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The case summaries below are not official or authoritative. 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. List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered in 2009
Cape Intermediate Holdings Ltd v Dring (for and on behalf of Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK) [2019] UKSC 38: 29 July Administrative law, Civil Procedure Rules: A person who is not a party to court proceedings may obtain a number of documents that are held in count during proceedings but does not necessarily have a right to every document.
Both the majority and dissenting judgments in the case have been cited as persuasive precedent by various countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. However, in England itself, the courts have gradually retreated from the decision in Liversidge. It has been described as "an example of extreme judicial deference to executive decision-making, best ...
Disapproval - showing disapproval of the earlier case, without necessarily overruling it. [14] [15] Per incuriam - declaring the precedent to be mistaken, because the earlier court failed to take note of a crucial precedent or statute. [16] [17] [18] Distinguishing - failing to follow a case because of a material distinction of fact. [19] [20]
AIB Group (UK) v Mark Redler & Co Solicitors [2014] UKSC 58 5 November 2014 Breach of trust: VB v Westminster Magistrates' Court [2014] UKSC 59 5 November 2014 Secret trial; Article 6, ECHR: R (Lord Carlile of Berriew QC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] UKSC 60 12 November 2014 Article 10, ECHR
The term "damange" should be given its ordinary and natural meaning in considering whether the civil procedure rules allow for proceedings to be brought in the English courts where 'damage was, or will be sustained, within the jurisdiction'. Therefore, an indirect loss suffered in England as a result of a tort committed abroad may be sufficient ...
Case law, also used interchangeably with common law, is a law that is based on precedents, that is the judicial decisions from previous cases, rather than law based on constitutions, statutes, or regulations. Case law uses the detailed facts of a legal case that have been resolved by courts or similar tribunals. These past decisions are called ...
"Leading case" is commonly used in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth jurisdictions instead of "landmark case", as used in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In Commonwealth countries, a reported decision is said to be a leading decision when it has come to be generally regarded as settling the law of the question involved.