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Cases only appear here a few weeks before the appeal is due to be heard by the Court. Lists of cases seeking permission to appeal to the Court appear on the monthly lists published on our Permission to appeal page, once such an application is determined.
The abbreviations ‘FC’ and ‘AP’ stand for ‘Funded Client’ and ‘Assisted Person’ respectively. They denote a party in receipt of legal aid – the former in respect of cases from England and Wales and from Northern Ireland and the latter in respect of cases from Scotland.
The Current cases table below can be sorted either in ascending or descending order by clicking on the following title headings:
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| Case ID | Case name | Case summary | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| UKSC 2013/0040 | R (on the application of West London Vocational Training College) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) | On appeal from the Queen’s Bench Division Divisional Court (Leapfrog) (England and Wales)Issue Whether guidance issued by the Home Secretary applicable to educational establishments which sponsor the applications of non-EEA nationals wishing to enter or remain in the UK for purposes of education is valid, and whether the Court of Appeal’s decision in the case of R (New London College Limited) v Secretary of State for the Home Department is correct. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2013/0032 | R (on the application of AA) (FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) | On Appeal from the Couirt of Appeal Civil DivisionIssue Whether it is lawful to detain a person with a view to removing them on the mistaken belief that the person is an adult when he is a child. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2013/0028 | Allbutt and others (FC) (Respondents) v The Ministry of Defence (Appellant) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)IssuesWhether on the facts as pleaded in the particulars of claim:1. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2013/0025 | In the matter of "The Alexandros T" (No 3) | On Appeal from the Court oF Appeal Civil DivisionIssue Whether the Court of Appeal was right to stay the proceedings pursuant to Article 27 of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (‘the Regulation’). | Full case details |
| UKSC 2013/0024 | In the matter of "The Alexandros T" (No 2) | On Appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division England and WalesIssue Whether the Court of Appeal was right to stay the proceedings pursuant to Article 27 of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (‘the Regulation’). | Full case details |
| UKSC 2013/0023 | In the matter of "The Alexandros T" | On Appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division Issue Whether the Court of Appeal was right to stay the proceedings pursuant to Article 27 of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (‘the Regulation’). | Full case details |
| UKSC 2013/0022 | In the matter of B (a Child) (FC) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)Issue Whether a child of two years of age should be permanently removed from her parents and placed for adoption. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2013/0004 | Petrodel Resources Limited and others (Respondents) v Prest (Appellant) | On Appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division England and WalesIssue Whether it is open to the court in ancillary relief proceedings to treat the assets of a company of which a spouse is the sole controller as being assets to which that spouse is ‘entitled’ for the purposes of s 24(1)(a) Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0259 | Ellis and another (FC) (Respondents) v Ministry of Defence (Appellant) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)IssuesWhether on the facts as pleaded in the particulars of claim:1. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0249 | Smith and Others (Appellants) v The Ministry of Defence (Respondent) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)IssuesWhether on the facts as pleaded in the particulars of claim:1. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0248 | Bucnys (Appellant) v Ministry of Justice, Lithuania (Respondent) | On appeal form the Queen's Bench Division Administrative Court (England and Wales)Issues (1) Whether a Ministry of Justice can in principle constitute a "judicial authority" within the meaning of section 2(2) of the Extradition Act 2003. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0247 | Lavrov (Respondent) v Ministry of Justice, Estonia (Appellant) | On appeal form the Queen's Bench Division Administrative Court (England and Wales)Issues (1) Whether a Ministry of Justice can in principle constitute a "judicial authority" within the meaning of section 2(2) of the Extradition Act 2003. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0245 | Sakalis (Appellant) v Ministry of Justice, Lithuania (Respondent) | On appeal form the Queen's Bench Division Administrative Court (England and Wales)Issues (1) Whether a Ministry of Justice can in principle constitute a "judicial authority" within the meaning of section 2(2) of the Extradition Act 2003. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0217 | In the matter of an application by Martin Corey (AP) for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland) Issue Whether the High Court had jurisdiction to grant the Appellant temporary release from prison by granting him bail or by Order of Mandamus. