List of United Kingdom Supreme Court cases

This is a list of judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom between the court's inception on 1 October 2009 and the most recent judgments (given on 15 June 2011). Cases are listed in order of their neutral citation and where possible a link to the official text of the decision in PDF format has been provided.

17 judgments were handed down in 2009, 58 in 2010 and so far 27 in 2011, meaning that as of 15 June 2011 the court has handed down 102 judgments.

Unless otherwise noted, cases were heard by a panel of 5 judges.

Cases involving Scots law are highlighted in orange. Cases involving Northern Irish law are highlighted in green.

2009 Judgments

Case name Citation Decided Area of Law PDF
Michaelmas Term
R (E) v JFS[1][2] [2009] UKSC 1 14 October 2009 Costs
Re Sigma Finance [2009] UKSC 2 29 October 2009 Insolvency
R (L) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2009] UKSC 3 29 October 2009 Police law, Article 8 ECHR
Louca v Germany [2009] UKSC 4 19 November 2009 European Arrest Warrants
Re B (a child) [2009] UKSC 5 19 November 2009 Family law
OFT v Abbey National [2009] UKSC 6 25 November 2009 Consumer rights
PE (Cameroon) v Home Secretary [2009] UKSC 7 26 November 2009 Immigration
R (A) v Croydon [2009] UKSC 8 26 November 2009 Family law, Article 6 ECHR
R (Barclay) v Justice Secretary [2009] UKSC 9 1 December 2009 Government of Sark, Protocol 1, Article 3 ECHR
I (A Child) [2009] UKSC 10 1 December 2009 Jurisdiction
Environment Secretary v Meier & Ors [2009] UKSC 11 1 December 2009 Land law
R(A) v B [2009] UKSC 12 1 December 2009 State secrets, Article 10 ECHR
Barratt Homes Ltd v Welsh Water [2009] UKSC 13 9 December 2009 Water Industry Act 1991
R v Horncastle[3] [2009] UKSC 14 9 December 2009 Evidence, Article 6 ECHR
R (E) v JFS[4] [2009] UKSC 15 16 December 2009 Discrimination
Mahad (Ethiopia) v Entry Clearance Officer [3] [2009] UKSC 16 16 December 2009 Immigration
Re S-B (Children) [2009] UKSC 17 14 December 2009 Family law

2010 Judgments

Case name Citation Decided Area of Law PDF
Hilary Term
HM Treasury v Al-Ghabra[3] [2010] UKSC 1 27 January 2010 x
HM Treasury v Ahmed[3] [2010] UKSC 2 27 January 2010 x
Office of Communications v The Information Commissioner [2010] UKSC 3 27 January 2010 x
Grays Timber Products Ltd v HM Revenue & Customs [2010] UKSC 4 3 February 2010 x
HM Treasury v Ahmed (No 2)[3][5] [2010] UKSC 5 4 February 2010 x
Allison v HM Advocate [2010] UKSC 6 10 February 2010 x
McInnes v HM Advocate [2010] UKSC 7 10 February 2010 x
Tomlinson v Birmingham CC [2010] UKSC 8 17 February 2010 x
Norris v USA[4] [2010] UKSC 9 24 February 2010 x
Martin v HM Advocate [2010] UKSC 10 3 March 2010 x
R (Lewis) v Redcar & Cleveland BC [2010] UKSC 11 3 March 2010 x
Re W (Children) [2010] UKSC 12 3 March 2010 x
Agbaje v Akinnoye-Agbaje [2010] UKSC 13 10 March 2010 x
RTS Flexible Systems Limited v Molkerei Alois Müller GmbH [2010] UKSC 14 10 March 2010 x
R (JS (Sri Lanka)) v Home Secretary [2010] UKSC 15 17 March 2010 x
British Airways v Williams [2010] UKSC 16 24 March 2010 Employment law
Easter Term
R (F) v Home Secretary [2010] UKSC 17 21 April 2010 x
Farstad Supply v Enviroco [2010] UKSC 18 5 May 2010 x
Inveresk plc v Tullis Russell Papermakers [2010] UKSC 19 5 May 2010 x
R (Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd) v Wolverhampton CC[3] [2010] UKSC 20 12 May 2010 x
ZN (Afghanistan) v Entry Clearance Officer [2010] UKSC 21 12 May 2010 x
Roberts v Gill & Co [2010] UKSC 22 19 May 2010 x
OB v Aventis Pasteur SA [2010] UKSC 23 26 May 2010 x
Trinity Term
Home Secretary v AP[3] [2010] UKSC 24 16 June 2010 x
MS (Palestinian Territories) v Home Secretary [2010] UKSC 25 16 June 2010 x
Home Secretary v AP (No 2)[3][6] [2010] UKSC 26 23 June 2010 x
JR17 (Judicial Review App.) [2010] UKSC 27 23 June 2010 x
Austin v Southwark LBC [2010] UKSC 28 23 June 2010 x
R(Smith) v Defence Secretary[4] [2010] UKSC 29 30 June 2010 x
R(Noone) v Drale Hall Prison [2010] UKSC 30 30 June 2010 x
HJ (Iran) and HT (Cameroon) v Home Secretary [2010] UKSC 31 7 July 2010 Immigration law
Southern Pacific Loans v Walker [2010] UKSC 32 7 July 2010 x
A v Essex CC [2010] UKSC 33 14 July 2010 x
O'Brien v MOJ [2010] UKSC 34 28 July 2010 x
Bocardo SA v Star Energy UK [2010] UKSC 35 28 July 2010 x
R ( ZO (Somalia)) v Home Secretary [2010] UKSC 36 28 July 2010 x
Morrison Sports v Scottish Power [2010] UKSC 37 28 July 2010 x
RTS Flexible Systems Limited v Molkerei Alois Müller GmbH (No 2)[7] [2010] UKSC 38 21 July 2010 x
R v Rollins [3] [2010] UKSC 39 28 July 2010 x
R (Electoral Commission) v Westminster Magistrates' Court[3] [2010] UKSC 40 29 July 2010 x
Michaelmas Term
Gisda Cyf v Barratt [2010] UKSC 41 13 October 2010 Employment law
Radmacher v Granatino[4] [2010] UKSC 42 20 October 2010 Prenuptial agreements
Cadder v HM Advocate[3] [2010] UKSC 43 26 October 2010 Criminal Procedure, Article 6 ECHR
Oceanbulk Shipping & Trading v TMT Asia[3] [2010] UKSC 44 27 October 2010 Contract law
Manchester CC v Pinnock[4] [2010] UKSC 45 3 November 2010 Housing, Article 8 ECHR
Dallah Real Estate & Tourism v Pakistan [2010] UKSC 46 3 November 2010 Arbitration, ICC
Multi-Link Leisure v North Lanarkshire Council [2010] UKSC 47 17 November 2010 Tenancy agreements
R v Maxwell [2010] UKSC 48 17 November 2010 (not yet known - retrial ordered)
MA (Somalia) v Home Secretary [2010] UKSC 49 24 November 2010 Immigration law, Article 3 ECHR
RBS v Wilson [2010] UKSC 50 24 November 2010 Securities, Property law
Customs v Holland [2010] UKSC 51 24 November 2010 Company law, Insolvency
R v Chaytor[4] [2010] UKSC 52 1 December 2010 Parliamentary privilege, Parliamentary expenses
Spiller v Joseph [2010] UKSC 53 1 December 2010 Defamation, Fair comment
R (Child Poverty Action Group) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2010] UKSC 54 8 December 2010 x
Progress Property v Moorgarth Group [2010] UKSC 55 8 December 2010 x
Principal Reporter v K [2010] UKSC 56 15 December 2010 x
R (Edwards) v Environment Agency [2010] UKSC 57 15 December 2010 x
HM Revenue and Customs v DCC Holdings [2010] UKSC 58 15 December 2010 x

