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.

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Label Occurrences
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom canonical 81
Appellate Committee of the House of Lords 3
Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court of last resort ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
address Parliament Square ⓘ
surface form: Parliament Square, London
appealTo European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
surface form: 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 (in peerage matters) ⓘ
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 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, England ⓘ
surface form: London
maximumNumberOfJustices 12 ⓘ
motto The Supreme Court ⓘ
numberOfJudges 12 ⓘ
partOf judiciary of the United Kingdom ⓘ
predecessor Supreme Court of the United Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
styleOfJudges The Supreme Court ⓘ
surface form: Justices of the Supreme Court
symbol Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom

Referenced by (96)

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

England → highestCourt → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
London, England → hosts → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subject surface form: London
House of Lords → successorInJudicialRole → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Scots law (to a limited extent) → finalAppealCivil → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subject surface form: Scots law
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → predecessor → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appellate Committee of the House of Lords
City of Westminster → contains → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (as successor court)
English law → hasCourtSystem → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
courts of the United Kingdom → includesCourt → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
courts of the United Kingdom → highestCourt → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
courts of the United Kingdom → replaced → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appellate Committee of the House of Lords
High Court of Justiciary → appealsTo → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (on devolution and compatibility issues only)
Scots civil law → appliedBy → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK Supreme Court (on Scottish civil appeals)
Counsel General for Wales → canBringProceedingsBefore → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Counsel General for Wales → canReferToCourt → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council → composition → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council → successorBodyForUKDomesticAppeals → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council → buildingSharedWith → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → partOf → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → officeHolderOf → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → replaces → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appellate Committee of the House of Lords (as final court of appeal)
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → memberOf → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → hasAuthorityOver → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Court of Appeal of England and Wales → finalAppealBefore → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Court of Appeal of England and Wales → belowInHierarchy → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Court of Appeal of England and Wales → subjectToReviewBy → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland → appealsTo → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland → subjectToReviewBy → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland → below → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland → decisionsAppealableTo → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland → ultimateAppealLiesTo → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
judiciary of England and Wales → overseesCourt → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Middlesex Guildhall → houses → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom library
Middlesex Guildhall → usedBy → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → partOf → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → memberOfBody → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
The Supreme Court → shortName → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: UK Supreme Court
judicial title for some female judges in the UK → hasHigherCourt → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subject surface form: Dame Justice
Constitution of the United Kingdom → judicialBody → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Broad Sanctuary → hasNearbyLandmark → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Crown Court of England and Wales → ultimateAppealTo → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
An Act to make provision for modifying the office of Lord Chancellor, and to make provision relating to the functions of that office; to make provision for and in connection with a Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the transfer to that Court of the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords and the devolution jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; to make provision about the jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; to make provision about the selection of judges, their terms of office and discipline; and for connected purposes. → createsBody → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subject surface form: Constitutional Reform Act 2005
An Act to make provision for modifying the office of Lord Chancellor, and to make provision relating to the functions of that office; to make provision for and in connection with a Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the transfer to that Court of the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords and the devolution jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; to make provision about the jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; to make provision about the selection of judges, their terms of office and discipline; and for connected purposes. → affectsInstitution → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subject surface form: Constitutional Reform Act 2005
An Act to make provision for modifying the office of Lord Chancellor, and to make provision relating to the functions of that office; to make provision for and in connection with a Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the transfer to that Court of the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords and the devolution jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; to make provision about the jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; to make provision about the selection of judges, their terms of office and discipline; and for connected purposes. → transfersFunctionFrom → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subject surface form: Constitutional Reform Act 2005
this entity surface form: Appellate Committee of the House of Lords
An Act to make provision for modifying the office of Lord Chancellor, and to make provision relating to the functions of that office; to make provision for and in connection with a Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the transfer to that Court of the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords and the devolution jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; to make provision about the jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; to make provision about the selection of judges, their terms of office and discipline; and for connected purposes. → transfersFunctionTo → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subject surface form: Constitutional Reform Act 2005
An Act to make provision for modifying the office of Lord Chancellor, and to make provision relating to the functions of that office; to make provision for and in connection with a Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the transfer to that Court of the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords and the devolution jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; to make provision about the jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; to make provision about the selection of judges, their terms of office and discipline; and for connected purposes. → relatedTo → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subject surface form: Constitutional Reform Act 2005
Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland → appealsTo → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom politics → highestCourt → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Northern Ireland legal system → hasSupremeCourt → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Northern Ireland legal system → hasFinalCourtOfAppeal → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