List of United Kingdom Supreme Court cases
Appearance
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. 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.
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
2010 judgments
2011 judgments
2012 judgments
2013 judgments
2014 judgments
2015 judgments
2016 judgments
2017 judgments
2018 judgments
Case name | Citation | Date | Legal subject | Summary of decision |
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R (Haralambous) v Crown Court at St Albans | [2018] UKSC 1 | 24 January | Constitutional law | Search and seizure |
R (Gibson) v Secretary of State for Justice | [2018] UKSC 2 | 24 January | Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 | |
R (Bancoult No 3) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | [2018] UKSC 3 | 8 February | Constitutional law | |
Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police | [2018] UKSC 4 | 8 February | Tort law | Duty of care in English law |
B (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department | [2018] UKSC 5 | 8 February | Immigration law | |
The Advocate General for Scotland v Romein (Scotland) | [2018] UKSC 6 | 8 February | Immigration law | |
HM Inspector of Health and Safety v Chevron North Sea Limited (Scotland) | [2018] UKSC 7 | 8 February | Labour law | Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 |
In the matter of C (Children) | [2018] UKSC 8 | 14 February | Family law | |
SM (Algeria) v Entry Clearance Officer, UK Visa Section | [2018] UKSC 9 | 14 February | Immigration law | |
R (Mott) v Environment Agency | [2018] UKSC 10 | 14 February | Constitutional law | The Environment Agency had to pay compensation to Mott for restricting his fishing rights under ECHR Prot 1, art 1, on the right to property. |
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v DSD | [2018] UKSC 11 | 14 February | Constitutional law | There was a positive obligation on police under ECHR article 3 to investigate women's allegations of rape against cab driver, John Worboys. |
Barton v Wright Hassal LLP | [2018] UKSC 12 | 21 February | Civil procedure | Civil Procedure Rules. |
Steel v NRAM Ltd (formerly NRAM Plc) | [2018] UKSC 13 | 28 February | Tort law | Following Hedley Byrne and Caparo it was not reasonable to rely on a statement about a floating charge. |
Burnden Holdings (UK) Ltd v Fielding | [2018] UKSC 14 | 28 February | Trust law | Limitation Act 1980. |
Iceland Foods Ltd v Berry (Valuation Officer) | [2018] UKSC 15 | 7 March | Tax law | A supermarket's air handling system was not subject to rates under the Local Government Finance Act 1988. |
Reilly v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | [2018] UKSC 16 | 14 March | Labour law | A headteacher was fairly dismissed for failing to disclose a relationship with a child sex offender. |
Re Maguire | [2018] UKSC 17 | 21 March | Constitutional law | A criminal defendant was not entitled to be represented by a barrister under ECHR article 6 in a second trial when the barrister was being disciplined by the NI Bar Council. |
Dryden v Johnson Matthey plc | [2018] UKSC 18 | 21 March | Tort law | Claimants who were exposed to chlorinated platinum salts, and had a heightened risk of allergy, had suffered an actionable personal injury. |
JSC BTA Bank v Khrapunov | [2018] UKSC 19 | 21 March | Tort law | The tort of conspiracy would be committed by attempts to evade a freezing order. |
Morris-Garner v One Step (Support) Ltd | [2018] UKSC 20 | 18 April | Contract law | Damages for breach of a restrictive covenant should be measured by the economic value of the right that is breached. |
Gavin Edmondson Solicitors Ltd v Haven Insurance Company Ltd | [2018] UKSC 21 | 18 April | Solicitor’s equitable lien. | |
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Haywood | [2018] UKSC 22 | 25 April 2018 | Labour law | The notice of dismissal was only effective when an employee actually read a letter. |
R v McCool | [2018] UKSC 23 | 2 May | ||
Rock Advertising Ltd v MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd | [2018] UKSC 24 | 16 May | Contract law | An "entire agreement" clause was binding on a business, so its eviction for rent arrears was lawful despite an alleged oral agreement that it could renegotiate. |
R (Gallaher Group Ltd) v Competition and Markets Authority | [2018] UKSC 25 | 16 May | Constitutional law | The Office of Fair Trading (now CMA) did not act unlawfully by treating different businesses differently in fulfilling its Competition Act 1998 duties. |
Navigators Insurance Company Ltd v Atlasnavios-Navegacao LDA | [2018] UKSC 26 | 22 May | Commercial law | Insurance and war losses. |
Human Rights Commission for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland : Abortion) | [2018] UKSC 27 | 7 June | ||
Cartier International AG v British Telecommunications Plc | [2018] UKSC 28 | 13 June | Intellectual property | |
Pimlico Plumbers Ltd v Smith | [2018] UKSC 29 | 13 June | Labour law | A plumber for a firm was a "worker" and entitled to the minimum wage and paid holidays despite a written contract asserting he was "self-employed". |
Project Blue Ltd v Revenue and Customs | [2018] UKSC 30 | 13 June | Tax law | Stamp Duty Land Tax |
JP Whitter (Water Well Engineers) Ltd v Revenue and Customs | [2018] UKSC 31 | 13 June | Constitutional law | Compatibility of the Construction Industry Scheme under the Finance Act 2004 with ECHR Protocol 1, article 1. |
R (Steinfeld and Keidan) v Secretary of State for International Development | [2018] UKSC 32 | 27 June | Constitutional law | ECHR article 8 |
Belhaj v Director of Public Prosecutions | [2018] UKSC 33 | 4 July | Justice and Security Act 2013 | |
Goldman Sachs International v Novo Banco SA | [2018] UKSC 34 | 4 July | Insolvency law | European Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive 2014/59/EU. |
Revenue and Customs v Taylor Clark Leisure Plc | [2018] UKSC 35 | 11 July | Tax law | Value Added Tax |
