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This is a list of the judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the year 2012. They are ordered by Neutral citation .
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 2012 unless expressly stated otherwise.
2012 case summaries [ edit ]
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
Ravat v Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Ltd
[2012] UKSC 1
8 February 2012
Jurisdiction ; Labour law
[1]
Rabone v Pennine Care NHS Trust
[2012] UKSC 2
8 February 2012
Article 2, ECHR
[2]
Re. Stanford International Bank Ltd v Director of the Serious Fraus Office
[2012] UKSC 3
15 February 2012
Restraint order
[3]
Sugar v British Broadcasting Corporation
[2012] UKSC 4
15 February 2012
Freedom of information
[4]
Re Peacock
[2012] UKSC 5
22 February 2012
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
[5]
Re Lehman Brothers International and Re the Insolvency Act 1986
[2012] UKSC 6
29 February 2012
Insolvency law
[6]
Anderson v Shetland Islands Council
[2012] UKSC 7
29 February 2012
Security for costs
[7] Archived 4 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
W and BB v Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2012] UKSC 8
7 March 2012
Immigration law
[8]
Ministry of Defence v AB [ 1]
[2012] UKSC 9
14 March 2012
Limitation Act 1980
[9]
Re S (A Child)
[2012] UKSC 10
14 March 2012
Child abduction
[10]
Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd
[2012] UKSC 11
21 March 2012
Defamation
[11]
R (ST) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [ 1]
[2012] UKSC 12
21 March 2012
Immigration law
[12]
Tesco Stores Ltd v Dundee City Council
[2012] UKSC 13
21 March 2012
Planning law
[13]
BAI (Run Off) Ltd v Durham (The Trigger Litigation)
[2012] UKSC 14
28 March 2012
Insurance law ; negligence
[14]
Homer v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police
[2012] UKSC 15
25 April 2012
Labour law
It was a violation of the Equality Act 2010 to require a policeman to have a law degree close to retirement to continue in a similar job.
Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes
[2012] UKSC 16
25 April 2012
Labour law
There was no unjustified indirect discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 by a firm having a policy of requiring partners to retire at a certain age, since this enabled young people to advance.
Petroleo Brasileiro SA v E.N.E. Kos 1 Ltd
[2012] UKSC 17
2 May 2012
Maritime law
[15]
Humphreys v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
[2012] UKSC 18
16 May 2012
Tax credit
[16]
Test Claimants in the Franked Investment Income Group Litigation v Commissioners of Inland Revenue [ 1]
[2012] UKSC 19
23 May 2012
Corporation tax
[17]
Lukaszewski v The District Court in Torun, Poland
[2012] UKSC 20
23 May 2012
European Arrest Warrant
[18]
NJDB v JEG
[2012] UKSC 21
23 May 2012
Family law
[19]
Assange v The Swedish Prosecution Authority [ 1]
[2012] UKSC 22
30 May 2012
European Arrest Warrant
[20]
R (KM) v Cambridgeshire County Council [ 1]
[2012] UKSC 23
31 May 2012
Disability law
[21]
BH v The Lord Advocate [ 1]
[2012] UKSC 24
20 June 2012
Extradition ; Article 8, ECHR
[22]
HH v Deputy Prosecutor of the Italian Republic, Genoa [ 1]
[2012] UKSC 25
20 June 2012
European Arrest Warrant
[23]
Fairclough Homes Ltd v Summers
[2012] UKSC 26
27 June 2012
Criminal law
[24]
Oracle America Inc (Formerly Sun Microsystems Inc) v M-Tech Data Ltd
[2012] UKSC 27
27 June 2012
Free movement of goods
[25]
Phillips v Mulcaire
[2012] UKSC 28
4 July 2012
Phone hacking
[26]
Gow v Grant
[2012] UKSC 29
4 July 2012
Family law
[27]
ANS v ML
[2012] UKSC 30
11 July 2012
Family law ; Article 8, ECHR
[28]
G Hamilton (Tullochgribban Mains) Ltd v The Highland Council
[2012] UKSC 31
11 July 2012
Planning law
[29]
R (Munir) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2012] UKSC 32
18 July 2012
Immigration law
[30]
R (Alvi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2012] UKSC 33
18 July 2012
Immigration law
[31]
The Health and Safety Executive v Wolverhampton City Council
[2012] UKSC 34
18 July 2012
Judicial review
[32]
Perry v Serious Organised Crime Agency [ 2]
[2012] UKSC 35
25 July 2012
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
[33]
T (Children)
[2012] UKSC 36
25 July 2012
Costs
[34]
Hewage v Grampian Health Board
[2012] UKSC 37
25 July 2012
Labour law
[35]
RT v Secretary of State for the Home Department [ 1]
[2012] UKSC 38
25 July 2012
Immigration law
[36]
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council v Hickin
[2012] UKSC 39
25 July 2012
Landlord-tenant law
[37]
SerVaas Inc v Rafidain Bank
[2012] UKSC 40
17 August 2012
State Immunity Act 1978
[38]
Day v Hosebay Ltd [ 1]
[2012] UKSC 41
10 October 2012
Leasehold Reform Act 1967
[39]
R v Varma
[2012] UKSC 42
10 October 2012
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
[40]
British Airways plc v Williams
[2012] UKSC 43
17 October 2012
Labour law
[41]
Walton v The Scottish Ministers
[2012] UKSC 44
17 October 2012
Planning law
[42]
BCL Old Co Ltd v BASF plc
[2012] UKSC 45
24 October 2012
Competition law
[43]
Rubin v Eurofinance SA
[2012] UKSC 46
24 October 2012
Jurisdiction
[44]
Birmingham City Council v Abdulla
[2012] UKSC 47
24 October 2012
Labour law
[45]
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs v Yunus Rahmatullah [ 1]
[2012] UKSC 48
31 October 2012
Habeas corpus
[46]
Jessy Saint Prix v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
[2012] UKSC 49
31 October 2012
Labour law
[47]
Morris v Rae
[2012] UKSC 50
7 November 2012
Contract law
[48]
R v Waya [ 2]
[2012] UKSC 51
14 November 2012
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
[49]
R (Gujra) v Crown Prosecution Service
[2012] UKSC 52
14 November 2012
Private prosecution
[50]
Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Bill 2012 - Reference by the Attorney General for England and Wales
[2012] UKSC 53
21 November 2012
Welsh devolution
[51]
Al-Sirri v Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2012] UKSC 54
21 November 2012
Immigration law
[52]
The Rugby Football Union v Consolidated Information Services Ltd (Formerly Viagogo Ltd)
[2012] UKSC 55
21 November 2012
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
[53]
The Catholic Child Welfare Society v Various Claimants and The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
[2012] UKSC 56
21 November 2012
Vicarious liability
[54]
Ruddy v Chief Constable, Strathclyde Police
[2012] UKSC 57
28 November 2012
Article 3, ECHR
[55]
RM v The Scottish Ministers
[2012] UKSC 58
28 November 2012
Judicial review
[56]
X v Mid Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau
[2012] UKSC 59
12 December 2012
Labour law
[57]
Re A (A Child)
[2012] UKSC 60
12 December 2012
Family law
[58]
Imperial Tobacco Ltd v The Lord Advocate
[2012] UKSC 61
12 December 2012
Scottish devolution
[59]
Kinloch v Her Majesty's Advocate
[2012] UKSC 62
19 December 2012
Article 6, ECHR ; Article 8, ECHR
[60]
Société Générale, London Branch v Geys
[2012] UKSC 63
19 December 2012
Labour law
[61]
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
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