List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered in 2012

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

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 UKSC 1 8 February 2012 Jurisdiction; Labour law Rabone v Pennine Care NHS Trust UKSC 2 8 February 2012 Article 2, ECHR Re. Stanford International Bank Ltd v Director of the Serious Fraus Office UKSC 3 15 February 2012 Restraint order Sugar v British Broadcasting Corporation UKSC 4 15 February 2012 Freedom of information Re Peacock UKSC 5 22 February 2012 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 Re Lehman Brothers International and Re the Insolvency Act 1986 UKSC 6 29 February 2012 Insolvency law Anderson v Shetland Islands Council UKSC 7 29 February 2012 Security for costs W and BB v Secretary of State for the Home Department UKSC 8 7 March 2012 Immigration law Ministry of Defence v AB UKSC 9 14 March 2012 Limitation Act 1980 Re S (A Child) UKSC 10 14 March 2012 Child abduction Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd UKSC 11 21 March 2012 Defamation R (ST) v Secretary of State for the Home Department UKSC 12 21 March 2012 Immigration law Tesco Stores Ltd v Dundee City Council UKSC 13 21 March 2012 Planning law BAI (Run Off) Ltd v Durham (The Trigger Litigation) UKSC 14 28 March 2012 Insurance law; negligence Homer v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police 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 UKSC 16 25 April 2012 Labour lawThere 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 UKSC 17 2 May 2012 Maritime law Humphreys v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs UKSC 18 16 May 2012 Tax credit Test Claimants in the Franked Investment Income Group Litigation v Commissioners of Inland Revenue UKSC 19 23 May 2012 Corporation tax Lukaszewski v The District Court in Torun, Poland UKSC 20 23 May 2012 European Arrest Warrant NJDB v JEG UKSC 21 23 May 2012 Family law Assange v The Swedish Prosecution Authority UKSC 22 30 May 2012 European Arrest Warrant R (KM) v Cambridgeshire County Council UKSC 23 31 May 2012 Disability law BH v The Lord Advocate UKSC 24 20 June 2012 Extradition; Article 8, ECHR HH v Deputy Prosecutor of the Italian Republic, Genoa UKSC 25 20 June 2012 European Arrest Warrant Fairclough Homes Ltd v Summers UKSC 26 27 June 2012 Criminal law Oracle America Inc (Formerly Sun Microsystems Inc) v M-Tech Data Ltd UKSC 27 27 June 2012 Free movement of goods Phillips v Mulcaire UKSC 28 4 July 2012 Phone hacking Gow v Grant UKSC 29 4 July 2012 Family law ANS v ML UKSC 30 11 July 2012 Family law; Article 8, ECHR G Hamilton (Tullochgribban Mains) Ltd v The Highland Council UKSC 31 11 July 2012 Planning law R (Munir) v Secretary of State for the Home Department UKSC 32 18 July 2012 Immigration law R (Alvi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department UKSC 33 18 July 2012 Immigration law The Health and Safety Executive v Wolverhampton City Council UKSC 34 18 July 2012 Judicial review Perry v Serious Organised Crime Agency UKSC 35 25 July 2012 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 T (Children) UKSC 36 25 July 2012 Costs Hewage v Grampian Health Board UKSC 37 25 July 2012 Labour law RT v Secretary of State for the Home Department UKSC 38 25 July 2012 Immigration law Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council v Hickin UKSC 39 25 July 2012 Landlord-tenant law SerVaas Inc v Rafidain Bank UKSC 40 17 August 2012 State Immunity Act 1978 Day v Hosebay Ltd UKSC 41 10 October 2012 Leasehold Reform Act 1967 R v Varma UKSC 42 10 October 2012 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 British Airways plc v Williams UKSC 43 17 October 2012 Labour law Walton v The Scottish Ministers UKSC 44 17 October 2012 Planning law BCL Old Co Ltd v BASF plc UKSC 45 24 October 2012 Competition law Rubin v Eurofinance SA UKSC 46 24 October 2012 Jurisdiction Birmingham City Council v Abdulla UKSC 47 24 October 2012 Labour law Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs v Yunus Rahmatullah UKSC 48 31 October 2012 Habeas corpus Jessy Saint Prix v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions UKSC 49 31 October 2012 Labour law Morris v Rae UKSC 50 7 November 2012 Contract law R v Waya UKSC 51 14 November 2012 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 R (Gujra) v Crown Prosecution Service UKSC 52 14 November 2012 Private prosecution Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Bill 2012 – Reference by the Attorney General for England and Wales UKSC 53 21 November 2012 Welsh devolution Al-Sirri v Secretary of State for the Home Department UKSC 54 21 November 2012 Immigration law The Rugby Football Union v Consolidated Information Services Ltd (Formerly Viagogo Ltd) UKSC 55 21 November 2012 Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union The Catholic Child Welfare Society v Various Claimants and The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools UKSC 56 21 November 2012 Vicarious liability Ruddy v Chief Constable, Strathclyde Police UKSC 57 28 November 2012 Article 3, ECHR RM v The Scottish Ministers UKSC 58 28 November 2012 Judicial review X v Mid Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau UKSC 59 12 December 2012 Labour law Re A (A Child) UKSC 60 12 December 2012 Family law Imperial Tobacco Ltd v The Lord Advocate UKSC 61 12 December 2012 Scottish devolution Kinloch v Her Majesty's Advocate UKSC 62 19 December 2012 Article 6, ECHR; Article 8, ECHR Société Générale, London Branch v Geys UKSC 63 19 December 2012 Labour law

2012 judgments