2009 Judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

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This is a complete list of the judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom between the court's opening on 1 October 2009 and the end of that year. Most of the cases were heard in the House of Lords before judgments were given in the new Supreme Court. The court heard 17 cases during this time; they are listed in order of each case's Neutral citation number. [1]

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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.

Because every judge in the court is entitled to hand down a judgment, it is not uncommon for groups of judges to reach the same conclusion (i.e. whether to allow or dismiss the appeal) in materially different ways, for example if a panel of 9 judges heard a case with 4 judges dismissing the appeal, 3 finding for the appellant on one point and 2 on another - the table should show 5 judges as the majority and the 4 judges who actually held the more mainstream view as dissenting. The table also does not reflect how significantly judges differed, or how much of a contribution a particular judge made to the overall judgment.

2009 case summaries

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.

Case nameCitationDecidedLegal subjectSummary of decision
R (E) v JFS [2] [3] [2009] UKSC 114 October Costs
Re Sigma Finance [2009] UKSC 229 October Insolvency Archived 8 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
R (L) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2009] UKSC 329 October Police law, Article 8 ECHR Archived 8 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
Louca v Germany [2009] UKSC 419 November European Arrest Warrants Archived 8 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
In re B (A Child) (2009 ruling) [2009] UKSC 519 November Family law Archived 8 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
OFT v Abbey National [2009] UKSC 625 November Consumer rights Archived 8 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
PE (Cameroon) v Home Secretary [2009] UKSC 726 November Immigration Archived 8 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
R (A) v Croydon [2009] UKSC 826 November Family law, Article 6 ECHR Archived 8 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
R (Barclay) v Justice Secretary [2009] UKSC 91 December Government of Sark, Protocol 1, Article 3 ECHR
I (A Child) [2009] UKSC 101 December Jurisdiction Archived 8 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
Environment Secretary v Meier & Ors [2009] UKSC 111 December Land law
R(A) v B [2009] UKSC 121 December State secrets, Article 10 ECHR Archived 8 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
Barratt Homes Ltd v Welsh Water [2009] UKSC 139 December Water Industry Act 1991 Archived 8 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
R v Horncastle [4] [2009] UKSC 149 December Evidence, Article 6 ECHR Archived 8 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
R (E) v JFS [5] [2009] UKSC 1516 December Discrimination Archived 8 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
Mahad (Ethiopia) v Entry Clearance Officer [4] [2009] UKSC 1616 December Immigration Archived 9 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
Re S-B (Children) [2009] UKSC 1714 December Family law Archived 8 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine

2009 Opinions


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
Case nameCitationArguedDecided Phillips Hope Saville Rodger Walker Hale Brown Mance Collins Kerr Clarke Judge [lower-alpha 1] Neuberger [lower-alpha 1] Scott [lower-alpha 1]
R (E) v JFS [lower-alpha 2] [2009] UKSC 11 October14 October
Re Sigma Finance [2009] UKSC 21–2 July29 October
R (L) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2009] UKSC 313–14 July29 October
Louca v Germany [2009] UKSC 429 July19 November
Re B (a child) [2009] UKSC 514 October19 November
OFT v Abbey National [2009] UKSC 623–25 June25 November
PE (Cameroon) v Home Secretary [2009] UKSC 730 July26 November
R (A) v Croydon [2009] UKSC 820–23 July26 November
R (Barclay) v Justice Secretary [2009] UKSC 915–16 July1 December
I (A Child) [2009] UKSC 1010–11 June1 December
Environment Secretary v Meier & Ors [2009] UKSC 1110–11 June1 December
R(A) v B [2009] UKSC 1210–11 June1 December
Barratt Homes Ltd v Welsh Water [2009] UKSC 1327–28 July9 December
R v Horncastle [lower-alpha 3] [2009] UKSC 147–9 July9 December
R (E) v JFS [lower-alpha 4] [2009] UKSC 1527–29 October16 December
Mahad (Ethiopia) v Entry Clearance Officer [lower-alpha 3] [2009] UKSC 169–11 November16 December
Re S-B (Children) [2009] UKSC 1725–26 November14 December

Judges

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Non-Justice sitting as a supplementary
  2. ↑ Procedural issue before the main appeal reported at UKSC 15
  3. 1 2 An augmented panel of 7 judges sat in this case
  4. ↑ An augmented panel of 9 judges sat in this case

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References

  1. ↑ O'Keefe, R. (1 January 2010). "Decisions of British Courts During 2009 Involving Questions of Public or Private International LawA. Public International Law". British Yearbook of International Law. 80 (1): 451–574. doi:10.1093/bybil/80.1.451. ISSN   0068-2691.
  2. ↑ Procedural issue before the main appeal reported at UKSC 15
  3. ↑ This issue was heard by a diminished panel of 3 judges
  4. 1 2 An augmented panel of 7 judges sat in this case
  5. ↑ An augmented panel of 9 judges sat in this case
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