This blog is dedicated to the UK Supreme Court. The UK Supreme Court is the UK's highest court; its judgments bind lower courts and thus shape the development of English Law. Since 1399, the Law Lords, the judges of the most senior court in the country, have sat within Parliament. From October 2009, however, they have moved to an independent court in the Middlesex Guildhall. To mark this historic development, this blog has been set up to provide commentary on the UK Supreme Court and its judgments.

Table of Cases

Date of Judgment Name of Case Links
15 Feb 2011 Sugar (Deceased) v BBC & Anor [2012] UKSC 4
08 Feb 2011 Ravat v Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Ltd [2012] UKSC 1
14 Dec 2011 R v Gnango [2011] UKSC 59
14 Dec 2011 Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Botham v MoD [2011] UKSC 58
07 Dec 2011 Aberdeen City Council v Stewart Milne Group Ltd [2011] UKSC 56
07 Dec 2011 Russell & Ors v Transocean International Resources Ltd & Ors (Scotland) & Co [2011] UKSC 57
23 Nov 2011 Jude & Ors v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Scotland) & Co [2011] UKSC 55
23 Nov 2011 McGowan (Procurator Fiscal, Edinburgh) v B (Scotland) & Co [2011] UKSC 54
9 Nov 2011 Jones v Kernott & Co [2011] UKSC 53
9 Nov 2011 Berrisford v Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd & Co [2011] UKSC 52
2 Nov 2011 Human Genome Sciences Inc v Eli Lilly & Co [2011] UKSC 51
2 Nov 2011 Rainy Sky S.A & Ors v Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50
26 Oct 2011 Gale & Anor v Serious Organised Crime Agency [2011] UKSC 49
19 Oct 2011 Re Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Ltd (in administration) & In Re the Insolvency Act 1986 [2011] UKSC 48
19 Oct 2011 R (Davies & Anor) v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2011] UKSC 47
11 Oct 2011 AXA General Insurance Ltd & Ors v Lord Advocate & Ors (Scotland) [2011] UKSC 46
11 Oct 2011 R (Quila & Anor) v SSHD; R (Bibi & Anor) v SSHD & Ors [2011] UKSC 45
06 Oct 2011 HM Advocate v Ambrose & Ors (Scotland) (Joined cases) [2011] UKSC 43
06 Oct 2011 HM Advocate v P (Scotland) [2011] UKSC 44
29 Jul 2011 Houldsworth & Anor v Bridge Trustees Ltd & Ors [2011] UKSC 42
29 Jul 2011 Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher & Ors [2011] UKSC 41
29 Jul 2011 Jivraj v Hashwani [2011] UKSC 40
29 Jul 2011 Lucasfilm Ltd & Ors v Ainsworth & Anor [2011] UKSC 39
29 Jul 2011 Belmont Park Investments PTY Ltd v BNY Corporate Trustee Services Lte & Anor [2011] UKSC 38
20 Jul 2011 R v Maxwell [2010] UKSC 48
20 Jul 2011 R v Smith [2011] UKSC 37
13 Jul 2011 Al Rawi & Ors v The Security Service & Ors [2011] UKSC 35
13 Jul 2011 Home Office v Tariq [2011] UKSC 34
06 Jul 2011 R (McDonald) v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2011] UKSC 33
06 Jul 2011 Scottish Widows plc v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Scotland) & joined cases [2011] UKSC 32
06 Jul 2011 NML Capital Ltd v Republic of Argentina [2011] UKSC 31
29 Jun 2011 R (G) v The Governors of X School & Ors [2011] UKSC 30
22 June 2011 Eba v Advocate General for Scotland [2011] UKSC 29
22 June 2011 R (Cart) v UT; R (MR (Pakistan)) v UT (Immigration & Asylum Chamber) & SSHD [2011] UKSC 28
15 June 2011 Parkwood Leisure Ltd v Alemo-Herron & Ors [2011] UKSC 26
15 June 2011 Bloomsbury Intl Ltd & Ors v Sea Fish Industry Authority & Anor [2011] UKSC 25
10 June 2011 E (Children)[2011] UKSC27
25 May 2011 Shepherd Masimba Kambadzi (previously SK (Zimbabwe)) v SSHD[2011] UKSC23
25 May 2011 FA (Iraq) v SSHD [2011] UKSC22
18 May 2011 R (GC) v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; R (C) v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2011] UKSC21
18 May 2011 In the matter of McCaughey & Anor for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland)[2011] UKSC20
11 May 2011 HMRC v Tower M Cashback LLP1 & Anor [2011] UKSC19
11 May 2011 R (Adams) v Secretary of State for Justice; Application by Eamonn MacDermott for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland); Application by Raymond Pius McCartney for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2011] UKSC18
