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UKSC/2024/0047
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COURT PROCEDURE
Hearing listedCase summary:Is there a statutory limitation period applicable to a claim under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006? If so, what is that period?
Last updated: 22 January 2025
UKSC/2023/0142
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TORT
Hearing listedCase summary:(1) If, in a continuous course of conduct, fiduciaries commit two or more breaches of their duty, can losses from one breach be set-off against gains from another? (2) If so, can the fiduciary and/or his dishonest assistant set-off losses against gains in this case?
Last updated: 22 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: 22 January 2025
UKSC/2017/0126
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EU LAW
Judgment givenCase summary:The issue is whether there is a right of appeal against an Official Veterinarian’s assessment of the fitness of meat for human consumption where there is a dispute as to the fitness of the meat for human consumption.
Last updated: 22 January 2025
UKSC/2012/0076
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COMMERCIAL
Judgment givenCase summary:See judgment
Last updated: 22 January 2025
UKSC/2009/0048
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NOT AVAILABLE
Judgment givenCase summary:See judgment
Last updated: 29 July 2024
UKSC/2022/0121
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NEGLIGENCE
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:Can The Manchester Ship Canal Company Limited (“MSCC”) bring a private law claim in nuisance and/or trespass against United Utilities Water Limited (“UU”) in respect of unauthorised discharges of untreated foul water by UU into the canal?
Last updated: 20 June 2024
UKSC/2021/0150
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NEGLIGENCE
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:What is the nature and extent of the liability of a director, or senior executive employee, for causing a company to commit a civil wrong, for which a claim can be brought without a finding of fault by the wrongdoer (e.g. a ‘strict liability tort’)? Here, the strict liability tort was trademark infringement.If a director is legally responsible for the tort, can they be ordered to pay profits made as a result of the tort to the wronged part (e.g. a ‘account of profits’), even if those profits were not personally received? Does this extend to the director paying back the portion of their salary that was attributable to the tort?
Last updated: 20 June 2024
UKSC/2021/0147
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:What is the nature and extent of the liability of a director, or senior executive employee, for causing a company to commit a civil wrong, for which a claim can be brought without a finding of fault by the wrongdoer (e.g. a ‘strict liability tort’)? Here, the strict liability tort was trademark infringement.If a director is legally responsible for the tort, can they be ordered to pay profits made as a result of the tort to the wronged part (e.g. a ‘account of profits’), even if those profits were not personally received? Does this extend to the director paying back the portion of their salary that was attributable to the tort?
Last updated: 20 June 2024
UKSC/2022/0064
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ENVIRONMENT/PLANNING
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:Under Directive 2011/92 EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017, was it unlawful for the Council not to require the environmental impact assessment for a project of crude oil extraction for commercial purposes to include an assessment of the impacts of downstream greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the eventual use of the refined products of the extracted oil?
Last updated: 20 June 2024
UKSC/2021/0220
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TAX
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:Is the relationship between a company responsible for providing football referees to the Football League and part-time referees an employment relationship so as to trigger an obligation on the company to deduct Income Tax and National Insurance from the payments it makes to the referees?
Last updated: 20 June 2024
UKSC/2021/0181
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:(1) What is the test for determining "bad faith" in s.3(6) of the Trade Marks Act 1994? (2) If such bad faith is found, what is the correct approach to determining the specification that the proprietor of the trademark should be permitted to retain?
Last updated: 20 June 2024
UKSC/2022/0147
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TORT
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:What does a claimant need to demonstrate to rely on s3(1) of the Defamation Act 1952 in a claim for malicious falsehood?
Last updated: 20 June 2024
UKSC/2022/0135
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TORT
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:This case is about whether the Court of Appeal was correct to strike out a defamation claim as an abuse of process. The UKSC is asked to decide:Whether a foreign criminal conviction which a claimant did not have a full opportunity to contest was a relevant factor in showing that English proceedings which require determination of the same issues as those before the foreign criminal court are an abuse of process? Are prior press publications of defamatory allegations admissible evidence of bad reputation in this context if such publications have taken place some months prior to the publication complained of and are uncontradicted by a successful claim for libel? Can potential difficulties which the Respondent may have in proving the truth of the allegations which it had published about the conduct of the Appellant some 50 years ago be a relevant factor supporting a finding of abuse? Did the Court of Appeal err in finding that a combination of partial aspects of the Hunter and Jameel abuse jurisdictions, none of which necessarily amount to abuse on its own, can properly ground a finding of abuse of process?
Last updated: 20 June 2024
UKSC/2022/0037
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INSOLVENCY
Awaiting judgmentCase summary:Whether the Court has the jurisdiction/power to recognise a foreign bankruptcy at common law. This depends on the nature and effect of the choice of law rule of private international law known as the "immovables rule" that, as a matter of English law, a foreign Court has no jurisdiction to make orders in respect of land situated in England and that rights relating to such land are governed exclusively by English law ("Immovables Rule").
Last updated: 20 June 2024
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