List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered in 2011

This is a list of the judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the year 2011. 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.

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.

2011 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 R (Coke-Wallis) v Institute of Chartered Accountants UKSC 119 January 2011 Labour law Morge v Hampshire County Council UKSC 219 January 2011 Planning law Yemshaw v Hounslow UKSC 326 January 2011 Homelessness; Domestic violence ZH (Tanzania) v Home Secretary UKSC 4 1 February 2011 Children law; Immigration law GPS Inc. v Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Berhad UKSC 5 1 February 2011 Maritime law Manchester CC v Pinnock (No 2)This judgment was simply a clarification of details of an order made in the previous judgement at UKSC 45 UKSC 6 9 February 2011 Article 8, ECHR; Landlord-tenant law Brent LBC v Risk Management Partners UKSC 7 9 February 2011 Public procurement Hounslow LBC v PowellAn augmented panel of 7 judges sat in this case UKSC 823 February 2011 Article 8, ECHR; Homelessness R v Forsyth UKSC 9 23 February 2011 Criminal law; International law Sienkiewicz v Greif UKSC 10 9 March 2011 Negligence Patmalniece v Secretary for Work and Pensions UKSC 11 16 March 2011 Free movement of workers WL (Congo) v Home SecretaryAn augmented panel of 9 judges sat in this case UKSC 12 23 March 2011 False imprisonment Jones v Kaney UKSC 13 30 March 2011 Expert witnesses Duncombe v Schools Secretary UKSC 14 30 March 2011 Labour law Communities Secretary v Welwyn Hatfield BC UKSC 15 6 April 2011 Planning law Farstad Supply v Enviroco UKSC 16 6 April 2011 Company law Baker v Quantum Clothing Group UKSC 17 13 April 2011 Negligence R (Adams) v Justice Secretary UKSC 18 11 May 2011 Miscarriage of justice HMRC v Tower MCashback UKSC 19 11 May 2011 Tax law McCaughey's Application for Judicial Review UKSC 20 18 May 2011 Judicial review R (GC) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis UKSC 21 18 May 2011 DNA evidence, Article 8 ECHR FA (Iraq) v Home Secretary UKSC 22 25 May 2011 EU law SK(Zimbabwe) v Home Secretary UKSC 23 25 May 2011 Immigration law Fraser v Her Majesty's Advocate UKSC 24 25 May 2011 Scots criminal law; Evidence Bloomsbury v Sea Fish Industry Authority UKSC 25 15 June 2011 Fisheries Act 1981; Free movement of goods Parkwood Leisure v Alemo-Herron UKSC 26 15 June 2011 TUPE Re. E (Children) UKSC 27 10 June 2011 Family law R (Cart) v The Upper Tribunal UKSC 28 22 June 2011 Judicial review Eba v Advocate General for Scotland UKSC 29 22 June 2011 Judicial review R (G) v The Governors of X School UKSC 30 29 June 2011 Article 6, ECHR NML Capital Ltd v Republic of Argentina UKSC 31 6 July 2011 State immunity Scottish Widows plc v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and CustomsThe Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, also sat in on this case and gave a judgment that formed the unanimous majority. UKSC 32 6 July 2011 Company law R (McDonald) v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea UKSC 33 6 July 2011 Assisted living Al Rawi v The Security ServiceLord Rodger of Earlsferry died before judgment was given in this case. He indicated that he would join the majority. UKSC 34 13 July 2011 Secret trial Home Office v Tariq UKSC 35 13 July 2011 Secret trial Duncombe v Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (no. 2) UKSC 36 15 July 2011 Labour law R v Smith UKSC 37 20 July 2011 Criminal law Belmont Park Investments PTY Ltd v BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd and Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc UKSC 38 27 July 2011 Insolvency law Lucasfilm Ltd v Ainsworth UKSC 39 27 July 2011 Intellectual property Jivraj v Hashwani UKSC 40 27 July 2011 Discrimination in employment Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher UKSC 41 27 July 2011 Labour law Houldsworth v Bridge Trustees Ltd and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions UKSC 42 27 July 2011 Pensions law HM Advocate v Ambrose & Ors UKSC 43 6 October 2011 Right to counsel; Article 6, ECHR HM Advocate v P UKSC 44 6 October 2011 Right to counsel; Article 6, ECHR R (Bibi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department UKSC 45 12 October 2011 Immigration law; Article 8, ECHR AXA General Insurance Ltd v The Lord Advocate UKSC 46 12 October 2011 Negligence R (Gaines-Cooper) v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs UKSC 47 19 October 2011 Tax law Re. Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Ltd and Re the Insolvency Act 1986 UKSC 48 19 October 2011 Insolvency law Gale v Serious Organised Crime Agency UKSC 49 26 October 2011 Criminal law Rainy Sky SA v Kookmin Bank UKSC 50 2 November 2011 Contract law Human Genome Sciences Inc v Eli Lilly & Co. UKSC 51 2 November 2011 Intellectual property Berrisford v Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd UKSC 52 9 November 2011 Land law Jones v Kernott UKSC 53 9 November 2011 Land law McGowan v B UKSC 54 23 November 2011 Right to counsel; Article 6, ECHR Jude v HM Advocate UKSC 55 23 November 2011 Right to counsel; Article 6, ECHR Aberdeen City Council v Stewart Milne Group Ltd UKSC 56 7 December 2011 Land law Russell v Transocean International Resources Ltd UKSC 57 7 December 2011 Working Time Regulations 1998 Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust UKSC 58 14 December 2011 Labour law R v Gnango UKSC 59 14 December 2011 Criminal law Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Payne UKSC 60 14 December 2011 Insolvency law