R v Lane | [2018] UKSC 36 | 11 July | ||
Williams v London Borough of Hackney | [2018] UKSC 37 | 18 July | Children Act 1989 | |
Mills v Mills | [2018] UKSC 38 | 18 July | Family law | |
Prudential Assurance Company Ltd v Revenue and Customs | [2018] UKSC 39 | 25 July | Tax law | Advance Corporation Tax |
James-Bowen & Ors v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | [2018] UKSC 40 | 25 July | ||
Owens v Owens | [2018] UKSC 41 | 25 July | Family law | Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. |
R v Mackinlay | [2018] UKSC 42 | 25 July | ||
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SPA v Playboy Club London Ltd | [2018] UKSC 43 | 26 July | Tort law | BNL owed no duty of care to the Playboy Club when BNL gave a reference of creditworthiness to an associated company about a customer who subsequently gambled and lost large amounts of money. |
Totel Ltd v Revenue and Customs | [2018] UKSC 44 | 26 July | Tax law | It did not breach the EU law principle of equivalence to require companies pay their VAT before appealing against an assessment for it, even the same rule does not occur for other UK taxes. |
R (Bashir) v Secretary of State for the Home Department | [2018] UKSC 45 | 30 July | ||
An NHS Trust v Y | [2018] UKSC 46 | 30 July | Constitutional law | It was not necessary to have a court order before withdrawing medical life support, unless there are conflicts of medical or family opinion. |
R (AR) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police | [2018] UKSC 47 | 30 July | ||
Re McLaughlin | [2018] UKSC 48 | 30 August | Constitutional law | The requirement to be married or a civil partner, as opposed to cohabiting, to get benefits when a partner dies was incompatible with ECHR article 14. |
Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd and others | [2018] UKSC 49 | 10 October | Constitutional law | There was no right to require a baker to write a pro-gay marriage message on a cake, under ECHR article 9 and 10, when the bakers' personal religious views opposed this. |
Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust | [2018] UKSC 50 | 10 October | Tort law | The NHS trust breached a duty of care by failing to see a patient promptly at A&E and properly advising on waiting times. |
Nottingham City Council v Parr | [2018] UKSC 51 | 10 October | Land law | Housing Act 2004 ss 64–67. |
Warner v Scapa Flow Charters | [2018] UKSC 52 | 17 October | Commercial law | Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea 1974. |
KO (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department | [2018] UKSC 53 | 24 October | Immigration law | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002. |
Dooneen Ltd (t/a McGinness Associates) v Mond | [2018] UKSC 54 | 31 October | Trust law | Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985. |
2019 judgments
Case name | Citation | Date | Legal subject | Summary of decision |
Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of devolution issues to the Supreme Court pursuant to Paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (No 2) | [2018] UKSC 1 | 14 January | Devolution in the United Kingdom | |
R (on the application of Hallam) v Secretary of State for Justice and R (on the application of Nealon) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Justice (Respondent) | [2019] UKSC 2 | 30 January | Criminal Justice | Applicants were not entitled to compensation under section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 for criminal convictions which were subsequently quashed for being unsafe [13]. |
R (on the application of P) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and others (Respondents), R (on the application of P, G and W) (Respondents) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another (Appellants) and In the matter of an application by Lorraine Gallagher for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) | [2019] UKSC3 | 30 January | Employment Law | Held that the requirement for spent minor criminal convictions to be disclosed to potential employers under the multiple convictions rules is incompatible with Article 8 ECHR [14] |
Wells v Devani | [2019] UKSC 4 | 13 February | Contract Law, Estate Agents Act 1979 | A binding contract for the payment of commission had been made between and estate agent and property owner despite the absence of a written contract. Amount of commission reduced as a result of the estate agent breaching s.18 of the Estate Agents Act 1979 requiring certain terms to be explained to a vendor.[15] |
Perry v Raleys Solicitors | [2019] UKSC 5 | 13 February | Professional Negligence | In considering whether professional negligence was the cause of a loss where the negligence consisted of a potential lost litigation opportunity it was necessary to consider, on the balance of the probabilities, where such litigation would have been undertaken if non-negligently advised and whether such litigation would have been successful. [16][17] |
Cameron v Liverpool Victoria Insurance Co Ltd | [2019] UKSC 6 | 20 February | Insurance Law, Road Traffic Act 1988 | The Court concluded that a person, who is not just anonymous but cannot be identified, cannot be sued under a pseudonym or description and as such an insurer cannot be held liable for a claim under Part VI of the Road Traffic Act 1988 where the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident cannot be identified.[18] |
In the matter of an application by Geraldine Finucane for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) | [2019] UKSC 7 | 27 February | Public inquiry, Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights | It was lawful for the government to have refused to hold a public inquiry into the murder of human rights lawyer but the fact that an appropriate inquiry had not taken place breached Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the right to life).[19] |
