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UK Supreme Court
Judgment
22 September 2026
R (on the application of Quaye) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Justice (Respondent)
Lord Sales,
Lord Briggs,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Simler
Is section 128 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, which inserted sections 27A and 27B into the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, compatible with articles 5, 7, and 14 (read with article 5), of the European Convention on Human Rights?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
11 November 2026
AB (a minor, by their father and next friend) (Appellant) v Minister for Education (Respondent) (Bermuda)
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Burrows,
Lady Simler
Whether the mandatory testing regime 1. breached the Appellant's constitutional right to not be searched without his consent; 2. were not based on lawful authority; 3. breached the principle of legality.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Hearing
1 December 2026
Risk Reduction International Ltd (Appellant) v Absa Bank (Mauritius) Ltd (Respondent) (Mauritius)
Lord Briggs,
Lord Burrows,
Lady Rose,
Lord Doherty,
Lord Snowden
Did the courts below err in finding that the Appellant unreasonably failed to mitigate its loss? If the courts below were correct to find that the defendant unreasonably failed to mitigate its loss, did that failure arise: (1) on 31 January 2012, when the Appellant instructed the Respondent to reconvert the money in its account from US dollars into South African Rands (as the Commercial Division found), or (2) on 1 March 2012, owing to the Appellant’s failure to direct that the money in its account be converted into US dollars (as the Court of Civil Appeal found)?
UK Supreme Court
Hearing
1 December 2026
R (on the application of BYL (by their litigation friend BAU)) and another (Appellants) v Chancellor of the Exchequer and others (Respondents)
Lord Sales,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Simler
In 2025 the government introduced VAT on private school fees. The appellants are religious private schools, their pupils, and their pupils’ parents. Was the introduction of VAT on private school fees compatible with the appellants’ right to equal treatment under Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, to property under Article 1 of Protocol 1 of the Convention, and to education under Article 2 of Protocol 2 of the Convention?
Linked cases
UKSC/2026/0045 R (on the application of Emmanuel School (Derby) Limited T/A Emmanuel School and others) (Appellants) v Chancellor of the Exchequer and others (Respondents)
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UK Supreme Court
Hearing
1 December 2026
R (on the application of Emmanuel School (Derby) Limited T/A Emmanuel School and others) (Appellants) v Chancellor of the Exchequer and others (Respondents)
Lord Sales,
Lord Hamblen,
Lord Leggatt,
Lord Stephens,
Lady Simler
In 2025 the government introduced VAT on private school fees. The appellants are religious private schools, their pupils, and their pupils’ parents. Was the introduction of VAT on private school fees compatible with the appellants’ right to equal treatment under Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, to property under Article 1 of Protocol 1 of the Convention, and to education under Article 2 of Protocol 2 of the Convention?
Linked cases
UKSC/2026/0056 R (on the application of BYL (by their litigation friend BAU)) and another (Appellants) v Chancellor of the Exchequer and others (Respondents)
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