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Decided cases - 2023

Decided cases

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Decided cases
Judgment date Neutral citation Case ID Case name
20 December 2023 [2023] UKSC 52 UKSC 2022/0149
UKSC 2022/0148
HXA (Respondent) v Surrey County Council (Appellant) (UKSC 2022/0149);
YXA (a protected party by his litigation friend the Official Solicitor) (Respondent) v Wolverhampton City Council (Appellant)
20 December 2023 [2023] UKSC 51 UKSC 2022/0048 Byers and others (Appellants) v Saudi National Bank (Respondent)
20 December 2023 [2023] UKSC 50 UKSC 2022/0083 Zubaydah (Respondent) v Foreign and Commonwealth Office and others (Appellants)
20 December 2023 [2023] UKSC 49 UKSC 2021/0201 Thaler (Appellant) v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (Respondent)
29 November 2023 [2023] UKSC 48 UKSC 2021/0208 TUI Ltd (Respondent) v Griffiths (Appellant)
29 November 2023 [2023] UKSC 47 UKSC 2022/0046 Wolverhampton City Council and others (Respondents) v London Gypsies and Travellers and others (Appellants)
28 November 2023 [2023] UKSC 46 UKSC 2022/0021
UKSC 2022/0168
R (on the application of Afzal) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent); R (on the application of Iyieke) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)
28 November 2023 [2023] UKSC 45 UKSC 2022/0102 R (on the application of Imam) (Respondent) v London Borough of Croydon (Appellant)
21 November 2023 [2023] UKSC 44 UKSC 2021/0212
UKSC 2021/0213
Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (Respondent) v Fisher and another (Appellants); Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (Appellant) v Fisher (Respondent) No 2
21 November 2023 [2023] UKSC 43 UKSC 2021/0155 Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (Appellant) v Central Arbitration Committee and another (Respondents)
15 November 2023 [2023] UKSC 42 UKSC 2023/0093
UKSC 2023/0094
UKSC 2023/0095
UKSC 2023/0096
UKSC 2023/0097
UKSC 2023/0105
R (on the application of AAA and others) (Respondents/Cross Appellants) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant/Cross Respondent) R (on the application of HTN (Vietnam)) (Respondent/Cross Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant/Cross Respondent) R (on the application of RM (Iran)) (Respondent) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) R (on the application of AS (Iran)) (Respondent/Cross Appellants) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant/Cross Respondent) R (on the application of SAA (Sudan)) (Respondent) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) R (on the application of ASM (Iraq)) (AP) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)
15 November 2023 [2023] UKSC 41 UKSC 2021/0139 Canada Square Operations Ltd (Appellant) v Potter (Respondent)
8 November 2023 [2023] UKSC 40 UKSC 2022/0066 Skatteforvaltningen (the Danish Customs and Tax Administration) (Respondent) v Solo Capital Partners LLP (in special administration) and others (Appellants)
8 November 2023 [2023] UKSC 39 UKSC 2021/0152 Popoviciu (Respondent) v Curtea De Apel Bucharest (Romania) (Appellant)
1 November 2023 [2023] UKSC 38 UKSC 2021/0233 R (on the application of Palmer) (Appellant) v Northern Derbyshire Magistrates Court and another (Respondents)
25 October 2023 [2023] UKSC 37 UKSC 2022/0007 Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (Appellant) v Vermilion Holdings Ltd (Respondent) (Scotland)
18 October 2023 [2023] UKSC 36 UKSC 2020/0212 In the matter of an application by Rosaleen Dalton for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland)
11 October 2023 [2023] UKSC 35 UKSC 2021/0189 Target Group Ltd (Appellant) v Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (Respondent)
4 October 2023 [2023] UKSC 34 UKSC 2022/0004 Smith and another (Appellant) v Royal Bank of Scotland (Respondent)
4 October 2023 [2023] UKSC 33 UKSC 2019/0204 Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and another (Appellants/Cross-Respondents) v Agnew and others (Respondents/Cross-Appellants) (Northern Ireland)
20 September 2023 [2023] UKSC 32 UKSC 2021/0085 Republic of Mozambique (acting through its Attorney General) (Appellant) v Privinvest Shipbuilding SAL (Holding) and others (Respondents)
10 August 2023 [2023] UKSC 31 UKSC 2022/0022 R (on the application of Worcestershire County Council) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Respondent)
10 August 2023 [2023] UKSC 30 UKSC 2021/0120 Secretary of State for Transport (Appellant) v Curzon Park Ltd and others (Respondents)
10 August 2023 [2023] UKSC 29 UKSC 2021/0010 Brake and another (Respondents) v Chedington Court Estate Ltd (Appellant)
