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.

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 name Citation Decided Legal subject Summary of decision R (E) v JFSProcedural issue before the main appeal reported at UKSC 15This issue was heard by a diminished panel of 3 judges UKSC 114 October Costs Re Sigma Finance UKSC 229 October Insolvency R (L) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis UKSC 329 October Police law, Article 8 ECHR Louca v Germany UKSC 4 19 November European Arrest Warrants In re B (A Child) (2009 ruling) UKSC 5 19 November Family law OFT v Abbey National UKSC 6 25 November Consumer rights PE (Cameroon) v Home Secretary UKSC 7 26 November Immigration R (A) v Croydon UKSC 826 November Family law, Article 6 ECHR R (Barclay) v Justice Secretary UKSC 91 December Government of Sark, Protocol 1, Article 3 ECHR I (A Child) UKSC 101 December Jurisdiction Environment Secretary v Meier & Ors UKSC 111 December Land law R(A) v B UKSC 121 December State secrets, Article 10 ECHR Barratt Homes Ltd v Welsh Water UKSC 139 December Water Industry Act 1991 R v HorncastleAn augmented panel of 7 judges sat in this case UKSC 149 December Evidence, Article 6 ECHR R (E) v JFSAn augmented panel of 9 judges sat in this case UKSC 1516 December Discrimination Mahad (Ethiopia) v Entry Clearance Officer UKSC 1616 December Immigration Re S-B (Children) UKSC 1714 December Family law

2009 Opinions

Case name Citation Argued Decided Phillips of Worth Matravers Hope of Craighead Saville of Newdigate Rodger of Earlsferry Walker of Gestingthorpe Hale of Richmond Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood Mance Collins of Mapesbury Kerr of Tonaghmore Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony Judge Neuberger of Abbotsbury Scott of Foscote R (E) v JFS UKSC 11 October 14 October Re Sigma Finance UKSC 21–2 July29 October R (L) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis UKSC 313–14 July 29 October Louca v Germany UKSC 4 29 July 19 November Re B (a child) UKSC 5 14 October 19 November OFT v Abbey National UKSC 6 23–25 June 25 November PE (Cameroon) v Home Secretary UKSC 7 30 July 26 November R (A) v Croydon UKSC 820–23 July 26 November R (Barclay) v Justice Secretary UKSC 915–16 July 1 December I (A Child) UKSC 1010–11 June1 December Environment Secretary v Meier & Ors UKSC 1110–11 June 1 December R(A) v B UKSC 1210–11 June 1 December Barratt Homes Ltd v Welsh Water UKSC 1327–28 July 9 December R v Horncastle UKSC 147–9 July 9 December R (E) v JFS UKSC 1527–29 October 16 December Mahad (Ethiopia) v Entry Clearance Officer UKSC 169–11 November 16 December Re S-B (Children) UKSC 1725–26 November 14 December

Judges

Lord Saville was unavailable for much of the year owing to the ongoing Bloody Sunday Inquiry, which he was chairing. Lord Scott of Foscote is a former Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. He did not formally accept a position in the reformed Supreme Court but was invited to take part in several cases. If Scott had accepted the position, his mandatory retirement would have been 2 October 2009 – the day after the Court officially opened. Lord Judge was the Lord Chief Justice and not a Justice of the Supreme Court. He sat in one case in his capacity as a senior judge. Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury was the Master of the Rolls and not an official member of the Supreme Court. As a senior judge, he was entitled to sit in cases at the court's discretion. The other members of the court are listed in order of seniority. Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers and Lord Hope of Craighead were, respectively, the President and Deputy President throughout all of the cases in 2009.

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References

External links Supreme Court decided cases, 2009