13 April 2011 Baker v Quantum Clothing Group Ltd & Ors [2011] UKSC17
06 April 2011 Farstad Supply A/S v Enviroco Ltd [2011] UKSC16
06 April 2011 Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Anor v Welwyn Hatfield BC [2011] UKSC15
30 March 2011 Duncombe & Ors v SS Children Schools and Families [2011] UKSC14
30 March 2011 Jones v Kaney [2011] UKSC13
23 March 2011 WL (Congo) 1 & 2 v SSHD; KM (Jamaica) v SSHD [2011] UKSC12
16 March 2011 Patmalniece v SSWP [2011] UKSC10
09 March 2011 Sienkiewicz v Greif (UK) Ltd; Knowsley Metropolitan BC v Willmore [2011] UKSC11
23 February 2011 R v M ; R v F [2011] UKSC9
23 February 2011 Birmingham City Council v Frisby; & conjoined cases [2011] UKSC8
09 February 2011 Brent London BC & Ors v Risk Management Partners Ltd [2011] UKSC7
09 February 2011 Manchester City Council v Pinnock (No. 2) [2011] UKSC6
01 February 2011 Global Process Systems Inc. & Another v Berhad [2011] UKSC5
19 January 2011 ZH Tanzania v SSHD [2011] UKSC 4
19 January 2011 Yemshaw v London Borough of Hounslow [2011] UKSC 3
19 January 2011 Morge v Hampshire County Council [2011] UKSC 2
19 January 2011 Coke-Wallis v Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales [2011] UKSC 1
15 December 2010 Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v DCC Holdings (UK) Limited [2010] UKSC 58
15 December 2010 R (on the application of Edwards) v Environment Agency and others [2010] UKSC 57
15 December 2010 Principal Reporter v K and others (Appellants) (Scotland) [2010] UKSC 56
8 December 2010 Progress Property Company Limited v Moorgarth Group Limited [2010] UKSC 55
8 December 2010 The Child Poverty Action Group v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2010] UKSC 54
1 December 2010 Spiller and another v Joseph and others [2010] UKSC 53
1 December 2010 R v Chaytor and others [2010] UKSC 52
24 November 2010 Holland v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and another [2010] UKSC 51 [2010] UKSC 50
24 November 2010 Royal Bank of Scotland plc v Francis John Wilson and another (Scotland) [2010] UKSC 50
24 November 2010 MA (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] UKSC 49
17 November 2010 R v Maxwell
17 November 2010 Multi-Link Leisure Developments Limited v North Lanarkshire Council (Scotland) [2010] UKSC 47
3 November 2010 Dallah Real Estate and Tourism Holding Company v The Ministry of Religious Affairs, Government of Pakistan [2010] UKSC 46
3 November 2010 Manchester City Council v Pinnock [2010] UKSC 45
27 October 2010 Oceanbulk Shipping & trading SA v TMT Asia Limited and others [2010] UKSC 44
26 October 2010 Cadder v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Scotland) [2010] UKSC 43
20 October 2010 Radmacher (formerly Granatino) v Granatino [2010] UKSC 42
13 October 2010 Gisda Cyf v Barratt [2010] UKSC 41
29 July 2010 R (Electoral Commission) v City of Westminster Magistrates Court & UKIP [2010] UKSC 40
29 July 2010 R v Rollins [2010] UKSC 39
29 July 2010 Morrison Sports Ltd & others v Scottish Power UK [2010] UKSC 37
29 July 2010 R (ZO (Somalia)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] UKSC 36
29 July 2010 Star Energy Weald Basin Limited & another v Bocardo SA [2010] UKSC 35
29 July 2010 O’Brien v Ministry of Justice [2010] UKSC 34
14 July 2010 A v Essex County Council [2010] UKSC 33
7 July 2010 Southern Pacific Securities 05-2 Plc (in substitution for Southern Pacific Loans Ltd) v Walker & another [2010] UKSC 32
7 July 2010 HJ (Iran) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; HT (Cameroon) v Secretary of  State for the Home Department [2010] UKSC 31
30 June 2010 R (Noone) v The Governor of HMP Drake Hall & another [2010] UKSC 30
30 June 2010 R (Smith) v Secretary of State for Defence & another [2010] UKSC 29
23 June 2010 Austin v Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Southwark [2010] UKSC 28
23 June 2010 Re an application by JR17 for Judicial Review [2010] UKSC 27
