UK/Supreme Court

UK/Supreme Court   (Court)
Parent organization	UK, UK/Ministry of Justice

The UK/Supreme Court (UKSC) is the final court of appeal in the United Kingdom for civil cases, and for criminal cases from England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UKSC hears cases of the greatest public or constitutional importance affecting the whole population.

As authorised by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Part 3, Section 23(1) and s. 23, the UKSC was formally established on 1 October 2009, and assumed the judicial functions of the House of Lords, which had been exercised by the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary (commonly called "Law Lords"), the 12 judges appointed as members of the House of Lords to carry out its judicial business as the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords.

The UKSC's jurisdiction over devolution matters had previously been exercised by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

Current Judges

Twelve Justices of the UK Supreme Court

There are 12 Judges of the UK Supreme Court. In order of seniority, they are as follows:

• The Baroness Hale of Richmond (President)
• Lord Reed (Deputy President)
• Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore
• Lord Wilson of Culworth
• Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill
• Lord Hodge
• Lady Black of Derwent
• Lord Lloyd-Jones
• Lord Briggs of Westbourne
• Lady Arden of Heswall
• Lord Kitchin
• Lord Sales

Forthcoming appointments

The following announcements have been made regarding forthcoming appointments to the Supreme Court as sitting Justices reach the statutory retirement age:

• Lord Justice Hamblen (13 January 2020, replacing Lady Hale)
• Lord Justice Leggatt (21 April 2020, replacing Lord Carnwath)
• Professor Andrew Burrows QC (2 June 2020, replacing Lord Wilson)

Furthermore, Lord Reed has been announced as the next President of the Supreme Court. He will succeed Baroness Hale of Richmond in January 2020.

Prorogation Appeal

News from the Supreme Court

On 17 September 2019, eleven Supreme Court justices began hearing challenges saying Boris Johnson's decision to suspend parliament for five weeks is unlawful. The Supreme Court has been summoned for this emergency hearing outside legal term-time after the Scottish appeal court unanimously allowed the prorogation challenge.

On 23 September 2019, the Supreme Court announced that its Judgment will be handed down on Tuesday 24 September 2019 at 10:30am in Courtroom 1.

 

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Document:Justice for Megrahi - Scotland must fund Supreme Court appeal	Letter	27 April 2021	Patrick Haseldine	#Scotland not #Libya must fund #JusticeForMegrahi appeal to #UKSupremeCourt. Should be a major issue in the #ScottishElections2021. #AlbaParty agree: do the other parties? @Anwar_and_Co @Ali2082009 @PrivateEyeNews @Dabaibahamid
Document:Justice for Megrahi - is Aamer Anwar capable of getting it?	Letter	23 April 2021	Patrick Haseldine	Is Justice for Megrahi achieved by blocking Twitter accounts? Is Aamer Anwar capable of getting Justice for Megrahi?
Document:Justice for Megrahi awaits at the Supreme Court	Letter	4 April 2021	Patrick Haseldine	My recommendation, Mr Anwar, is that you appeal to the UK Supreme Court to quash the Scottish Court in the Netherlands' 2001 conviction of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi on the basis of fabricated timer fragment evidence led by the "non-expert witness" Allen Feraday
Document:Justice for Megrahi is gonna happen!	Letter	14 April 2021	Patrick Haseldine	Aamer Anwar said: "I have no doubt that the new democratic Libyan Government headed by Abdul Hamid al-Dabaiba will support this final appeal for justice on behalf of the Al-Megrahi family and help in our efforts to prove the innocence of Libya and its people."
Document:Pollokshields Shows How To Achieve Independence	blog post	14 May 2021	Craig Murray	Pollokshields showed how the people of Scotland will eventually take their own Independence. The “illegal” way in British law. The Gandhi way. The Mandela way. The people’s way. You cannot impose UK law on the people of Scotland.
Document:Scottish High Court Denies Whistleblower Craig Murray's Request To Appeal Conviction Over Blog Posts	Article	9 June 2021	Mohamed Elmaazi	Craig Murray's fate turns on whether the judges in London, where the Supreme Court is based, consider the application on an expedited basis.
Document:The Crown came for Craig Murray	blog post	29 July 2021	Gordon Dangerfield	“I go to jail with a clean conscience after a Kafkaesque trial. I believe this is actually the state’s long sought revenge for my whistleblowing on security service collusion with torture and my long term collaboration with Wikileaks and other whistleblowers."
Document:The Mind Numbing Hypocrisy of the Supreme Court	blog post	21 December 2021	Craig Murray	So the Supreme Court has ruled that there must be a right to appeal against imprisonment, unless your name is Craig Murray, you are connected to Julian Assange or you are a "war on terror" whistleblower.
Document:Whistleblower Craig Murray Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison Over His Reporting On Former Scottish First Minister’s Trial	Article	11 May 2021	Mohamed Elmaazi	Craig Murray tweets: "I cannot commend this article highly enough to anybody who wants to understand why and how I have been sentenced to prison."

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