This is a list of the judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in 2010 and statistics associated thereupon. Since the Supreme Court began its work on 1 October 2009, this year was its first full year of operation. In total, 58 cases were heard in 2010.

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 'factions' to be formed who reach the same conclusion in different ways, or for all members of the court to reach the same conclusion in different ways. The table does not reflect this.

2010 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 Re. Guardian News Media, in HM Treasury v Ahmed UKSC 1 27 January Article 8, ECHR; Article 10, ECHR HM Treasury v Ahmed UKSC 2 27 January Terrorism; Asset freezing Office of Communications v The Information Commissioner UKSC 3 27 January Freedom of information Grays Timber Products Ltd v HM Revenue & Customs UKSC 4 3 February Tax law HM Treasury v Ahmed (No 2)This was an application made to the court to temporarily suspend the operation of an order made at UKSC 2 UKSC 5 4 February Asset freezing Allison v HM Advocate UKSC 6 10 February Criminal law of Scotland McInnes v HM Advocate UKSC 7 10 February Criminal law of Scotland Tomlinson v Birmingham CC UKSC 8 17 February Homelessness in England Norris v USA UKSC 9 24 February Extradition; Article 8, ECHR Martin v HM Advocate UKSC 103 MarchScottish Devolution R (Lewis) v Redcar & Cleveland BC UKSC 11 3 March Town Greens Re W (Children) UKSC 12 3 March Family law Agbaje v Akinnoye-Agbaje UKSC 13 10 March Family law RTS Flexible Systems Ltd v Molkerei Alois Müller GmbH UKSC 14 10 March Contract law R (JS (Sri Lanka)) v Home Secretary UKSC 15 17 March Terrorism; immigration British Airways v Williams UKSC 16 24 March Labour law R (F) v Home Secretary UKSC 17 21 April Sexual Offences Act 2003; Article 8, ECHR Farstad Supply v Enviroco UKSC 18 5 May Negligence Inveresk plc v Tullis Russell Papermakers UKSC 19 5 May Scots contract law R (Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd) v Wolverhampton CC UKSC 20 12 May Planning law ZN (Afghanistan) v Entry Clearance Officer UKSC 21 12 May Immigration law Roberts v Gill & Co UKSC 22 19 May Wills OB v Aventis Pasteur SA UKSC 23 26 May Limitation periods Home Secretary v AP UKSC 24 16 June Control orders; Article 8, ECHR MS (Palestinian Territories) v Home Secretary UKSC 25 16 June Immigration law Home Secretary v AP (No 2)The court was asked to extend the terms of an anonymity order made at UKSC 24 UKSC 26 23 June Article 8, ECHR JR17 (Judicial Review App.) UKSC 27 23 June Right to education Austin v Southwark LBC UKSC 28 23 June Landlord-tenant law R(Smith) v Defence Secretary UKSC 29 30 June Article 2, ECHR; Jurisdictional law R (Noone) v Drale Hall Prison UKSC 30 30 June Sentencing HJ (Iran) and HT (Cameroon) v Home Secretary UKSC 31 7 July Immigration law Southern Pacific Loans v Walker UKSC 32 7 July Consumer Credit Act 1974 A v Essex CC UKSC 33 14 July Right to education O'Brien v Ministry of Justice UKSC 34 28 July Discrimination law Bocardo SA v Star Energy UK UKSC 35 28 July Trespass R (ZO (Somalia)) v Home Secretary UKSC 36 28 July Immigration law Morrison Sports v Scottish Power UKSC 37 28 July Electricity Act 1989 RTS Flexible Systems Ltd v Molkerei Alois Müller GmbH (No 2)The court made an order regarding the distribution of costs, main judgment at UKSC 14 UKSC 38 21 July Contract law R v Rollins UKSC 39 28 July Criminal law; Money laundering R (Electoral Commission) v Westminster Magistrates' Court UKSC 40 29 July Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 Gisda Cyf v Barratt UKSC 41 13 October Labour law Radmacher v Granatino UKSC 42 20 October Prenuptial agreements Cadder v HM Advocate UKSC 43 26 October Criminal Procedure, Article 6 ECHR Oceanbulk Shipping & Trading v TMT Asia UKSC 44 27 October Contract law Manchester CC v Pinnock UKSC 45 3 November Housing, Article 8 ECHR Dallah Real Estate & Tourism v Pakistan UKSC 46 3 November Arbitration, ICC Multi-Link Leisure v North Lanarkshire Council UKSC 47 17 November Tenancy agreements R v Maxwell UKSC 48 17 November Retrial MA (Somalia) v Home Secretary UKSC 49 24 November Immigration law, Article 3 ECHR RBS v Wilson UKSC 50 24 November Securities, Property law Customs v Holland UKSC 51 24 November Company law, Insolvency R v Chaytor UKSC 52 1 December Parliamentary privilege, Parliamentary expenses Spiller v Joseph UKSC 53 1 December Defamation, Fair comment R (Child Poverty Action Group) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions UKSC 54 8 December Housing benefit Progress Property v Moorgarth Group UKSC 55 8 December Company law Principal Reporter v K UKSC 56 15 December Family law; Article 8, ECHR R (Edwards) v Environment Agency UKSC 57 15 December Costs HM Revenue and Customs v DCC Holdings UKSC 58 15 December Tax law

