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Case name Citation Date Legal subject Summary of decision Paul & Anor v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1 11 January 2024 Tort law, Nervous shock: A person cannot claim compensation for a recognised psychiatric illness caused by witnessing the death or injury of a close family member or other loved one due to medical negligence.
Family law, Jurisdiction, Matrimonial Causes Act 1973: A maintenance claim could be pursued in England, where the claimant was now residing, rather than Scotland, despite the fact that the petition for divorce was filed in Scotland and the couple had lived in Scotland for most of their marriage.
The two-stage test for vicarious liability applies equally to cases of sexual abuse. Merely satisfying the 'but-for' test does not suffice to fulfill the second stage, which is the close connection test. In complex cases, it can be helpful to assess whether the outcome aligns with the underlying policy to ensure justice is served. [1]
The case summaries below are not official or authoritative. 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. List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered in 2009
UK Tax Law, Value Added Tax: Judgment following a referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union [d] (CJEU) in a previous supreme court case (see 2020 UKSC 15). The CJEU had confirmed that a trader could not recover VAT on supplies made to it where the original supplier and HMRC had mistakenly treated the original supplies as exempt ...
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. [27] Samuels v Birmingham City Council [2019] UKSC 28: 12 June
UK law recognises both marriages and civil partnerships, both of which can be entered by couples of any gender. Traditionally, marriage was only available between a man and a woman, according to decisions in cases including Hyde v Hyde and Corbett v Corbett, as well as the wording of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, the legislation which primarily dealt with divorce.
Legislation creates some obligations of the state to children, disputes involving such matters aare dealt with by public family law. [4] In 2021, 265,308 cases entered the family court system. There were 38,528 domestic violence orders and 1,054 adoption applications. [5]