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0208 | Alam (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) | . | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0207 | Anwar (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) | . | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0192 | Kapri (AP) (Appellant) v The Lord Advocate representing The Government of the Republic of Albania (Respondent) (Scotland) | On Appeal from the High Court of Justiciary ScotlandIssue Whether the extradition of the Appellant would be incompatible with his Convention rights under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0177 | Patel and others (Appellants) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) (EW)Issue (1) Whether it is lawful for the Secretary of State to refuse leave to remain without at the same time or shortly thereafter also making and serving removal directions. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0152 | Lauchlan (AP) (Appellant) v. Her Majesty's Advocate (Respondent) (Scotland) | On appeal from the High Court of Justiciary (Scotland)Issues 1) Whether, for the purposes of their right to a trial within a reasonable time in terms of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the appellants were “charged” on 17 September 1998; and2) Whether the judge's remarks prior to the commencement of the trial were such as to lead a fair-minded and informed observer to conclude that there was a real possibility of bias on the part of the trial judge Facts The appellants were detained and questioned by police in relation to a suspected killing on 17 September 1998. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0149 | O'Neill No 2 (Appellant) v Her Majesty's Advocate (Respondent) (Scotland) | On appeal from the High Court of Justiciary (Scotland)Issues 1) Whether, for the purposes of their right to a trial within a reasonable time in terms of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the appellants were “charged” on 17 September 1998; and2) Whether the judge's remarks prior to the commencement of the trial were such as to lead a fair-minded and informed observer to conclude that there was a real possibility of bias on the part of the trial judge Facts The appellants were detained and questioned by police in relation to a suspected killing on 17 September 1998. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0126 | South Lanarkshire Council (Appellant) v The Scottish Information Commissioner (Respondent) (Scotland) | . | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0124 | R v Gul (Appellant) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Criminal Division (England and Wales)Issue Does the definition of terrorism in section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2000 operate so as to include within its scope any or all military attacks by a non-state armed group against any or all state or inter-governmental organisation armed forces in the context of a non-international armed conflict?Facts The Appellant is a British national, who was born on 24 February 1988 in Libya. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0112 | McGraddie (Appellant) v McGraddie (AP) and another (AP) (Respondents) (Scotland) | On Appeal from the Extra Division, Inner House, Court of SessionIssue Whether the Extra Division were entitled to hold that the Lord Ordinary’s treatment of the evidence was plainly wrong or whether his decision should have been affirmed as being one open to him on the evidence and resting substantially on his assessment of the witnessesFacts David McGraddie (“DM”) decided to return to Glasgow in his seventies having lived in the US for 25 years. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0093 | Woodland (Appellant) v. Essex County Council (Respondent) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)Issue The criteria to be applied in determining the circumstances in which a school’s duty to its pupils under the National Curriculum can be delegated. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0087 | Torfaen County Borough Council (Appellant) v Douglas Willis Limited (Respondent) | On appeal from the QBD Administrative Court (England and Wales)Issue The construction of Regulation 44(1)(d) of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996: whether the offence of selling food with an expired use-by date requires proof that the food was at the time of the offence highly perishable and likely to constitute an immediate danger to human health; whether a use-by date ceases to have effect once the food has been frozen. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0069 | R (on the application of Modaresi) (FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Health (Respondent) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)Issue The lawfulness of the refusal of the respondent to exercise his discretion under s67 of the Mental Health Act 1983 to refer the appellant’s application to challenge her detention pursuant to s2 of the Mental Health Act 1983 to the First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health)Facts The appellant was detained under s 2 Mental Health Act 1983. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0060 | R (on the application of New London College Limited) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)Issue Whether the decision to suspend and then withdraw a Sponsor Licence was lawful. