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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
A patient in Northern Ireland mental healthcare can rely on relevant case regarding the England and Wales where the legislative language in the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986. [6] Lifestyle Equities CV and another v Amazon UK Services Ltd and others [2024] UKSC 8: 21 February 2024 Trade Marks Act 1994
The court considered the discretion of a court to reconsider a judgement and order after it has been given but before the formal order has been sealed by the court. In such circumstances a judge faced with an application to reconsider is required to consider such an application in line with the overriding principle to deal with cases justly and ...
Constitutional law, Devolution in the UK: 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 refused to accept the application by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland. [2]
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
The UK Supreme Court has since its inception sent some of its justices to sit on Hong Kong's top court, the Court of Final Appeal. [61] This practice was established when the Court of Final Appeal was first set up in 1997 and before the founding of the UK Supreme Court, when the House of Lords was still the final appellate court in the UK. [62]
The Senior Courts of England and Wales were originally created by the Judicature Acts as the "Supreme Court of Judicature". It was renamed the "Supreme Court of England and Wales" in 1981, [8] and again to the "Senior Courts of England and Wales" by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (to distinguish it from the new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom).
When the county court system was created as a result of the County Courts Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 95), there were 491 county courts in England and Wales. Since the Crime and Courts Act 2013 came into force, there has been one County Court in England and Wales, sitting simultaneously in many different locations.