2015 Judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

This is a list of the judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the year 2015 as of 8 August. So far 57 cases have been decided and these are ordered by neutral citation.

In 2015 Lord Neuberger is the President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale is the Deputy President.

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 2015 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

2015 Judgments[]

Case name	Citation	Argued	Decided	Neuberger	Hale	Mance	Kerr	Clarke	Wilson	Sumption	Reed	Carnwath	Hughes	Toulson	Hodge
	[2015] UKSC 1	10 July 2013	28 January
^[1]	[2015] UKSC 2	28-29 July 2014	28 January
^[2]	[2015] UKSC 3	14-15 May 2014	9 February
	[2015] UKSC 4	18 December 2014	9 February
	[2015] UKSC 5	20 October 2014	18 February
^[1]	[2015] UKSC 6	22-23 October 2014	25 February
	[2015] UKSC 7	3-4 November 2014	25 February
	[2015] UKSC 8	26 November 2014	4 March
^[3]	[2015] UKSC 9	2-4 December 2014	4 March
Sea Shepherd UK v Fish & Fish Ltd	[2015] UKSC 10	8 December 2014	4 March
Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board^[1]	[2015] UKSC 11	22-23 July 2014	11 March
	[2015] UKSC 12	17 November 2014	11 March
	[2015] UKSC 13	20 November 2014	11 March
	[2015] UKSC 14	8-9 December 2014	11 March
	[2015] UKSC 15	10 December 2014	11 March
	[2015] UKSC 16	29-30 April 2014	18 March
	[2015] UKSC 17	10 November 2014	18 March
	[2015] UKSC 18	15 January	18 March
^[1]	[2015] UKSC 19	18-19 November 2014	25 March
	[2015] UKSC 20	28 January	25 March
R (Evans) v Attorney General^[1]	[2015] UKSC 21	24-25 November 2014	26 March
Nzolameso v City of Westminster	[2015] UKSC 22	17 March	2 April
Jetivita SA v Bilta (UK) Ltd^[1]	[2015] UKSC 23	14-15 October 2014	22 April
	[2015] UKSC 24	24 February	2 April
	[2015] UKSC 25	13 January	29 April
	[2015] UKSC 26	21 January	29 April
	[2015] UKSC 27	2-3 February	29 April
	[2015] UKSC 28	16 April	29 April
	[2015] UKSC 29	16 October 2014	13 May
Hotak v London Borough of Southwark^[4]	[2015] UKSC 30	15, 16, 17 December 2014	13 May
	[2015] UKSC 31	25, 26 March	13 May
Rhodes v OPO	[2015] UKSC 32	19, 20 January	20 May
^[1]	[2015] UKSC 33	15-16 July 2014; 27-28 July	20 May
	[2015] UKSC 34	29 January	20 May
	[2015] UKSC 35	13 May	22 May
Arnold v Britton	[2015] UKSC 36	26 January	10 June
	[2015] UKSC 37	11, 12 March	10 June
	[2015] UKSC 38	14, 15 April	17 June
	[2015] UKSC 39	20 April	17 June
	[2015] UKSC 40	2-3 March	24 June
	[2015] UKSC 41	16 March	24 June
	[2015] UKSC 42	6 November 2014	1 July
Bunge SA v Nidera BV	[2015] UKSC 43	27-28 April	1 July
	[2015] UKSC 44	27-28 October 2014 & 30 April	1 July
Edenred (UK Group) Ltd v HM Treasury	[2015] UKSC 45	13-14 May	1 July
	[2015] UKSC 46	18-19 March	8 July
	[2015] UKSC 47	26 March	8 July
	[2015] UKSC 48	21 April	8 July
Beghal v DPP^[5]	[2015] UKSC 49	12-13 November 2014	22 July
Coventry v Lawrence (No. 3)^[1]^[6]	[2015] UKSC 50	9-10 & 12 February	22 July
	[2015] UKSC 51	29 April	22 July
	[2015] UKSC 52	23 June	22 July
^[7]	[2015] UKSC 53	11 February	29 July
	[2015] UKSC 54	16-17 February	29 July
^[8]	[2015] UKSC 55	5-6 May	29 July
	[2015] UKSC 56	16 June	29 July
R (Tigere) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills	[2015] UKSC 57	24-25 June	29 July
	[2015] UKSC 58	18 February	14 October
	[2015] UKSC 59	7 May	14 October
	[2015] UKSC 60	8-10 June	14 October
	[2015] UKSC 61	8-10 June	14 October
	[2015] UKSC 62	9 July	21 October
The United States of America v Nolan	[2015] UKSC 63	15-16 July	21 October
JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov	[2015] UKSC 64	28 July	21 October
	[2015] UKSC 65	29 June	28 October
	[2015] UKSC 66	17-18 June	4 November
Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi	[2015] UKSC 67	21-23 July	4 November
	[2015] UKSC 68	25-26 February	18 November
	[2015] UKSC 69	22-23 April	25 November
	[2015] UKSC 70	17 November	25 November
Eclairs Group Ltd v JKX Oil & Gas plc	[2015] UKSC 71	18-19 May	2 December
	[2015] UKSC 72	7 October	2 December
	[2015] UKSC 73	24 March	16 December
Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers	[2015] UKSC 74	8 October	16 December
	[2015] UKSC 75	14-15 October	16 December
	[2015] UKSC 76	2 November	16 December
^[9]	[2015] UKSC 77	4 November	16 December
	[2015] UKSC 78	17 November	16 December
	[2015] UKSC 79	20-21 October	17 December

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h An augmented panel of 7 judges sat in this case.
^ The Lord Chief Justice, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd, also sat on this case to make up the five judges. He gave a judgment for the majority that Lady Hale concurred with.
^ The case concerned two appeals (Catt and T). The grid shows the judges' decisions in respect of Catt but note that T's appeal was allowed unanimously.
^ The grid shows the justices' decision only in respect of the first appellant. All five justices allowed the second appellant's appeal and dismissed the third appellant's.
^ Master of the Rolls, Lord Dyson, also sat on this case. He concurred with the majority judgment of Lord Hughes.
^ Master of the Rolls, Lord Dyson, also sat on this case. He gave the joint leading judgment with Lord Neuberger.
^ The Lord President of the Court of Session, Lord Gill, also sat on this case. He gave a concurring judgment for the majority.
^ The court did not make an order in this case but rather Lady Hale gave a judgment of the court that referred three questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union under Article 267 TFEU.
^ Lord Gill also sat on this case and gave a concurring judgment.

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Supreme Court decided cases, 2015

[7_judges-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h An augmented panel of 7 judges sat in this case.

[2] The Lord Chief Justice, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd, also sat on this case to make up the five judges. He gave a judgment for the majority that Lady Hale concurred with.

[3] The case concerned two appeals (Catt and T). The grid shows the judges' decisions in respect of Catt but note that T's appeal was allowed unanimously.

[4] The grid shows the justices' decision only in respect of the first appellant. All five justices allowed the second appellant's appeal and dismissed the third appellant's.

[5] Master of the Rolls, Lord Dyson, also sat on this case. He concurred with the majority judgment of Lord Hughes.

[6] Master of the Rolls, Lord Dyson, also sat on this case. He gave the joint leading judgment with Lord Neuberger.

[7] The Lord President of the Court of Session, Lord Gill, also sat on this case. He gave a concurring judgment for the majority.

[8] The court did not make an order in this case but rather Lady Hale gave a judgment of the court that referred three questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union under Article 267 TFEU.

[9] Lord Gill also sat on this case and gave a concurring judgment.

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