List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered in 2016
This is a list of the judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the year 2016. 65 cases were decided and these are ordered by neutral citation.
In 2016 Lord Neuberger was the President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale was 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 2016 unless expressly stated otherwise.
2016 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.
2016 opinions
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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 | |||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h An augmented panel of 7 judges sat in this case.
- ^ a b Judgment given outside of term time
- ^ a b c d Lord Thomas, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, also sat on this case. He supported the majority judgment.
- ^ a b Lord Dyson, the Master of the Rolls, also sat on this case and agreed with the majority.
- ^ a b c An augmented panel of 9 judges sat in this case.
- ^ Lady Hale and Lord Carnwath dissented as regards the case brought by A.
- ^ The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Sir Declan Morgan, also sat on this case. He agreed with the majority.