This is a list of the judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the year 2022.
In 2022 Lord Reed is the President of the Supreme Court, Lord Hodge 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 2022 unless expressly stated otherwise.
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 name | Citation | Date | Legal subject | Summary of decision |
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FirstPort Property Services Ltd v Settlers Court RTM Company and others | [2022] UKSC 1 | 12 January 2022 | Right to Manage, Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, | The definition of the premises over which the tenants of a self contained block of flats had the right to manage under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 did not include shared estate facilities which were also used by other blocks of flats. The court determined that such an extension of the definition of premises would result in outcomes that were "absurd and unworkable" as, amongst other things, it would result in the tenants of the other flats having shared estate facilities provided by a right to manage company in which those other tenants did not have a legal relationship. [1] [2] |
PWR v Director of Public Prosecutions , Akdogan and another v Director of Public Prosecutions | [2022] UKSC 2 | 26 January 2022 | Terrorism Act 2000, Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights | Two points were decided namely:
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R (on the application of O (a minor, by her litigation friend AO)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department R (on the application of The Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens) v Secretary of State for the Home Department | [2022] UKSC 3 | 2 February 2022 | Ultra Vires, British Nationality Act 1981, Immigration Act 2014 | Parliament had authorised in primary legislation the imposition by subordinate legislation of a fee for the registration of a minor as a British Citizen. [5] [6] |
Public Prosecutors Office of the Athens Court of Appeal v O'Connor | [2022] UKSC 4 | 2 February 2022 | Statutory Interpretation, Extradition Act 2003 | Where a person's legal representative had stated orally in court that an appeal would be lodged against an extradition order this could not be attributed as an action of the person. As such the appeal to the previous judgement ordering the extradition was not valid as section 26(5) of the Extradition Act 2003 required that "the person did everything reasonably possible to ensure that the notice [of appeal] was given as soon as it could be given". [7] [8] |
Bloomberg LP v ZXC | [2022] UKSC 5 | 16 February 2022 | Misuse of private information, Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights | Two main issues were considered:
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Craig v Her Majesty's Advocate (for the Government of the United States of America) | [2022] UKSC 6 | 23 February 2022 | United Kingdom constitutional law, Scotland Act 1998, European Convention on Human Rights | The Lord Advocate (of Scotland) cannot order the extradition of a person if those acts would be incompatible with the persons rights under the European Convention on Human Rights. The failure by the Home Secretary to bring into force the forum bar provisions [lower-alpha 1] in Scotland (having been brought into force in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) was unlawful. Therefore, the extradition procedure did not accord with the Crime and Courts Act 2013 and were incompatible with the individuals rights under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. [11] [12] |
Croydon London Borough Council v Kalonga | [2022] UKSC 7 | 9 March 2022 | English land law, Housing Act 1985 | Two issued were decided
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Bott & Co Solicitors v Ryanair DAC | [2022] UKSC 8 | 16 March 2022 | Equitable Lien | A firm of solicitors (Bott & Co) had an equitable lien over the compensation paid by Ryanair for passenger compensation claims for flight cancellations and delays where Ryanair were on notice that Bott & Co had been retained in resect of the claims. A change of policy by Ryanair from makings payments to Bott & Co (who previously then deducted their fee under the equitable lien) to making payments directly to the individuals and the fact that the claims were unlikely to be subject to litigation did not prevent Bott & Co from having an equitable lien (the consequence of which being that Bott & Co could pursue Ryanair for the fees due from the individuals). Decided by way of a 3–2 majority. [15] [16] |
Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v NCL Investments Ltd and another | [2022] UKSC 9 | 23 March 2022 | UK Corporation Tax, Corporation Tax Act 2009 | Accounting debits arising under International Financial Reporting Standard 2 (IFRS 2) were a deductible expense for the purpose of UK corporation tax. The court confirmed that:
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Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme Trustees Ltd | [2022] UKSC 10 | 27 April 2022 | EU Law, UK Tax Law, | The application of a deemed withholding tax on manufactured overseas dividends [lower-alpha 3] on stock lending arrangements was not contrary to Article 63 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. As the counterparty borrowers to stock lending arrangements typically had sufficient withholding tax credits to fully offset on any deemed withholding tax on manufactured overseas dividends, the withholding tax could not be considered to discourage investment in foreign shares relative to UK shares by tax-exempt investors. [19] [20] |
R (on the application of Coughlan) v Minister for the Cabinet Office | [2022] UKSC 11 | 27 April 2022 | Voter identification laws, Representation of the People Act 2000 | Two main points were determined