Konecny v District Court in Brno-Venkov, Czech Republic | [2019] UKSC 8 | 27 February | European Arrest Warrant, Extradition Act 2003, Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights | The appeal of an individual against extradition under a European Arrest Warrant was dismissed on the basis that the individual was a convicted person despite having an unequivocal right to a retrial after surrender. The court also dismissed that the passage of time prevented extradition under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.[20] |
In the matter of an application by Hugh Jordan for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) | [2019] UKSC 9 | 6 March | Human Rights Act 1998 Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights | The court allowed an appeal against a stay on the award of damages under section 8 of the Human Rights Act in respect of a breach of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights confirming that a claim for damages can run concurrently with an inquest.[21] |
KV (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department | [2019] UKSC 10 | 6 March | Right of asylum Istanbul Protocol | An assessment by a medical expert which referred to the consistency of the clinical findings to the statements by the applicant were not beyond the remit of an expert and were in accordance with the Istanbul Protocol. When considering the likelihood that injuries are self inflicted by proxy (SIBP) rather than torture considerable weight should be given to the fact that such injuries which are SIBP are extremely rare.[22] |
Robinson (formerly JR (Jamaica)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department | [2019] UKSC 11 | 13 March | Immigration Law, Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 | A second human rights claim in an immigration case did automatically trigger a right of appeal once the rights to appeal on an original claim had been exhausted.[23] |
Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Joint Administrators of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (In Administration) | [2019] UKSC 12 | 13 March 2019 | Tax Law | Statutory interest paid under the Insolvency Rules 2016 is considered to be yearly interest and therefore subject to a deduction of tax at source under the provisions of the Income Tax Act 2007[24] |
Takhar v Gracefield Developments Limited and others | [2019] UKSC 13 | 20 March 2019 | Fraud | Where on original judgement has been obtained by reason of the fraudulent conduct of a party and an allegation of fraud has not been raised in the original judgement then it is not necessary for the defrauded party to show that the fraud would have been spotted with reasonable diligence in order for the case to proceed to trial.[25] |
SAE Education Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | [2019] UKSC 14 | 20 March | Tax Law, VAT, Value Added Tax Act 1994 | A commercial provider of university education which did not in itself hold degree awarding powers but collaborated with UK universities to award degrees could be considered to be a "college of a university" for the purpose of exemption from VAT.[26] |
Actavis Group PTC EHF and others v ICOS Corporation and another | [2019] UKSC 15 | 27 March | Patent Law, Patents Act 1977, European Patent Convention | The Court of Appeal was within its powers to interfere with the decision in the High Court in assessing whether dosage testing was obvious and therefore the patent was invalid for lack of an inventive test.[27] |
R&S Pilling t/a Phoenix Engineering v UK Insurance Ltd | [2019] UKSC 16 | 27 March | Insurance Law, Road Traffic Act 1988 | An insurer was not liable for a fire occurring on private land arising from the insured vehicle where the vehicle was not, at the time, being used as a means of transportation. The relevant UK legislation at s.143 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 was incompatible with EU law.[28] |
Stocker v Stocker | [2019] UKSC 17 | 3 April | English defamation law, Defamation Act 1952 | An allegation that he "tried to strangle me" on Facebook did not constitute defamation even if the person making the allegation could not demonstrate that he has actually intended to kill her. Context should be given to the nature of spontaneous social media posts when interpreting their meaning.[29] |
R (on the application of Newby Foods Ltd) v Food Standards Agency | [2019] UKSC 18 | 3 April | Food Safety | Meat remaining on an animal carcass after it has been mechanically butchered which is subsequently removed from that carcass using a mechanical process was mechanically separated meat under EU law and therefore subject to the specific hygiene requirements of EU regulation no 853/2004.[30] |
R (on the application of Derry) v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | [2019] UKSC 19] | 10 April | Tax Law, Income Tax Act 2007 | HM Revenue & Customs has not followed the correct process into raising an inquiry into a claim for share loss relief by the taxpayer and therefore were out of time to challenge the loss relief claimed by the taxpayer.[31] |
Vedanta Resources PLC and another v Lungowe and other | [2019] UKSC 20 | 10 April | Company Law, Tort Law | A number of Zambian citizens were entitled to be a group action in the UK courts against Vedanta Resources PLC in respect of alleged harm to the health and farming resources arising from the Nchanga Copper Mine which was operated by a Zambian subsidiary of Vedanta Resources (Konkola Copper Mines).[32] |
R (on the application of DA and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, R (on the application of DS and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | [2019] UKSC 21 | 15 May | Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Housing Benefit, Welfare Reform Act 2012 | The revised lower benefit cap in respect of eligibility for Housing Benefit did not discriminate against lone parents, or lone parents with children under school age, and was therefore considered to be lawful.[33] |