23 June 2010 Secretary of State for the Home Department v AP (No. 2) [2010] UKSC 26
16 June 2010 MS (Palestinian Territories) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] UKSC 25
16 June 2010 Secretary of State for the Home Department v AP [2010] UKSC 24
26 May  2010 OB (by his mother and litigation friend) v Aventis Pasteur SA [2010] UKSC 23
19 May 2010 Roberts v Gill & Co Solicitors & others [2010] UKSC 22
12 May 2010 ZN (Afghanistan) & others v Entry Clearance Officer (Karachi) and one other action [2010] UKSC 21
12 May 2010 R (Sainsbury’s Supermarket Ltd) v Wolverhampton City Council & another [2010] UKSC 20
5 May 2010 Inveresk plc v Tullis Russell Papermakers Limited (Scotland) [2010] UKSC 19
5 May 2010 Farstad Supply A/S v Enviroco Limited [2010] UKSC 18
21 April 2010 R (on the application of F (by his litigation friend F)) and another (FC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] UKSC 17
24 March 2010 British Airways plc v Williams and others [2010] UKSC 16
17 March 2010 R (on the application of JS) (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] UKSC 15
10 March 2010 RTS Flexible Systems Limited v Molkerei Alois Müller Gmbh & Company KG (UK Production) [2010] UKSC 14
10 March 2010 Agbaje v Akinnoye-Agbaje (FC) [2010] UKSC 13
3 March 2010 W (Children) [2010] UKSC 12
3 March 2010 R (on the application of Lewis) v Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council and another [2010] UKSC 11
3 March 2010 Martin v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Scotland); Miller v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Scotland) [2010] UKSC 10
24 February 2010 Norris v Government of United States of America and another [2010] UKSC 9
17 February 2010 Tomlinson and others (FC) v Birmingham City Council [2010] UKSC 8
10 February 2010 McInnes v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Scotland) [2010] UKSC 7
10 February 2010 Allison v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Scotland) [2010] UKSC 6
4 February 2010 Her Majesty’s Treasury v Mohammed Jabar Ahmed and others (No.2) (FC) [2010] UKSC 5
3 February 2010 Grays Timber Products Limited v Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Scotland) [2010] UKSC 4
27 January 2010 Office of Communications v The Information Commissioner [2010] UKSC 3
27 January 2010 Her Majesty’s Treasury v Mohammed Jabar Ahmed and others (No.2) (FC) [2010] UKSC 2
27 January 2010 Application by Guardian News Media in Her Majesty’s Treasury v Ahmed [2010] UKSC 1
15 December 2009 S-B (Children) [2009] UKSC 17
16 December 2009 AM (Somalia) and others v Entry Clearance Officer [2009] UKSC 16
16 December 2009 R (on the application of E) v Governing Body of JFS and the Admissions Appeal Panel of JFS and others [2009] UKSC 15
9 December  2009 R v Horncastle and others [2009] UKSC 14
9 December 2009 Barratt Homes Limited v Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig (Welsh Water) [2009] UKSC 13
9 December 2009 R (on the application of A) v B [2009] UKSC 12
1 December 2009 Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs v Meier and another (FC) and others [2009] UKSC 11
1 December 2009 I (a child) [2009] UKSC 10
1 December 2009 R (on the application of Barclay and Others) v Secretary of State for Justice and others [2009] UKSC 9
26 November 2009 R (on the application of A) (FC) v London Borough of Croydon and one other action [2009] UKSC 8
26 November 2009 BA (Nigeria) (FC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and others [2009] UKSC 7
25 November 2009 Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc & others [2009] UKSC 6
19 November 2009 In re B (a child) (2009) (FC) [2009] UKSC 5
19 November 2009 Louca v A German Judicial Authority [2009] UKSC 4
29 October 2009 R (on the application of L) (FC) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2009] UKSC 3
29 October 2009 In re Sigma Finance Corporation (in administrative receivership) and In re the Insolvency Act 1986 (First Appeal) [2009] UKSC 2
14 October 2009 R (E) v Governing Body of JFS [2009] UKSC 1