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0023 | Abela and others (Appellants) v. Baadarani (Respondent) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)Issues: What principles govern:(1) an application for retrospective validation of alternative service out of the jurisdiction?(2) an application for an extension of time for service of a claim form?(3) an application to dispense with service?Facts:The Appellants seek to sue the Respondent for alleged fraud in relation to a contract dated 26 March 2002. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0014 | Teal Assurance Company Limited (Appellant) v W R Berkley Insurance (Europe) Limited and another (Respondents) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)Issue The order in which claims exhaust the layers of cover which make up a programme of professional liability insurance. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2012/0006 | Cusack (Respondent) v London Borough of Harrow (Appellant) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)Issue Where there are two overlapping powers, can the local authority, having regard to the financial savings, choose which to invoke, or must it use the narrower and most focused provision of the two? Facts Mr Cusack is a solicitor and has for many years practised out of premises in Harrow. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2011/0269 | Aitchison and others (Respondents) v South Ayrshire Council (Appellant) (Scotland) | On appeal from the Court of Session (Scotland)Issue Whether the Respondents, through the actions of their union in sending a purported specification of a collective grievance to their employer, the Appellant, complied with the necessary requirements for the Employment Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) to have jurisdiction to hear their case, as contained in Regulation 9(1)(b) of the Employment Act 2002 (Dispute Resolution) Regulations 2004 (“Regulation 9(1)(b)”). | Full case details |
| UKSC 2011/0261 | In the matter of the Lehman Companies No 2 | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)Issue Whether, in circumstances where a Financial Support Direction (“FSD”) or a contribution notice (“CN”) under the Pensions Act 2004 is issued after a company has gone into administration or insolvent liquidation, it imposes any and if so what obligation on the company and its office-holders. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2011/0260 | In the matter of the Lehman Companies | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)Issue Whether, in circumstances where a Financial Support Direction (“FSD”) or a contribution notice (“CN”) under the Pensions Act 2004 is issued after a company has gone into administration or insolvent liquidation, it imposes any and if so what obligation on the company and its office-holders. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2011/0259 | In the matter of the Nortel Companies | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)Issue Whether, in circumstances where a Financial Support Direction (“FSD”) or a contribution notice (“CN”) under the Pensions Act 2004 is issued after a company has gone into administration or insolvent liquidation, it imposes any and if so what obligation on the company and its office-holders. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2011/0240 | R v Hughes (Appellant) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Criminal Division (England and Wales)Issue Is an offence contrary to section 3ZB of the Road Traffic Act 1988 committed by an unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured driver when the circumstances are that the manner of his or her driving is faultless and the deceased was (in the terms of civil law) 100% responsible for causing the fatal accident or collision?Facts On 25 October 2009, just after 4. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2011/0233 | R v Brown (Appellant) (Northern Ireland) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Criminal Division (Northern Ireland)Issue Whether a defendant is entitled to be acquitted of an offence of unlawful carnal knowledge of a female under the age of 14 years, contrary to section 4 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, if he held an honest belief that the female in question was aged 14 years or over. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2011/0221 | In the matter of an application of James Clyde Reilly for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (Northern Ireland)Issue The circumstances in which an offender is entitled to an oral, as opposed to a paper hearing at a Parole Board review. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2011/0196 | Szepietowski (Nee Seery) (Appellant) v The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Respondent) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)Issue: When is it inequitable to order the marshalling of securities? Facts: The Appellant, Mrs Szepietowski, entered into a deed of settlement with the Serious Organised Crime Agency [‘SOCA’] regarding claims by SOCA under s. