2012 Judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

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This is a list of the judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the year 2012. They are ordered by Neutral citation.

The table lists judgments made by the court and the opinions of the judges in each case. Judges are treated as having concurred in another's judgment when they either formally attach themselves to the judgment of another or speak only to acknowledge their concurrence with one or more judges. Any judgment which reaches a conclusion which differs from the majority on one or more major points of the appeal has been treated as dissent.

All dates are for 2012 unless expressly stated otherwise.

Table key[]


 Delivered a judgment (majority)

Concurred in the judgment of another justice (majority)

Delivered a judgment (dissenting)

Concurred in the judgment of another justice (dissent)

Did not participate in the decision

2012 judgments[]

Case name Citation Argued Decided Phillips Hope Walker Hale Brown Mance Kerr Clarke Dyson Judge Wilson Sumption Reed Carnwath Neuberger
Ravat v Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Ltd [2012] UKSC 1 22 November 2011 8 February
[2012] UKSC 2 7-9 November 2011 8 February
[1] [2012] UKSC 3 25 January 15 February
[2012] UKSC 4 23-24 November 2011 15 February
[2012] UKSC 5 14 December 2011 22 February
[2] [2012] UKSC 6 31 October-3 November 2011 29 February
[1] [2012] UKSC 7 N/A[3] 29 February
[2012] UKSC 8 30 January 7 March
[4] [2012] UKSC 9 14-17 November 2011 14 March
[2012] UKSC 10 20 February 14 March
[2012] UKSC 11 17-18 October 2011 21 March
[4] [2012] UKSC 12 13-14 February 21 March
Tesco Stores Ltd v Dundee City Council [2012] UKSC 13 15-16 February 21 March
[2012] UKSC 14 5-8 & 12-15 December 2011 28 March
Homer v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2012] UKSC 15 17-19 January 25 April
Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes [2012] UKSC 16 17-18 January 25 April
[2012] UKSC 17 12 January 2 May
[2012] UKSC 18 14-15 March 16 May
[4] [2012] UKSC 19 21-23 & 27-9 February 23 May
[2012] UKSC 20 21-22 February 23 May
[2012] UKSC 21 13-14 March 23 May
Assange v The Swedish Prosecution Authority[4] [2012] UKSC 22 1-2 February 30 May
[4] [2012] UKSC 23 7-8 February 31 May
[4] [2012] UKSC 24 5-8 March 20 June
[4][5] [2012] UKSC 25 5-8 March 20 June
[2012] UKSC 26 18-19 April 27 June
[2012] UKSC 27 30 April-1 May 27 June
[2012] UKSC 28 8-10 May 4 July
[2012] UKSC 29 24 May 4 July
[2012] UKSC 30 21-22 May 11 July
[2012] UKSC 31 20 June 11 July
[2012] UKSC 32 24-26 April 18 July
[2012] UKSC 33 24-26 April 18 July
[2012] UKSC 34 13-14 June 18 July
[6][7] [2012] UKSC 35 2-22 March 25 July
[2012] UKSC 36 25 June 25 July
[2012] UKSC 37 26 June 25 July
[4] [2012] UKSC 38 18-19 June 25 July
[2012] UKSC 39 3 July 25 July
[2012] UKSC 40 28-29 May 17 August
[4] [2012] UKSC 41 16-18 July 10 October
[2012] UKSC 42 27 June 10 October
British Airways plc v Williams [2012] UKSC 43 23 July 17 October
[2012] UKSC 44 9-10 July 17 October
[2012] UKSC 45 9-10 July 24 October
[8] [2012] UKSC 46 21-24 May 24 October
[2012] UKSC 47 11 July 24 October
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs v Yunus Rahmatullah[4] [2012] UKSC 48 2-3 July 31 October
[9] [2012] UKSC 49 15 October 31 October
[2012] UKSC 50 3 October 7 November
[6][10] [2012] UKSC 51 27-29 March 14 November
[2012] UKSC 52 4 October 14 November
[2012] UKSC 53 9-10 October 21 November
[2012] UKSC 54 14-17 May 21 November
[2012] UKSC 55 14 June 21 November
[2012] UKSC 56 23-24 July 21 November
[2012] UKSC 57 29 October 28 November
[2012] UKSC 58 23 October 28 November
[2012] UKSC 59 31 October-1 November 12 December
[2012] UKSC 60 29 November 12 December
[2012] UKSC 61 12-13 November 12 December
[2012] UKSC 62 26 November 19 December
Société Générale, London Branch v Geys [2012] UKSC 63 17-18 October 19 December

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b An augmented panel of 3 judges sat in this case.
  2. ^ Lord Collins also sat in this case and found with Lords Clarke and Dyson in a 3-2 majority decision.
  3. ^ This application was considered by way of written submissions.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j An augmented panel of 7 judges sat in this case.
  5. ^ The chart shows the justice's decision in respect of HH. FK's appeal was unanimously allowed; PH's appeal was dismissed by a 6-1 majority (Lady Hale dissenting).
  6. ^ a b An augmented panel of 9 judges sat in this case.
  7. ^ The Vice President of the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal, Sir Anthony Hughes, also sat on this appeal. He gave a short judgment for the majority that concurred with Lord Phillips.
  8. ^ Lord Collins sat on this case and gave the leading judgment for the majority.
  9. ^ The decision in this case was not in favour of one side or the other but rather the Supreme Court unanimously decided to refer the case to the Court of Justice of the European Union. Lady Hale set out the terms of the reference.
  10. ^ The Vice President of the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal, Sir Anthony Hughes, also sat on this appeal. He gave the leading judgment alongside Lord Walker.

Judges[]

  • Lord Judge was the Lord Chief Justice and President of the Courts of England and Wales in 2012 but sat on four cases in the Supreme Court.
  • Lord Brown served until 9 April 2012.
  • Lord Phillips served until 30 September 2012.
  • Lord Sumption became a justice on 11 January 2012. He replaced Lord Collins.
  • Lord Reed became a justice on 6 February 2012. He replaced Lord Rodger.
  • Lord Carnwath became a justice on 17 April 2012. He replaced Lord Brown.
  • Lord Neuberger became president of the supreme court on 1 October 2012. He replaced Lord Phillips.

External links[]

Supreme Court decided cases, 2012

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