R (on the application of Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal and others | [2019] UKSC 22 | 15 May | Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, Constitutional Law | By majority decision the court determined that decisions of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal could be subject to judicial review in the High Court and implied that parliament may not use legislation to "oust" the jurisdiction of the courts to undertake judicial review.[34] |
Telereal Trillium v Hewitt (Valuation Officer) | [2019] UKSC 23 | 15 May | Business rates in England, Valuation | In considering the rateable value of a premises in a saturated market the valuation hypothesis must assume there remains a willing tenant who is interested in renting the building with the amount of such rent being determined by reference to the general demand derived from similar premises.[35] |
Hancock and another v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | [2019] UKSC 24 | 22 May | Tax Law, Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 | The cash redemption of loan notes were the redemption of qualifying corporate bonds and therefore a gain subject to tax under the provisions of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 was crystallized on the redemption of the bonds.[36] |
Poole Borough Council v GN (through his litigation friend "The Official Solicitor") and another | [2019] UKSC 25 | 6 June | Negligence, Vicarious Liability, Children Act 1989 | Poole Borough Council had not breached their duty of care in respect of children placed in local authority housing where the children had been subject to harassment and abuse by neighbours. The court found that X v Bedfordshire CC was no longer good law.[37] |
In the matter of an application by Dennis Hutchings for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) | [2019] UKSC 26 | 6 June | Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007, non-jury trial | The Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland was entitled to file a certificate under the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 for a former British Army soldier to be tried in a Diplock court by a judge alone (without a jury) in respect of a killing made by the soldier during the Troubles[38] |
Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd and another | [2019] UKSC 27 | 12 June | English defamation law, Defamation Act 2013 | The court ruled that section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013 imposed a new threshold over the common law interpretation of defamation, being that the harm caused had to be serious. It was found that the damage to reputation of the individual in this case did not cause serious harm.[39] |
Samuels v Birmingham City Council | [2019] UKSC 28 | 12 June | Housing Benefit, Housing Act 1996 | An individual had not made herself intentionally homeless due to failing to pay her rent since her income had been less than her reasonable living expenses when living in her last settled accommodation.[40] |
Sveriges Angfartygs Assurans Forening (The Swedish Club) and others v Connect Shipping Inc and another | [2019] UKSC 29 | 12 June | Insurance Law, Marine Insurance Act 1906 | Under the Marine Insurance Act 1906 a ship is a total loss if the costs of repairing the damage exceed the value of the ship. It was held that the costs of repair should include all reasonable costs of salving and safeguarding the ship but would exclude Special Compensation, Protection and Indemnity Clause (SCOPIC) costs.[41] |
OWD Ltd trading as Birmingham Cash and Carry (In Liquidation) and another v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | [2019] UKSC 30 | 19 June | Tax Law, Alcohol Duties Liquor Act 1979, Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 | HMRC does not have the power under the Alcohol Duties Liquor Act 1979 or Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 to permit temporary trading in respect of wholesale supplies of alcohol pending an appeal against a refusal to grant approval for such trading under the Alcohol Wholesalers Registration Scheme.[42] |
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Gubeladze | [2019] UKSC 31 | 19 June | Proportionality, Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006, Citizens’ Rights Directive | An individual was entitled to Pension Credit despite having not been registered for three years under the United Kingdom EU Worker Registration Scheme and that the extension to the registration scheme in 2008 was not proportionate as they only gave small and speculative benefits but could have substantial and series effects on individuals.[43] |
Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd | [2019] UKSC 32 | 3 July | Employment Law. Restrictive Covenants | A restrictive covenant in an employment contract which prevented the employee from holding any shareholding (of any size) in a competitor following cessation of employment was too broad and was therefore unenforceable. This part of the clause was required to be severed from the covenants.[44] |
London Borough of Lambeth v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and others | [2019] UKSC 33 | 3 July | Planning Law, Town and Country Planning Act 1990 | Where planning permission had been granted for retail development subject to restrictions and a subsequent application was made to modify or remove an existing restriction then, even if the subsequent planning permission does not include specific restrictions, this does not necessarily mean there are no restrictions.[45] |
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v MM | [2019] UKSC 34 | 18 July | Welfare Reform Act 2012, Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 | A benefit claimed was entitled to claim personal independence payment partly on the basis that they needed support to engage with other people because of mental health problems. The government's narrow and technical view of the scope of the regulations was rejected.[46] |
