Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

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court of last resort judicial body supreme court

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

Aliases (8)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of last resort → judicial body → supreme court →
address	Parliament Square, London →
appealTo	European Court of Human Rights (on human rights issues, not as a domestic appeal) →
buildingType	court building →
coordinates	51.5007°N 0.1289°W →
country	United Kingdom →
createdBy	Constitutional Reform Act 2005 →
decidesOn	points of law of general public importance →
deputyHeadOfCourt	Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom →
emblem	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom emblem →
ensures	separation of powers between judiciary and legislature →
hasWebsite	https://www.supremecourt.uk →
headOfCourt	President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom →
hears	devolution issues under the devolution statutes →
hearsAppealsFrom	Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland → Court of Appeal of England and Wales → Court of Session → High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland → High Court of Justice of England and Wales → High Court of Justiciary (in certain civil and devolution matters) →
inception	2009-10-01 →
jurisdiction	England → Northern Ireland → Scotland → United Kingdom → Wales →
language	English → Welsh →
legalBasis	Constitutional Reform Act 2005 →
locatedIn	City of Westminster → Middlesex Guildhall →
location	London →
maximumNumberOfJustices	12 →
motto	The Supreme Court →
numberOfJudges	12 →
partOf	judiciary of the United Kingdom →
predecessor	Appellate Committee of the House of Lords → Judicial Committee of the Privy Council →
publicAccess	open to the public →
replaced	appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords → devolution jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council →
role	final court of appeal for civil cases in the United Kingdom → final court of appeal for criminal cases from England, Wales and Northern Ireland →
separatedFrom	Parliament of the United Kingdom →
styleOfJudges	Justices of the Supreme Court →
symbol	Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom →

Referenced by (46)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland → High Court of Justiciary ("Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (on devolution and compatibility issues only)") →	appealsTo
England → courts of the United Kingdom →	highestCourt
Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom →	partOf
Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland → Court of Appeal of England and Wales →	subjectToReviewBy
Constitutional Reform Act 2005 →	affectsInstitution
Scots civil law ("UK Supreme Court (on Scottish civil appeals)") →	appliedBy
Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland →	below
Court of Appeal of England and Wales →	belowInHierarchy
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council →	buildingSharedWith
Counsel General for Wales →	canBringProceedingsBefore
Counsel General for Wales →	canReferToCourt
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ("Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom") →	composition
City of Westminster →	contains
Constitutional Reform Act 2005 →	createsBody
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland →	decisionsAppealableTo
Court of Appeal of England and Wales →	finalAppealBefore
Scots law →	finalAppealCivil
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ("Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom") →	hasAuthorityOver
English law →	hasCourtSystem
Dame Justice →	hasHigherCourt
Broad Sanctuary →	hasNearbyLandmark
London →	hosts
Middlesex Guildhall ("Supreme Court of the United Kingdom library") →	houses
courts of the United Kingdom →	includesCourt
Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 ("Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (as successor court)") →	interpretedBy
Constitution of the United Kingdom →	judicialBody
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom →	memberOf
Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ("Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom") →	memberOfBody
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom →	officeHolderOf
judiciary of England and Wales →	overseesCourt
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ("Appellate Committee of the House of Lords") →	predecessor
Constitutional Reform Act 2005 →	relatedTo
courts of the United Kingdom ("Appellate Committee of the House of Lords") →	replaced
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ("Appellate Committee of the House of Lords (as final court of appeal)") →	replaces
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ("UK Supreme Court") →	shortName
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council →	successorBodyForUKDomesticAppeals
House of Lords →	successorInJudicialRole
Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ("Appellate Committee of the House of Lords") →	transfersFunctionFrom
Constitutional Reform Act 2005 →	transfersFunctionTo
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland →	ultimateAppealLiesTo
Crown Court of England and Wales →	ultimateAppealTo
Middlesex Guildhall →	usedBy