26 July 2023 [2023] UKSC 28 UKSC 2021/0078 R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) (Appellants) v Competition Appeal Tribunal and others (Respondents)
19 July 2023 [2023] UKSC 27 UKSC 2021/0087 Jones (Appellant) v Birmingham City Council and another (Respondents)
12 July 2023 [2023] UKSC 26 UKSC 2021/0149 McCulloch and others (Appellants) v Forth Valley Health Board (Respondent)
12 July 2023 [2023] UKSC 25 UKSC 2022/0075 Philipp (Respondent) v Barclays Bank UK PLC (Appellant)
5 July 2023 [2023] UKSC 24 UKSC 2020/0208 R (on the application of Officer W80) (Appellant) v Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct and others (Respondents)
28 June 2023 [2023] UKSC 23 UKSC 2021/0195 R (on the application of Marouf) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)
28 June 2023 [2023] UKSC 22 UKSC 2021/0159 Unger and another (in substitution for Hasan) (Appellants) v Ul-Hasan (deceased) and another (Respondents)
21 June 2023 [2023] UKSC 21 UKSC 2021/0125 R (on the application of Wang and another) (Respondents) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant)
21 June 2023 [2023] UKSC 20 UKSC 2021/0038 R (on the application of Maguire) (Appellant) v His Majesty's Senior Coroner for Blackpool & Fylde and another (Respondents)
14 June 2023 [2023] UKSC 19 UKSC 2021/0144 JTI POLSKA Sp. Z o.o. and others (Respondents) v Jakubowski and others (Appellants)
7 June 2023 [2023] UKSC 18 UKSC 2021/0138 London Borough of Merton Council (Appellant) v Nuffield Health (Respondent)
17 May 2023 [2023] UKSC 17 UKSC 2021/0056 Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (Appellant) v SSE Generation Ltd (Respondent)
10 May 2023 [2023] UKSC 16 UKSC 2021/0050 Jalla and another (Appellants) v Shell International Trading and Shipping Company and another (Respondents)
26 April 2023 [2023] UKSC 15 UKSC 2021/0089 Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (Appellant) v BXB (Respondent)
19 April 2023 [2023] UKSC 14 UKSC 2022/0056 Morgan and others (Respondents) v Ministry of Justice (Appellant) (Northern Ireland)
5 April 2023 [2023] UKSC 13 UKSC 2022/0052 R (on the application of Pearce and another) (Respondents) v Parole Board of England and Wales (Appellant)
22 March 2023 [2023] UKSC 12 UKSC 2021/0216 Moulsdale t/a Moulsdale Properties (Appellant) v Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (Respondent) (Scotland)
15 March 2023 [2023] UKSC 11 UKSC 2018/0192 The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc (Appellant) v Ukraine (Represented by the Minister of Finance of Ukraine acting upon the instructions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine) (Respondent)
15 March 2023 [2023] UKSC 11 UKSC 2018/0191 The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc (Respondent) v Ukraine (Represented by the Minister of Finance of Ukraine acting upon the instructions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine) (Appellant)
8 March 2023 [2023] UKSC 10 UKSC 2021/0019 R (on the application of VIP Communications Ltd (In Liquidation)) (Respondent) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant)
1 March 2023 [2023] UKSC 9 UKSC 2021/0188 Rakusen (Respondent) v Jepsen and others (Appellants)
1 March 2023 [2023] UKSC 8 UKSC 2021/0031 R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent)
22 February 2023 [2023] UKSC 7 UKSC 2021/0047 News Corp UK & Ireland Ltd (Appellant) v Commissioners fo His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (Respondent)
8 February 2023 [2023] UKSC 6 UKSC 2021/0059 Aviva Investors Ground Rent GP Ltd and another (Respondents) v Williams and others (Appellants)
8 February 2023 [2023] UKSC 5 UKSC 2022/0089 In the matter of an application by Clifford Peeples for Judicial Review (Appellant) (Northern Ireland)
8 February 2023 [2023] UKSC 5 UKSC 2022/0093 In the matter of an application by James Hugh Allister and others for Judicial Review (Appellants) (Northern Ireland)
1 February 2023 [2023] UKSC 4 UKSC 2020/0056 Fearn and others (Appellants) v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery (Respondent)
25 January 2023 [2023] UKSC 3 UKSC 2020/0002 Barton and others (Respondents) v Morris and another in place of Gwyn-Jones (deceased) (Appellants)
18 January 2023 [2023] UKSC 2 UKSC 2021/0027 Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd (a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands) (Respondent) v Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd (Appellant)
11 January 2023 [2023] UKSC 1 UKSC 2021/0028 McCue (as guardian for Andrew McCue) (Appellant) v Glasgow City Council (Respondent) (Scotland)

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