2011 opinions

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 Judge Wilson of Culworth R (Coke-Wallis) v Institute of Chartered Accountants UKSC 18–9 November 201019 January Morge v Hampshire County Council UKSC 28 November 201019 January Yemshaw v Hounslow UKSC 32 December 2010 26 January ZH (Tanzania) v Home Secretary UKSC 4 9–10 November 2010 1 February GPS Inc. v Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Berhad UKSC 5 28–29 July 2010 1 February Manchester CC v Pinnock UKSC 6 5–8 July 2010 9 February Brent LBC v Risk Management Partners UKSC 7 8–9,13 December 2010 9 February Hounslow LBC v Powell UKSC 823–24 November 201023 February R v Forsyth UKSC 96 December 201023 February Sienkiewicz v Greif UKSC 1026–28 October 20109 March Patmalniece v Secretary for Work and Pensions UKSC 1129–30 November, 1 December 2010 16 March WL (Congo) v Home Secretary UKSC 1215–18 November 201023 March Jones v Kaney UKSC 1311–12 January30 March Duncombe v Schools Secretary UKSC 1417–18 January30 March Communities Secretary v Welwyn Hatfield BC UKSC 157–8 February6 April Farstad Supply v Enviroco UKSC 1619–20 January6 April Baker v Quantum Clothing Group UKSC 1722–24 November 201013 April R (Adams) v Justice Secretary UKSC 18 15–17 February 11 May HMRC v Tower MCashback UKSC 19 21–22 February 11 May McCaughey's Application for Judicial Review UKSC 20 2–3 February 18 May R (GC) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis UKSC 21 31 January – 1 February 18 May FA (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department UKSC 22 23, 24 February 25 May Shepherd Masimba Kambadzi v Secretary of State for the Home Department UKSC 23 10, 11 February 25 May Fraser v HM Advocate UKSC 24 21, 22 March 25 May Bloomsbury v Sea Fish Industry Authority UKSC 25 23, 24 March 15 June Parkwood Leisure v Alemo-Herron UKSC 26 13, 14 April 15 June Re. E (Children) UKSC 27 23, 24 May 10 June R (on the application of Cart) v The Upper Tribunal UKSC 28 14–17 March 22 June Eba v Advocate General for Scotland UKSC 29 14–17 March 22 June R (on the application of G) v The Governors of X School UKSC 30 11, 12 April 29 June NML Capital Ltd v Republic of Argentina UKSC 31 29, 30 March 6 July Scottish Widows plc v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs UKSC 32 16, 17 May 6 July R (on the application of McDonald) v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea UKSC 33 4, 5 April 6 July Al Rawi v The Security Service UKSC 34 24, 25 January 13 July Home Office v Tariq UKSC 35 26, 27 January 13 July Duncombe v Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (no. 2) UKSC 36 17, 18 January 15 July R v Smith (2011) UKSC 37 16 June 20 July Belmont Park Investments PTY Ltd v BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd and Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc UKSC 38 1–3 March 27 July Lucasfilm Ltd v Ainsworth UKSC 39 7–9 March 27 July Jivraj v Hashwani UKSC 40 6, 7 April 27 July Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher UKSC 41 11, 12 May 27 July Houldsworth v Bridge Trustees Ltd and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions UKSC 42 20, 21 June 27 July HM Advocate v Ambrose UKSC 43 28–30 June 6 October HM Advocate v P UKSC 44 28–30 June 6 October R (on the application of Bibi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department UKSC 45 8, 9 June 12 October AXA General Insurance Ltd v The Lord Advocate UKSC 46 13–15 June 12 October R (on the application of Gaines-Cooper) v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs UKSC 47 6, 7 July 19 October Rainy Sky SA v Kookmin Bank UKSC 5027 July2 November Human Genome Sciences Inc v Eli Lilly & Co. UKSC 51 18–20 July 2 November Berrisford v Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd UKSC 52 5, 6 October 9 November Jones v Kernott UKSC 53 4 May 9 November McGowan v B UKSC 54 11, 12 October 23 November Jude v HM Advocate UKSC 55 11, 12 October 23 November Aberdeen City Council v Stewart Milne Group Ltd UKSC 56 10 November 7 December Russell and others v Transocean International Resources Ltd UKSC 57 26, 27 October 7 December Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust UKSC 58 22, 23 June 14 December R v Gnango UKSC 5911, 12 July14 December Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Payne UKSC 60 3 November 14 December

Judges Lord Saville of Newdigate announced his retirement in 2010. His appearance in Baker v Quantum Clothing Group was his last appearance as a Supreme Court justice. Lord Rodger of Earlsferry died on 26 June 2011. Lord Collins of Mapesbury retired in May 2011 but continued as an acting justice until the end of July. Lord Wilson of Culworth became a justice on 26 May 2011. Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury was the Master of the Rolls and was not a full member of the Supreme Court, although was entitled to sit at the court's invitation. The other members of the court are listed in order of seniority. Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers and Lord Hope of Craighead were, respectively, the President and Deputy President of the Supreme Court.

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