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Franco Vomero (Italy) | [2019] UKSC 35 | 24 July | Citizens’ Rights Directive, Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 | An individual had not acquire ad right of permanent residence and was prevented from acquiring such a right following the adoption of the Citizens’ Rights Directive by virtue of serious criminal convictions. (Following referral of questions to the European Court of Justice).[47] |
R (on the application of Association of Independent Meat Suppliers and another) v Food Standards Agency | [2019] UKSC 36 | 24 July | Food Safety, Food Safety Act 1990, Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 | The court made no decision and referred two questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union being a) Do EU regulations (Nos 854/2004 and 882/2004 preclude certain procedures undertaken pursuant to the Food Safety Act 1990, and b) Whether EU regulation 882/2004 mandates a right of appeal against decisions of Official Veterinarians.[48] |
X v Kuoni Travel Ltd | [2019] UKSC 37 | 24 July | Contract Law, Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992 | In respect of whether a tour operator was liable for damages for a breach of contract where a hotel guest was sexually assaulted the court referred the questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union in respect of the application of Council Directive 90/314/EEC.[49] |
Cape Intermediate Holdings Ltd v Dring (for and on behalf of Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK) | [2019] UKSC 38 | 29 July | Civil Procedure Rules | A person who is not a party to court proceedings may obtain a number of documents that are held in count during proceedings but does not necessarily have a right to every document. The constitutional principle of open justice may require access to be given to further documents than those that are permitted by right under the Civil Procedure Rules.[50] |
Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Frank A Smart & Son Ltd | [2019] UKSC 39 | 29 July | Tax Law, The Principal VAT Directive | The taxpayer was entitled to recover input VAT on costs incurred in respect of the purchase of single farm payment entitlements with the key testing on whether recovery was available being how the subsidy was to be used by the business.[51] |
Akçil and others v Koza Ltd and another | [2019] UKSC 40 | 29 July | Legal Jurisdiction, Brussels I Recast Regulation | The English courts did not have jurisdiction in respect of a claim brought by trustee shareholders of Koza Altın (a Turkish company) over changes made to the constitutional documents of a UK subsidiary. Whether the Turkish parent had acted validly was a matter for the Turkish Courts.[52] |
R (Miller) v The Prime Minister and Cherry v Advocate General for Scotland | [2019] UKSC 41 | 24 September | Constitutional law | The Prime Minister's advice to Her Majesty to exercise the prerogative power to prorogue Parliament was unlawful as it prevented Parliament from exercising its constitutional functions, and the resulting prorogation was thus void and of no effect. Decided by 11 judges.[53] |
In the matter of D (A Child) | [2019] UKSC 42 | 26 September | Liberty, Children Act 1989, Article 5, ECHR, Article 8, ECHR | Where a 16 or 17 year old lacks capacity to give their own consent, it is not possible for the parents of the individual to give consent to living arrangements which would amount to a deprivation of liberty. Instead an application must be made under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards regime.[54] |
Routier and another v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | [2019] UKSC 43 | 16 October | Tax Law Inheritance Tax Act 1984 | The restriction in the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 for exemptions of legacies to charities to UK charities violated the EU law principle of the freedom of movement of capital.[55] |
Gilham v Ministry of Justice | [2019] UKSC 44 | 16 October | Employment Law, Employment Rights Act 1996, Article 10, ECHR, Article 14, ECHR | A district judge was entitled to whistleblower protections by virtue of being a 'worker' despite not being an employee under the Employment Rights Act 1996. Failure to offer such protection would interfere with the right to freedom of expression, protected under Article 10, ECHR.[56] |
Shanks v Unilever Plc and others | [2019] UKSC 45 | 23 October | Patent Law Patents Act 1977 | The system for measuring glucose concentration by an employee of Unilever had provided an outstanding benefit to the company and the employee was entitled to a fair share of that benefit.[57] |
The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v Vauxhall Motors Ltd (Formerly General Motors UK Ltd) | [2019] UKSC 46 | 23 October | Property Law, Equitable Relief from Forfeiture | Relief from forfeiture can be given in respect of possessory rights over land where the contract grants either proprietary or possessory rights over land and the termination provision was included in the contract as security of the payment of a sum.[58] |
Sequent Nominees Ltd (formerly Rotrust Nominees Ltd) v Hautford Ltd (a company registered in the British Virgin Islands) | [2019] UKSC 47 | 30 October | Property Law, Leasehold Reform Act 1967 | A landlord had not unreasonably refused consent for a tenant to apply for planning permission where refusing to grant such consent was an additional safeguard to protect the landlord against the risk of enfranchisement under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967[59] |
