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
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Delivered a judgment (majority) |
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Concurred in the judgment of another justice (majority) |
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Delivered a judgment (dissenting) |
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Concurred in the judgment of another justice (dissent) |
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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 |
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McGraddie v McGraddie (Costs) | [2015] UKSC 1 | 10 July 2013 | 28 January | ||||||||||||
Michael v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police[1] | [2015] UKSC 2 | 28-29 July 2014 | 28 January | ||||||||||||
Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill: Reference by the Counsel General for Wales[2] | [2015] UKSC 3 | 14-15 May 2014 | 9 February | ||||||||||||
Sustainable Shetland v The Scottish Ministers | [2015] UKSC 4 | 18 December 2014 | 9 February | ||||||||||||
Jackson v Murray | [2015] UKSC 5 | 20 October 2014 | 18 February | ||||||||||||
R (Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills[1] | [2015] UKSC 6 | 22-23 October 2014 | 25 February | ||||||||||||
R (Newhaven Port and Properties Ltd) v East Sussex County Council | [2015] UKSC 7 | 3-4 November 2014 | 25 February | ||||||||||||
R (Jamar Brown (Jamaica)) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department | [2015] UKSC 8 | 26 November 2014 | 4 March | ||||||||||||
R (Catt) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis[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 | ||||||||||||
Tael One Partners Ltd v Morgan Stanley & Co International PLC | [2015] UKSC 12 | 17 November 2014 | 11 March | ||||||||||||
Carlyle v Royal Bank of Scotland Plc | [2015] UKSC 13 | 20 November 2014 | 11 March | ||||||||||||
Wyatt v Vince | [2015] UKSC 14 | 8-9 December 2014 | 11 March | ||||||||||||
Akerman-Livingstone v Aster Communities Ltd (formerly Flourish Homes Limited) | [2015] UKSC 15 | 10 December 2014 | 11 March | ||||||||||||
R (SG) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | [2015] UKSC 16 | 29-30 April 2014 | 18 March | ||||||||||||
Braganza v BP Shipping Ltd | [2015] UKSC 17 | 10 November 2014 | 18 March | ||||||||||||
R (Trail Riders Fellowship) v Dorset County Council | [2015] UKSC 18 | 15 January | 18 March | ||||||||||||
Pham v Secretary of State for the Home Department[1] | [2015] UKSC 19 | 18-19 November 2014 | 25 March | ||||||||||||
Re S (A Child) | [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 | ||||||||||||
R v GH | [2015] UKSC 24 | 24 February | 2 April | ||||||||||||
R (Hemming) v Westminster City Council | [2015] UKSC 25 | 13 January | 29 April | ||||||||||||
University and College Union v The University of Sterling | [2015] UKSC 26 | 21 January | 29 April | ||||||||||||
Trustees of the Olympic Airlines SA Pension and Life Assurance Scheme v Olympic Airlines SA | [2015] UKSC 27 | 2-3 February | 29 April | ||||||||||||
R (ClientEarth) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | [2015] UKSC 28 | 16 April | 29 April | ||||||||||||
Gaughran v Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland | [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 | ||||||||||||
Starbucks (HK) Ltd v British Sky Broadcasting Group plc | [2015] UKSC 31 | 25, 26 March | 13 May | ||||||||||||
Rhodes v OPO | [2015] UKSC 32 | 19, 20 January | 20 May | ||||||||||||
Zurich Insurance PLC UK Branch v International Energy Group Ltd[1] | [2015] UKSC 33 | 15-16 July 2014; 27-28 July | 20 May | ||||||||||||
Haile v London Borough of Waltham Forest | [2015] UKSC 34 | 29 January | 20 May | ||||||||||||
AR v RN | [2015] UKSC 35 | 13 May | 22 May | ||||||||||||
Arnold v Britton | [2015] UKSC 36 | 26 January | 10 June | ||||||||||||
Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v Pendragon plc | [2015] UKSC 37 | 11, 12 March | 10 June | ||||||||||||
Aspect Contracts (Asbestos) Ltd v Higgins Construction Plc | [2015] UKSC 38 | 14, 15 April | 17 June | ||||||||||||
BPE Solicitors v Gabriel | [2015] UKSC 39 | 20 April | 17 June | ||||||||||||
TN and MA (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department | [2015] UKSC 40 | 2-3 March | 24 June | ||||||||||||
R (Lumsdon) v Legal Services Board | [2015] UKSC 41 | 16 March | 24 June | ||||||||||||
Re an application by JR38 for Judicial Review | [2015] UKSC 42 | 6 November 2014 | 1 July | ||||||||||||
Bunge SA v Nidera BV | [2015] UKSC 43 | 27-28 April | 1 July | ||||||||||||
Anson v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs | [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 | ||||||||||||
R (Cornwall Council) v Secretary of State for Health | [2015] UKSC 46 | 18-19 March | 8 July | ||||||||||||
Mathieson v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | [2015] UKSC 47 | 26 March | 8 July | ||||||||||||
Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v The Rank Group PLC | [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 | ||||||||||||
Hunt v North Somerset Council | [2015] UKSC 51 | 29 April | 22 July | ||||||||||||
R (Champion) v North Norfolk District Council | [2015] UKSC 52 | 23 June | 22 July | ||||||||||||
Woolway v Mazars[7] | [2015] UKSC 53 | 11 February | 29 July | ||||||||||||
R (Bourgass) v Secretary of State for Justice | [2015] UKSC 54 | 16-17 February | 29 July | ||||||||||||
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Tolley[8] | [2015] UKSC 55 | 5-6 May | 29 July | ||||||||||||
John Mander Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs | [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 | ||||||||||||
Shahid v Scottish Ministers | [2015] UKSC 58 | 18 February | 14 October | ||||||||||||
Mandalia v Secretary of State for the Home Department | [2015] UKSC 59 | 7 May | 14 October | ||||||||||||
Sharland v Sharland | [2015] UKSC 60 | 8-10 June | 14 October | ||||||||||||
Gohil v Gohil | [2015] UKSC 61 | 8-10 June | 14 October | ||||||||||||
R v McGeough | [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 | ||||||||||||
British American Tobacco Denmark A/S v Kazemier Transport BV | [2015] UKSC 65 | 29 June | 28 October | ||||||||||||
Bank of Cyprus UK Ltd. v Menelaou | [2015] UKSC 66 | 17-18 June | 4 November | ||||||||||||
Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi | [2015] UKSC 67 | 21-23 July | 4 November | ||||||||||||
R (on the application of Ali) v Secretary of State for the Home Department | [2015] UKSC 68 | 25-26 February | 18 November | ||||||||||||
Keyu v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | [2015] UKSC 69 | 22-23 April | 25 November | ||||||||||||
In the matter of J (a child) | [2015] UKSC 70 | 17 November | 25 November | ||||||||||||
Eclairs Group Ltd v JKX Oil & Gas plc | [2015] UKSC 71 | 18-19 May | 2 December | ||||||||||||
Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Co. Ltd | [2015] UKSC 72 | 7 October | 2 December | ||||||||||||
R v Harvey | [2015] UKSC 73 | 24 March | 16 December | ||||||||||||
Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers | [2015] UKSC 74 | 8 October | 16 December | ||||||||||||
Société Cooperative De Production Seafrance SA v The Competition and Markets Authority | [2015] UKSC 75 | 14-15 October | 16 December | ||||||||||||
R (on the application of Wang Yam) v Central Criminal Court | [2015] UKSC 76 | 2 November | 16 December | ||||||||||||
Macklin v HM Advocate[9] | [2015] UKSC 77 | 4 November | 16 December | ||||||||||||
Thevarajah v Riordan | [2015] UKSC 78 | 17 November | 16 December | ||||||||||||
R (on the application of Roberts) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | [2015] UKSC 79 | 20-21 October | 17 December |
Notes
- 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.