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UKSC/2025/0017
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err: (i) in concluding that the appellant’s claim under article 3 ECHR, although beyond the temporal scope of the Human Rights Act 1998, did not satisfy the ‘Convention values’ test? (ii) in not applying its findings and those of the court below in respect of article 14 ECHR and, separately, the Windsor Framework to the appellant’s case? Alternatively, does the common law prohibition of torture act as a limit upon the sovereignty of Parliament?
Last updated: 12 March 2025
UKSC/2023/0152
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PUBLIC LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:This appeal concerns a claim for bereavement support payment (“BSP”). BSP is a non-means-tested contributory benefit, the purpose of which is to assist with the additional expenditure typically associated with bereavement. Under sections 30-31 of the Pensions Act 2014 (the “2014 Act”), a person is entitled to BSP if (among other things) their spouse dies and, for at least one tax year during the deceased’s working life, he or she paid national insurance contributions (“NICs”) (the “Contribution Condition”). The issues raised by this appeal concern: (i) the circumstances in which courts in England and Wales may depart from decisions of appellate courts in Northern Ireland and Scotland regarding the same or substantially similar legislation; (ii) whether the inability to work during one’s lifetime as a result of a disability constitutes an “other status” for the purposes of Article 14 of the Convention; (iii) whether the policy behind the Contribution Condition justifies interference with Convention rights; and (iv) whether the CA was wrong in this case to have awarded the respondent an interpretive remedy under section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (the “HRA”), rather than making a declaration of incompatibility under section 4 of the HRA.
Last updated: 12 March 2025
UKSC/2024/0066
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BUSINESS, PROPERTY, WILLS, AND TRUSTS
Awaiting JudgmentCase summary:What is the test for determining if a lender has constructive notice (and is, therefore, put on inquiry) that one party in a non-commercial relationship is being unduly influenced to enter a loan with their partner that will, in part, be used to benefit only their partner?
Last updated: 12 March 2025
UKSC/2024/1006
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Permission to Appeal application lodgedCase summary:Did the Court of Appeal err in finding that whether an appeal to the First-tier Tribunal is bound to fail is irrelevant to whether the timing of the appeal complies with the 14-day time limit for appealing a decision of the Secretary of State for the Home Department in circumstances where the Secretary of State’s notice of decision failed to advise the appellant of their right of appeal?
Last updated: 12 March 2025
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
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