2017 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 2017. 5 cases have been decided as of 25 January 2017 and these are ordered by neutral citation.

In 2017 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 2017 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

2017 Judgments[]

Case name Citation Argued Decided Neuberger Hale Mance Kerr Clarke Wilson Sumption Reed Carnwath Hughes Hodge
[2017] UKSC 1 9-10 May 2016 17 January
[2017] UKSC 2 1-4 February 2016; 26 October 2016 17 January
[2017] UKSC 3 9-12 November 2015 17 January
[1] [2017] UKSC 4 15 June 2016 18 January
R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2017] UKSC 5 5-8 December 2016 24 January
Akers v Samba Financial Group[2] [2017] UKSC 6 27-28 April 2016 1 February 2017
[3] [2017] UKSC 7 15 November 2016 1 February 2017
[4] [2017] UKSC 8 24 November 2016 8 February 2017
[5] [2017] UKSC 9 28-29 June 2016 15 February 2017
[2017] UKSC 10 22-24 February 2016 22 February 2017
[2017] UKSC 11 6-7 April 2016 22 February 2017
[2017] UKSC 12 12 January 2017 22 February 2017
[2017] UKSC 28 31 January 2017 6 April 2017
R (UNISON) v Lord Chancellor [2017] UKSC 51 27-28 March 2017 26 July 2017

Notes[]

  1. ^ Lord Toulson, who had retired, also sat on this case. He agreed with the majority.
  2. ^ Lord Toulson and Lord Collins, who had retired, also sat on this case. They agreed with the majority.
  3. ^ Lord Dyson, who had retired, also sat on this case. He agreed with the majority.
  4. ^ Lord Dyson agreed with the majority.
  5. ^ Lord Dyson and Lord Toulson also sat on this case. Toulson gave the judgment, with which Dyson agreed.

External links[]

Supreme Court decided cases (2017)

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