Travelers Insurance Company Ltd v XYZ | [2019] UKSC 48 | 30 October | Costs in English law, Insurance Law, Senior Courts Act 1981 | An insurance company which was not a party to the original case but was the insurer of one of the parties was not liable for costs under section 51 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 where it did not engage in 'unjustified intermeddling'.[60] |
In the matter of NY (A Child) | [2019] UKSC 49 | 30 October | Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 | An appeal under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales was set aside.[61] |
Singularis Holdings Ltd (In Official Liquidation) (A Company Incorporated in the Cayman Islands) v Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd | [2019] UKSC 50 | 30 October | Duty of Care, Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 | A bank which executes a fraudulent instruction to transfer funds out of a company's account can be held as liably for a breach of its duty of care even if the instruction to transfer the money was made by the controlling shareholders and directors of the company.[62] |
R v Reeves Taylor | [2019] UKSC 51 | 13 November | Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996, Criminal Appeal Act 1968 | In order for a person to be guilt of torture under section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 the defendant must be acting in an official capacity for a regime or government and the regime must have some kind of control over the area in which the alleged crime took place.[63] |
RR v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | [2019] UKSC 52 | 13 November | Housing Benefit, Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Size Criteria) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 | Housing benefit should be calculated without deduction of the 'bedroom tax'. Following R (Carmichael) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, making such a deduction would be incompatible with Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights and a public authority would be required to disregard a legislative provision where its application would result in a breach of the convention.[64] |
R (on the application of Wright) v Resilient Energy Severndale Ltd and Forest of Dean District Council | [2019] UKSC 53 | 20 November | Planning Law, Town and Country Planning Act 1990, Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 | Local authorities must expressly satisfy the Newbury Principles when granting planning permission. In order for consideration to be 'material' it must be for a planning purpose and not an ulterior purpose and be both fair and reasonable in relation to the development. Upholds the wider principle that planning permission cannot be bought or sold.[65] |
Edwards on behalf of the Estate of the late Thomas Arthur Watkins v Hugh James Ford Simey Solicitors | [2019] UKSC 54 | 20 November | Professional Negligence | The Bwllfa principle was not relevant to the after date evidence that had been provided to the court and the case was remitted back to the lower courts to determine the value of the loss of opportunity.[66] |
Royal Mail Group Ltd v Jhuti | [2019] UKSC 55 | 27 November | Employment Law, Employment Rights Act 1996, Whistleblowing | If an employee is dismissed by virtue of a false reason given to the person responsible for making the dismissal then, even if the person responsible has a genuine belief in the false reason, then the actual reason for dismissal is in face the hidden reason that was not disclosed to the decision maker.[67] |
R (on the application of Hemmati and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department | [2019] UKSC 56 | 27 November | Illegal immigration, Right of asylum | The policy to detain persons who had sought asylum in another EU State where the claims were referred to an EU State under the Dublin III Regulation under the Immigration Act 1971 failed to comply with the Dublin III Regulation as it lacked adequate certainty and predictability.[68] |
MacDonald and another v Carnbroe Estates Ltd | [2019] UKSC 57 | 4 December | Gratuitous alienations on insolvency, Insolvency Act 1986 | Where a property had been sold for £550,000 but only £470,000 had been paid and a higher price could have been achieved with a proper marketing process then there had been a gratuitous alienation prior to insolvency. In considering the available remedy, a flexible approach can be taken to take account of the consideration which a bona fide purchaser would have paid.[69] |
R (on the application of Lancashire County Council) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, R (on the application of NHS Property Services Ltd) v Surrey County Council and another | [2019] UKSC 58 | 11 December | Property Law, Statutory Incompatibility | The specific public interest contained in the statutory purpose for which the land was actually held outweighed the public interest in registering the land as a town or village green under the Commons Act 2006.[70] |
Patel v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Secretary of State for the Home Department v Shah | [2019] UKSC 59 | 16 December | Immigration Law, Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006, Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union | The Zambrano principle applied to allow a parent of a dependent child who was a resident to a non EU member state to reside in the UK as the primary carer of a British citizen but did not provide the same rights for another individual in respect of their elderly parent as there was not a 'relationship of dependency'.[71] |
Miller and others v Ministry of Justice | [2019] UKSC 60 | 16 December | Labour Law, Part-time Work Directive 1997, Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 | Judges who had held one or more appointments as fee-paid part-time judges had been subject to less favourable treatment in respect of the provision of a pension and were entitled to pensions in respect of their former part-time service.[72] |
2020 judgments
Case name | Citation | Date | Legal subject | Summary of decision |
