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UKSC/2018/0048
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IMMIGRATION
Judgment givenCase summary:The Supreme Court is asked to consider whether to return AM to Zimbabwe would violate his right under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights not to be subjected to inhuman treatment by reason of his medical condition, in light of the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Paposhvili v Belgium [2017] Imm AR 867.
Last updated: 11 March 2025
UKSC/2023/0062
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COMMERCIAL
Awaiting JudgmentCase 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: 11 March 2025
UKSC/2018/0073
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TAX
Judgment givenCase summary:See judgment
Last updated: 11 March 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: 11 March 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: 11 March 2025
UKSC/2025/0022
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 11 March 2025
UKSC/2025/0026
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:In summary, did the Court of Appeal err by holding that: (1) Insurers are liable for post-Period of Insurance losses; (2) The insurers’ primary obligation is to prevent the occurrence of an insured event. (3) The insurers breached their contracts with Sky by their failure to prevent water entering the cassettes and damaging the timbers.
Last updated: 10 March 2025
UKSC/2025/0038
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 10 March 2025
UKSC/2025/0037
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 10 March 2025
UKSC/2025/0036
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 10 March 2025
UKSC/2025/0035
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 7 March 2025
UKSC/2024/0044
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Judgment givenCase 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: 6 March 2025
UKSC/2025/0018
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Were the charging notices to diverted profits tax (“DPT”) in the amount of c.£167 million issued by HMRC to the First to Third Appellants (the “Notices”) lawful?
Last updated: 6 March 2025
UKSC/2025/0021
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:In what circumstances should courts in this jurisdiction have regard to and choose to follow a judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) handed down after IP completion day (ie 31 December 2020), pursuant to section 6(2) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (“EUWA 2018”)?
Linked casesLast updated: 6 March 2025
UKSC/2025/0020
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:In what circumstances should courts in this jurisdiction have regard to and choose to follow a judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) handed down after IP completion day (ie 31 December 2020), pursuant to section 6(2) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (“EUWA 2018”)?
Linked casesLast updated: 6 March 2025
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