of USD 3bn carrying interest of 5 per cent per annum (the "Notes"). The Trustee has applied for summary judgment of its claim against Ukraine for non-payment of the sums due under the Notes. The Supreme Court is asked to decide whether Ukraine should be permitted to defend the claim at trial. The appeals raise the following issues:(i) Did Ukraine have the capacity to issue the Notes or to ensure into the ancillary contracts?(ii) Were the Notes issued or the ancillary contracts entered into without authority?(iii) Can Ukraine maintain that it was entitled to avoid the Notes for duress exerted by the Russian Federation?(iv) Can Ukraine maintain that non-payment of the sums due under the Notes is a lawful countermeasure?
Last updated: 13 January 2025
UKSC/2025/0006
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 13 January 2025
UKSC/2018/0039
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:See judgment
Last updated: 10 January 2025
UKSC/2025/0005
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 9 January 2025
UKSC/2025/0002
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Appeal issuedCase summary:Last updated: 9 January 2025
UKSC/2023/0068
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:Whether temporary (interim) accommodation provided by local authorities pursuant to the duty at section 29 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (the “1987 Act”) must meet the specific needs of individual members of the household in order to be suitable for the purposes of section 29(3) of the 1987 Act and article 4(b) of the Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Order 2014 (the “2014 Order”).
Last updated: 8 January 2025
UKSC/2024/0055
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:Should the SST’s 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?
Last updated: 8 January 2025
UKSC/2023/0178
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Hearing listedCase summary:Whether section 2(2)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act permits aggregation.
Last updated: 8 January 2025
UKSC/2024/0044
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Hearing listedCase summary:What is the period of ten years in which an applicant for registration as the owner of land over on the basis of adverse possession must hold the reasonable belief that they were the owner of that land under paragraph 5(4)(c) of Schedule 6 of the Land Registration Act 2002?
Last updated: 3 January 2025
UKSC/2023/0131
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COMMERCIAL
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) On its true construction, does the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 (‘1976 Convention’) permit a charterer to limit its liability to an owner for a claim concerning loss originally suffered by the owner, itself? (2) On their true construction, what is the scope of Article 2.1(a) and (f), 1976 Convention?
Last updated: 3 January 2025
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