FMX Foods Merchants Import Export Co Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs | [2020] UKSC 1 | 29 January | Tax law, Customs Code of the EU | HMRC could issue a post-clearance demand (in respect of customs duty) after the expiry of the normal three year time limit where criminal proceedings were relevant. However, HMRC cannot issue demands unitarily without any time limit as this would be in breach of the fundamental principle of legal certainty under EU law.[73] |
A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of devolution issues to the Supreme Court pursuant to Paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 | [2020] UKSC 2 | 5 February | Devolution in the United Kingdom | Providing postcode lists to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions was not a "devolution issue" or capable of being incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. Therefore, the Supreme Court fused to accept the application by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland.[74] |
R (on the application of Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) and others) v North Yorkshire County Council | [2020] UKSC 3 | 5 February | Planning Law, Town and Country Planning Act 1990 | Planning permission granted by North Yorkshire County Council for the expansion of a quarry did not breech the National Planning Policy Framework in respect of mineral extraction in the green belt as the "openness" of the green belt would be preserved.[75] |
R (on the application of Jalloh (Liberia)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department | [2020] UKSC 4 | 12 February | Immigration Law, False Imprisonment | Conditions of bail under the provisions of the Immigration Act 1971 which required an individual who lacked immigration status to stay at home for eight hours a day constituted false imprisonment.[76] |
Micula and others v Romania | [2020] UKSC 5 | 19 February | Arbitration | The English courts how the power to stay execution of an award by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the UK's enforforcement of obligations under and the ICSID Convention are unaffected by the EU Treaties.[77] |
In the matter of an application by Deborah McGuinness for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) | [2020] UKSC 6 | 19 February | Jurisdiction | The supreme court did not have the jurisdiction to hear appeals in respect of when Ulster loyalist Michael Stone can be released from prison.[78] |
R (on the application of DN (Rwanda)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department | [2020] UKSC 7 | 26 February | Immigration Law, False Imprisonment | An order to detain and individual prior to deportation under the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 was unlawful and the individual could due for damages for false imprisonment.[79] |
R v Copeland | [2020] UKSC 8 | 11 March | Explosive Substances Act 1883 | By a majority decision, a person was not guilty under section 4(1) of the Explosive Substances Act 1883 where the explosives were being used for experimentation and self-education and did not have an ulterior unlawful purpose.[80] |
MS (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department | [2019] UKSC 9 | 18 March | Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery | Immigration tribunals can make findings of fact and are not bound by a Home Office decision in determining whether Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights would be breached. The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings requirements can form part of the positive obligations owed by the State under Article 4 ECHR.[81] |
Elgizouli v Secretary of State for the Home Department | [2020] UKSC 10 | 25 March | Human Rights, Death Penalty, Data Protection Act 2018 | A decision by the government to co-operate with US law enforcement over the prosecution was two alleged Islamic State members was unlawful without assurance from the US that the individuals would not face the death penalty.[82] |
Aspen Underwriting Ltd v Credit Europe Bank NV | [2020] UKSC 11 | 1 April | Insurance Law, Jurisdiction | The High Court of England and Wales did not have jurisdiction to hear claims relating to fraudulent misrepresentation following the loss of an insured vessel. Since Credit Europe Bank was domiciled in the Netherlands, the case should be heard in the courts of the Netherlands.[83] |
WM Morrisons Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants | [2020] UKSC 12 | 1 April | Vicarious Liability, Data Protection | Morrisons were not vicariously liable in respect of actions taken by a vengeful employee who posted the personal data of 100,000 employees online, an action which was in breach of duties imposed the by Data Protection Act 1998.[84][85] |
Barclays Bank plc v Various Claimants | [2020] UKSC 13 | 1 April | Vicarious Liability | Barclays Bank PLC was not vicariously liable for the acts of a self-employed doctor who was engage to carry out medial examinations of its staff and was accused of sexual assault.[86] |
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust v XX | [2020] UKSC 14 | 1 April | Tort Law | Damages payable by Whittington Hospital NHS Trust to a women who could not bear children following earlier medical negligence could include the costs of surrogacy through commercial agreements aboard.[87] |
Zipvit Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | [2020] UKSC 15 | 1 April | Tax Law, Value Added Tax | The court referred a case relating to whether a trader can deduct input VAT in the absence of a VAT invoice and whether a trader has an entitlement to deduct VAT on supplies which are carried out by another entity to the Court of Justice of the European Union[88] |
