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UKSC/2023/0131
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COMMERCIAL
Hearing in progressCase 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: 5 February 2025
UKSC/2023/0127
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EXTRADITION
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Was the High Court's approach to whether the appellant's alleged conduct constituted an "extradition offence" correct, having regard to the requirements of section 137(3)(b) of the Extradition Act 2003?
Last updated: 3 February 2025
UKSC/2019/0031
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Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:Whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to hear the applicant’s proposed appeal given that the court from which he seeks to appeal declined to certify that a point of law of general public importance was involved in the decision. 1. Does the Supreme Court have power to grant a certificate that a point of law of general public importance was involved in the decision of the court below by virtue of section 41(4) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978? 2. Is the Supreme Court, notwithstanding the absence of certification by the court below that a point of law of general public importance was involved in the decision, entitled to determine its own jurisdiction in order to ensure the availability of an effective remedy where the applicant contends that his rights under the European Convention on Human Rights have been infringed?
Last updated: 3 February 2025
UKSC/2016/0211
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Judgment givenCase summary:Whether the appellants’ fraud made their acquisition of British citizenship a nullity rather than rendering them liable to deprivation of citizenship in accordance with sections 40 and 40A of the British Nationality Act 1981
Last updated: 3 February 2025
UKSC/2014/0030
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Judgment givenCase summary:Whether, following the approach in James v UK, the appellants were arbitrarily detained in breach of article 5(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights by reason of a failure to provide essential coursework needed for a prisoner serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection (‘IPP’) to demonstrate that he could safely be released; and whether damages were required to provide just satisfaction for such breach
Last updated: 3 February 2025
UKSC/2020/0076
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CRIME
Judgment givenCase summary:(1) Does section 13(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000 create a strict liability offence? (2) If so, is section 13(1) compatible with Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights
Last updated: 3 February 2025
UKSC/2024/1008
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in concluding that the principle in R v Bouchereau (C30/77) [1978] QB 372 does not apply if a person is subject to the highest level of protection against removal conferred by the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 and can only be deported on imperative grounds of public security?
Last updated: 3 February 2025
UKSC/2024/1003
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:The correct interpretation of sections 6(4) and 11(3) of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 (as prior to amendments made by the Prescription Act 2018)
Last updated: 3 February 2025
UKSC/2024/1001
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Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Whether the term ‘compensation’ in ss.133-133B of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (the “1988 Act”) includes legal costs and whether an implied power exists to pay legal costs under the relevant statutory regime that is not capped by the maximum amount of ‘compensation’ that can be paid out under the statutory scheme.
Last updated: 3 February 2025
UKSC/2024/1004
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Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err by: (1) Upholding the judge’s conclusion that the ministerial briefing, which formed the basis for the Minister’s decision to approve a scheme to develop a road next to Stonehenge, was legally adequate? (2) Treating statements that the Secretary of State had ‘considered’ representations as meaning the Minister had seen them? (3) Finding the Secretary of State’s view on the scheme’s compliance with the World Heritage Convention (“WHC”) was sound? (4) Failing to acknowledge the materiality that the scheme would lead to the Site being inserted on the List of World Heritage in Danger (“LWHD”).
Last updated: 31 January 2025
UKSC/2025/0008
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Was the Upper Tribunal wrong in law to decide that no procedural irregularity had taken place when it had refused the Appellant’s application for permission to appeal a decision of the First-tier Tribunal
Last updated: 31 January 2025
UKSC/2024/0111
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FAMILY
Judgment givenCase summary:Should the appellant's application for a writ of habeas corpus in respect of his children, who are being raised in the respondent local authority's care, have been granted?
Last updated: 31 January 2025
UKSC/2024/0088
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CRIME
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) Is a LIBOR or EURIBOR submission automatically dishonest if it is influenced by a trading advantage? (2) Must a LIBOR or EURIBOR submission be of the single cheapest rate at which the panel or prime bank could borrow at the time of the submissions or can it be a rate selected from within a range of potential borrowing rates?
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Last updated: 31 January 2025
UKSC/2024/1002
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Permission to Appeal refusedCase summary:(1) On a proper construction of section 127(1)(a) of the Communications Act 2003, does private consensual messaging fall within the scope of the offence which the section contains? (2) If private consensual messaging does fall within the scope of section 127(1)(a), are convictions for the appellants’ offences compliant with Articles 8 and 10 of the ECHR?
Last updated: 30 January 2025
UKSC/2025/0016
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Last updated: 30 January 2025
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