The Supreme Court

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appellate court court of last resort supreme court

The Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the United Kingdom, serving as the final arbiter on points of law in civil cases across the UK and criminal cases from England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom	0
Justices of the Supreme Court	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court ⓘ court of last resort ⓘ supreme court ⓘ
abbreviation	UKSC ⓘ
alsoActsAs	final court of appeal for devolution issues under the devolution statutes ⓘ successor to the devolution jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
appointingAuthority	British monarch ⓘ surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
appointmentsAdvisedBy	Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
appointmentsRecommendedBy	independent selection commission ⓘ
building	Middlesex Guildhall ⓘ
city	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy	Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
currentDeputyPresident	Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge ⓘ
currentPresident	Robert Reed, Baron Reed of Allermuir ⓘ
dateEstablished	1 October 2009 ⓘ
deputyHeadOfCourtTitle	Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasOriginalJurisdiction	limited, mainly in devolution and certain constitutional matters ⓘ
headOfCourtTitle	President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland ⓘ Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ College of Justice ⓘ surface form: Court of Session High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland ⓘ High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ High Court of Justiciary ⓘ surface form: High Court of Justiciary (in limited civil or devolution matters)
inception	2009 ⓘ
jurisdiction	England ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ Wales ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
location	Middlesex Guildhall, Parliament Square, London ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementAge	70 or 75 depending on date of appointment ⓘ
maximumNumberOfJustices	12 ⓘ
neighbourhood	Parliament Square ⓘ
numberOfJudges	12 ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
predecessor	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Appellate Committee of the House of Lords Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Judicial Committee of the House of Lords Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (for some devolution matters)
replaced	Appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords ⓘ
role	final arbiter on points of law in civil cases across the United Kingdom ⓘ final court of appeal ⓘ final court of appeal in criminal cases from England, Wales and Northern Ireland ⓘ
shortName	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: UK Supreme Court
termLength	until mandatory retirement age ⓘ
typeOfCourt	appellate-only court ⓘ
website	https://www.supremecourt.uk/ ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → motto → The Supreme Court ⓘ

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → styleOfJudges → The Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justices of the Supreme Court