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2011/0172 | Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC (Appellant) v AES Ust-Kamenogorstk Hydropower Plant LLP (Respondent) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)Issue Whether the English Court had jurisdiction to grant an anti-suit injunction against the Appellant pursuant to the general power under section 37 of the Senior Courts Act 1981, thereby preventing the Appellant from bringing foreign proceedings against the Respondent, in circumstances where no arbitration (pursuant to an arbitration agreement between the parties) was intended or in prospect in this jurisdiction. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2011/0160 | In the matter of an application by Central Craigavon Limited for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (Northern Ireland)Issues Whether a draft Planning Policy Statement issued by the Respondent was a “plan or programme” to which Article 3(2)(a) of Directive 2001/42/EC applied, so as to require an environmental assessment to be carried out? Facts Sprucefield Regional Shopping Centre is Northern Ireland’s only purpose-built out-of-town shopping centre. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2011/0152 | Scullion (Appellant) v Bank of Scotland PLC (Trading as Colleys) (Respondent) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)Issue 1. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2011/0147 | Osborn (FC) (Appellant) v The Parole Board (Respondent) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)Issue The circumstances in which an offender is entitled to an oral hearing at a Parole Board review. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2011/0146 | Booth (FC) (Appellant) v The Parole Board (Respondent) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)Issue The circumstances in which an offender is entitled to an oral hearing at a Parole Board review. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2011/0087 | Benedetti (Appellant) v Sawiris and others (Respondents) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)Issues (1) To what extent the parties’ subjective valuation of services (both before and after the provision of those services) can be taken into account by the court when assessing the valuation of those services on the quantum meruit basis?(2) In which circumstances does free acceptance of services amount to enrichment for the purpose of a restitutionary claim?Facts The Appellant (B) acted as a facilitator in connection with the Respondents’ (S) acquisition of a company. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2011/0076 | British Airways plc (Appellant) v Mak and others (Respondents) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)Issue Whether on the proper construction of section 8 of the Race Relations Act 1976 and/or regulation 10 of the Age Regulations 2006, the Employment Tribunal has jurisdiction to hear the claimants’ complaint of racial and age discrimination?Facts The respondents were employed by BA as cabin crew. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2011/0046 | North and others (Appellants) v Dumfries and Galloway Council (Respondent) (Scotland) | On Appeal from the Court of Session ScotlandIssue In what circumstances, if any, can a claimant in an equal pay claim show that she is in the “same employment” as a man employed by the same or an associated employer at a different establishment in a different job from any job carried out at the woman's establishment and under a different collective agreement?Facts 244 nursery equal pay claims were brought at the instance of classroom assistants, support for learning assistants and nursery nurses employed in the respondent Council’s schools. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2011/0040 | Bank Mellat (Appellant) v Her Majesty's Treasury (Respondent) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)Issues Whether directions made by the Treasury under Schedule 7 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (CTA) were in breach of, inter alia, the rules of natural justice, and/or Article 6 ECHR, and/or the procedural obligation in A1P1 ECHR. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2010/0013 | Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited (Respondent) v Zodiac Seats UK Limited (formerly known as Contour Aerospace Limited) (Appellant) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division (England and Wales)Issue (1) Where an English Court has found that a defendant has infringed a European Patent (UK) and has ordered an inquiry as to damages, and where subsequently and before the inquiry has been concluded, (or commenced), that Patent has been amended (or revoked) by the European Patent Office so that the claims found by the Court to have been infringed are deemed never to have existed in their unamended form, is the defendant nonetheless liable to pay damages for the said infringement? (2) More broadly, is the decision of the Court of Appeal in Unilin correct?(3) In any event should the Court of Appeal as at 21st December 2009 have stayed the making of any order that there be an inquiry as to damages in the UK Claim, whilst the appeal before the Technical Board of Appeal was pending? Facts The Appellant is a leading designer and manufacturer of aircraft seating systems, and in particular, the ‘Solar Eclipse’ seating system which lays flat for first and business class passengers. | Full case details |
| UKSC 2009/0188 | KC (South Africa) (FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) | On appeal from the Court of Appeal of England & Wales (Civil Division). | Full case details |
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