2011 Judgments

Case name Citation Decided Area of Law PDF
Hilary Term
R (Coke-Wallis) v Institute of Chartered Accountants [2011] UKSC 1 19 January 2011 x
Morge (FC) v Hampshire County Council [2011] UKSC 2 19 January 2011 x
Yemshaw v Hounslow [2011] UKSC 3 26 January 2011 x
ZH (Tanzania) v Home Secretary [2011] UKSC 4 1 February 2011 x
GPS Inc. v Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Berhad [2011] UKSC 5 1 February 2011 x
Manchester CC v Pinnock (No 2)[8] [2011] UKSC 6 9 February 2011 x
Brent LBC v Risk Management Partners [2011] UKSC 7 9 February 2011 x
Hounslow LBC v Powell[3] [2011] UKSC 8 23 February 2011 x
R v Forsyth [2011] UKSC 9 23 February 2011 x
Sienkiewicz v Greif[3] [2011] UKSC 10 9 March 2011 x
Patmalniece v Secretary for Work and Pensions [2011] UKSC 11 16 March 2011 x
WL (Congo) v Home Secretary[4] [2011] UKSC 12 23 March 2011 x
Jones v Kaney[3] [2011] UKSC 13 30 March 2011 Expert witnesses
Duncombe v Schools Secretary [2011] UKSC 14 30 March 2011 x
Communities Secretary v Welwyn Hatfield BC[3] [2011] UKSC 15 6 April 2011 x
Farstad Supply v Enviroco [2011] UKSC 16 6 April 2011 x
Baker v Quantum Clothing Group [2011] UKSC 17 13 April 2011 x
Easter Term
R (Adams) v Justice Secretary[3] [2011] UKSC 18 11 May 2011 x
HMRC v Tower MCashback[4] [2011] UKSC 19 11 May 2011 x
McCaughey's Application for Judicial Review[3] [2011] UKSC 20 18 May 2011 x
R (GC) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis[3] [2011] UKSC 21 18 May 2011 DNA evidence, Article 8 ECHR
FA (Iraq) v Home Secretary [2011] UKSC 22 25 May 2011
SK(Zimbabwe) v Home Secretary [2011] UKSC 23 25 May 2011
Fraser v Her Majesty's Advocate [2011] UKSC 24 25 May 2011
Trinity Term
Bloomsbury v Sea Fish Industry Authority [2011] UKSC 25 15 June 2011
Parkwood Leisure v Alemo-Herron [2011] UKSC 26 15 June 2011
E (Children) [2011] UKSC 27 10 June 2011

Notes

  1. ↑ Procedural issue before the main appeal reported at UKSC 15
  2. ↑ This issue was heard by a diminished panel of 3 judges
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 An augmented panel of 7 judges sat in this case
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 An augmented panel of 9 judges sat in this case
  5. ↑ This was an application made to the court to temporarily suspend the operation of an order made at [2010] UKSC 2
  6. ↑ The court was asked to extend the terms of an anonymity order made at [2010] UKSC 24
  7. ↑ The court made an order regarding the distribution of costs, main judgment at [2010] UKSC 14
  8. ↑ This judgment was simply a clarification of details of an order made in the previous judgement at [2010] UKSC 45

See also