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Zipvit Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs | [2022] UKSC 12 | 11 May 2022 | UK Tax Law, Value Added Tax | Judgment following a referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union [lower-alpha 4] (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 from VAT as the VAT in question had not been 'due or paid'. The decision of the CJEU was affirmed by the supreme court by dismissing the taxpayers appeal. [23] [24] |
R v Maughan | [2022] UKSC 13 | 18 May 2022 | Criminal Law | Two matters in respect of sentencing policies were decided by the court:
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Competition and Markets Authority v Flynn Pharma Ltd Competition and Markets Authority v Pfizer Inc | [2022] UKSC 14 | 25 May 2022 | Costs in English law | There is no generally applicable principle to provide that all public bodies should enjoy a protected costs position when they lose a case which they have brought or defended in the exercise of their public functions. A factor that should be considered in awarding costs in such circumstances is the risk that there will be a "chilling effect" on the conduct of the public body, and its ability to act in the public interest, where awards of costs are routinely made against it. This assessment is likely to be best made by the relevant court of tribunal in question, in this case the Competition Appeal Tribunal, who had acted reasonably in applying a "costs following the event" starting point. [27] [28] |
Secretary of State for the Home Department v SC | [2022] UKSC 15 | 15 June 2022 | Immigration law, UK Borders Act 2007, Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights | The court had to consider a number of matters in respect of an individual who had, together with his mother been granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK as a result of his mother having been persecuted by gang members in Jamaica but had subsequently committed criminal offences which would qualify the individual for deportation under the UK Borders Act 2007. Due to the threats against the individual and protections given by Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the individual could only be deported to Jamaica if the individual could reasonable be expected to stay in the rural areas of Jamaica ("internal relocation"). In considering deportation the court determined that:
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AIC Ltd v Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria | [2022] UKSC 16 | 15 June 2022 | Procedural law, Civil Procedure Rules | 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 at proportionate cost. However, significant weighting should be given to the finality principle, being that a judgement made is final, before a court should entertain reconsidering a judgement. [31] [32] |
In the matter H-W (Children) | [2022] UKSC 17 | 15 June 2022 | Children Act 1989 | A care order, in this case a care order made in relation to three children which approved care plans for removal of the children into separate long term foster placements, must be necessary to meet the needs of the children having regard to the advantages and disadvantages of all options. In considering the specific case, the court found that the process adopted by judge who originally made the care orders was flawed as it did not adequately assess the prospects of various other options. The case was therefore remitted to the lower courts of a rehearing. [33] [34] |
Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd v Compton Beauchamp Estates Ltd Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd v Ashloch Ltd and another On Tower UK Ltd v AP Wireless II (UK) Ltd | [2022] UKSC 18 | 22 June 2022 | Property Law, Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Electronic Communications Code | The court was required to determine who is the 'occupier of the land' in circumstances where a telecommunicators operator has been granted 'code rights [lower-alpha 5] ' which enabled them to install and operate network communications apparatus on land which is not owned by the telecommunications operator. The court found that the term must be given effect by reference to the intention of the Electronic Communications Code and therefore the occupier and operator at not one and the same and therefore an operator is not prevented from obtaining additional code rights in respect of the same land on which it already holds code rights. [35] [36] |
Hastings v Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd and another | [2022] UKSC 19 | 29 June 2022 | Consumer Protection Act 1987 | A metal on metal prosthetic hip was found not to be defective in law. In considering whether the prosthetic hip was defective the court made the following key findings:
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Basfar v Wong | [2022] UKSC 20 | 6 July 2022 | Employment law, human trafficking, modern slavery, diplomatic immunity, Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations | A Saudi Arabian diplomat who alleged subjected a domestic staff member to conditions that would constitute modern slavery cannot rely on diplomatic immunity to prevent claims for compensation. In a majority opinion the court held that the exploitation of a domestic worker for the profit of a diplomat would constitute a 'commercial activity activity' and therefore would fall within once of the exemptions from immunity under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. [39] [40] |
Harpur Trust v Brazel | [2022] UKSC 21 | 20 July 2022 | Employment law, Working Time Directive 2003 | Employees who only work for part of a given year (in this case a teacher who is only contracted to work during term time) are entitled to holiday pay on the same basis as employees who work all year. [41] [42] |
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