R (on the application of Palestine Solidarity Campaign Ltd and another) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | [2020] UKSC 16 | 29 April | Pensions, Public Service Pensions Act 2013 | Ministerial guidance to administering authorities of Local Government Pension Scheme funds on how to discharge their investment powers was unlawful as the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 did now allow central government to impose policy on administering authorities.[89] |
AM (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department | [2020] UKSC 17 | 29 April | Criminal deportation, Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights | The deportation of an individual who had come to the UK as a teenager from Zimbabwe and was subsequently convicted of a number of serious offences was blocked amid concerns his life would be shortened by HIV and suitable medical care was not available in Zimbabwe. This upheld the position established in Paposhvili v Belgium.[90] |
Duval v 11-13 Randolph Crescent Ltd | [2020] UKSC 18 | 6 May | Property Law | A landlord was in breach of its obligations to enforce tenant covenants where the landlord had granted a licence to a tenant to undertake structural works as the granting of such a licence had put the landlord out of its power to enforce an absolute covenant preventing structural works.[91] |
R v Adams (Northern Ireland) | [2020] UKSC 19 | 13 May | Unlawful Detention, Detention of Terrorists (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 | The detention of Gerry Adams for his attempts to escape from the Maze Prison in the 1970s was unlawful as the custody order had not been authorised personally by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and therefore did not meet the requirements of the Detention of Terrorists (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.[92] |
Dill v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and another | [2020] UKSC 20 | 20 May | Property Law, Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 | The status of two lead urns placed on limestone plinths which had been classified as listed buildings were able to be revisited by a planning inspector in considering whether or not they were in face 'buildings'.[93] |
Cardtronics UK Ltd and others v Sykes and others (Valuation Officers) | [2020] UKSC 21 | 20 May | Property Law, Business Rates | Cash machines located inside and outside of retail stores were not separate hereditaments from the stores or shops and as such should not have been subject to separate business rates on top of normal store rates.[94] |
Fowler v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs | [2020] UKSC 22 | 20 May | Tax Law | Despite the presence of a deeming provision in the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 which treated a deep-sea diver as being self-employed for UK tax purposes, the actual relationship was that of employment and the diver should be considered to receive the income in respect of an employment when applying the tax treaty between the UK and South Africa.[95] |
Serafin v Malkiewicz and others | [2020] UKSC 23 | 3 June | Libel | A libel case was overturned after the court found that Justice Robert Jay had not allowed a claim to be properly presented and had harassed and intimidated the claimant and as such the original trial was unfair. A retrial was ordered.[96] |
Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd v Visa Europe Services LLC and others and Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd and others v MasterCard Incorporated and others | [2020] UKSC 24 | 19 June | Competition Law, Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union | Interchange fees levied by Visa Inc. and Mastercard infringed Competition Law (namely article 101(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The judgement could have significant implications with potentially billions in damages being due.[97] |
Bresco Electrical Services Ltd (in liquidation) v Michael J Lonsdale (Electrical) Ltd | [2020] UKSC 25 | 17 June | Adjudication | Adjudication on the application of a liquidator of a company is not incompatible with the insolvency process and the existence of the insolvency set-off does not result in a claim ceasing to exist. The fact that an adjudication award cannot be enforced immediately does not mean that the adjudication process is futile.[98] |
ABC v Principal Reporter and another and In the matter of XY | [2020] UKSC 26 | 18 June | Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011, Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights | It is not a breach of the right to family life for a child's siblings to be denied "relevant person" status (being a person who has had significant involvement in the upbringing of the child and is therefore entitled to be notified of and attend any children's hearing).[99] |
See also
Notes and References
- ^ Procedural issue before the main appeal reported at UKSC 15
- ^ This issue was heard by a diminished panel of 3 judges
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax An augmented panel of 7 judges sat in this case
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o An augmented panel of 9 judges sat in this case
- ^ This was an application made to the court to temporarily suspend the operation of an order made at [2010] UKSC 2
- ^ The court was asked to extend the terms of an anonymity order made at [2010] UKSC 24
- ^ The court made an order regarding the distribution of costs, main judgment at [2010] UKSC 14
- ^ This judgment was simply a clarification of details of an order made in the previous judgement at [2010] UKSC 45
- ^ The Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger also sat in on this case and gave a judgment that formed the unanimous majority.
- ^ a b Lord Rodger died before judgment was given in this case. He indicated that he would join the majority.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j An augmented panel of 7 judges sat in this case
- ^ a b Judgment given outside of term time
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