2010 judgments

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 Dyson HM Treasury v Al-GhabraAn augmented panel of 7 judges sat in this case UKSC 15 and 22 October 200927 January HM Treasury v Ahmed UKSC 25–8 October 200927 January Office of Communications v The Information Commissioner UKSC 317 November 200927 January Grays Timber Products Ltd v HM Revenue & Customs UKSC 414–15 December 20093 February HM Treasury v Ahmed (No.2) UKSC 528 January4 February Allison v HM Advocate UKSC 68 December 200910 February McInnes v HM Advocate UKSC 78–9 December 200910 February Tomlinson v Birmingham CC UKSC 823–24 November 200917 February Norris v USAAn augmented panel of 9 judges sat in this case UKSC 930 November – 1 December 200924 February Martin v HM Advocate UKSC 108–10 December 20093 March R (Lewis) v Redcar & Cleveland BC UKSC 1118–20 January3 March Re W (Children) UKSC 121–2 March3 March Agbaje v Akinnoye-Agbaje UKSC 133–4 November 200910 March RTS Flexible Systems Limited v Molkerei Alois Müller GmbH UKSC 142–3 November 200910 March R (JS (Sri Lanka)) v Home Secretary UKSC 1513–14 January17 March British Airways v Williams UKSC 1624–25 February24 March R (F) v Home Secretary UKSC 173–4 February21 April Farstad Supply v Enviroco UKSC 18 9–10 March 5 May Inveresk plc v Tullis Russell Papermakers UKSC 19 1–2 March 5 May R (Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd) v Wolverhampton CC UKSC 20 1–2 February 12 May ZN (Afghanistan) v Entry Clearance Officer UKSC 21 15 February 12 May Roberts v Gill & Co UKSC 22 22–23 February 19 May OB v Aventis Pasteur SA UKSC 23 15 April 26 May Home Secretary v AP UKSC 24 5 May 16 June MS (Palestinian Territories) v Home Secretary UKSC 25 26–27 April 16 June Home Secretary v AP UKSC 26 5 May 23 June JR17 (Judicial Review App.) UKSC 27 19–20 April 23 June Austin v Southwark LBC UKSC 28 21–22 April 23 June R(Smith) v Defence SecretaryThe chart shows the court's decision on the jurisdiction issue. The justices unanimously dismissed the appeal on the inquest issue. UKSC 29 15–17 March 30 June R (Noone) v Drake Hall PrisonLord Judge CJ also sat in on this case and agreed with the majority. UKSC 30 11–12 May 30 June HJ (Iran) and HT (Cameroon) v Home Secretary UKSC 3110–12 May7 July Southern Pacific Loans v Walker UKSC 3213 May7 July A v Essex CCThe chart shows the justices decision on the principal issue: whether Article 2 of the First Protocol of the ECHR established an absolute right to education that met A's special needs. For the decisions on the other two issues see the judgment itself. UKSC 3324–25 March 14 July O'Brien v MOJ UKSC 3414–15 June 28 July Star Energy Weald Basin Ltd v Bocardo SA UKSC 3522–24 June 28 July R (ZO (Somalia)) v Home Secretary UKSC 3617–18 May 28 July Morrison Sports v Scottish Power UKSC 3716 June 28 July RTS Flexible Systems Ltd v Molkerei Alois Müller GmbH (No. 2)This was a brief judgment on form of order and costs and, as such, was not specifically attributed to any of the five judges in UKSC 14 UKSC 38 2–3 December 2009 21 July R v Rollins UKSC 3912–13 July 28 July R (Electoral Commission) v Westminster Magistrates' Court UKSC 408–9 June 29 July Gisda Cyf v Barratt UKSC 41 19 July 13 October Radmacher v Granatino UKSC 4222–23 March 20 October Cadder v HM Advocate UKSC 43 24–26 May 26 October Oceanbulk Shipping & Trading v TMT Asia UKSC 4414–15 July 27 October Manchester CC v PinnockMaster of the Rolls Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury also sat in on this case and gave the leading judgment for the unanimous majority. UKSC 455–8 July 3 November Dallah Real Estate & Tourism v Pakistan UKSC 4628–30 June 3 November Multi-Link Leisure v North Lanarkshire Council UKSC 4712 October 17 November R v Maxwell UKSC 4819–20 July 17 November MA (Somalia) v Home Secretary UKSC 4911 October 24 November RBS v Wilson UKSC 5013–14 October 24 November Holland v Revenue and Customs Commissioners UKSC 5121–22 July 24 November R v Chaytor UKSC 5218–19 October 1 December Spiller v Joseph UKSC 5326–27 July 1 December R (Child Poverty Action Group) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions UKSC 5425 October 8 December Progress Property v Moorgarth Group UKSC 555 October 8 December Principal Reporter v K UKSC 5620–21 October 15 December R (Edwards) v Environment Agency UKSC 5711 November 15 December HM Revenue and Customs v DCC Holdings (UK) Ltd UKSC 582–4 November 15 December

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