List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered in 2019

This is a list of the judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the year 2019.

In 2019 Lady Hale is the President of the Supreme Court, Lord Reed is the Deputy President.

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.

All dates are for 2019 unless expressly stated otherwise.

2019 case summaries

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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
Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of devolution issues to the Supreme Court pursuant to Paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (No 2) [2019] UKSC 1 14 January Constitutional law, Devolution in the UK
R (Hallam) v Secretary of State for Justice and R (Nealon) v Secretary of State for Justice [2019] UKSC 2 30 January Criminal law Applicants were not entitled to compensation under section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 for criminal convictions which were subsequently quashed for being unsafe.[1]
R (P) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, R (P, G and W) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Re Lorraine Gallagher for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2019] UKSC3 30 January Labour Law, Human rights Held that the requirement for spent minor criminal convictions to be disclosed to potential employers under the multiple convictions rules is incompatible with Article 8 ECHR[2]
Wells v Devani [2019] UKSC 4 13 February Contract Law, Estate Agents Act 1979 A binding contract for the payment of commission had been made between an estate agent and property owner despite the absence of a written contract. Amount of commission reduced as a result of the estate agent breaching Estate Agents Act 1979 s 18 requiring certain terms to be explained to a vendor.[3]
Perry v Raleys Solicitors [2019] UKSC 5 13 February Tort law, Professional negligence In considering whether professional negligence was the cause of a loss where the negligence consisted of a potential lost litigation opportunity it was necessary to consider, on the balance of the probabilities, where such litigation would have been undertaken if non-negligently advised and whether such litigation would have been successful.[4][5]
Cameron v Liverpool Victoria Insurance Co Ltd [2019] UKSC 6 20 February Tort law, insurance law, Road Traffic Act 1988 The Court concluded that a person, who is not just anonymous but cannot be identified, cannot be sued under a pseudonym or description and as such an insurer cannot be held liable for a claim under Part VI of the Road Traffic Act 1988 where the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident cannot be identified.[6]
In the matter of an application by Geraldine Finucane for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2019] UKSC 7 27 February Constitutional law, Public inquiry, Article 2 of the ECHR It was lawful for the government to have refused to hold a public inquiry into the murder of human rights lawyer but the fact that an appropriate inquiry had not taken place breached Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the right to life).[7]
Konecny v District Court in Brno-Venkov, Czech Republic [2019] UKSC 8 27 February Human rights, European Arrest Warrant, Extradition Act 2003, Article 8 of the ECHR The appeal of an individual against extradition under a European Arrest Warrant was dismissed on the basis that the individual was a convicted person despite having an unequivocal right to a retrial after surrender. The court also dismissed that the passage of time prevented extradition under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.[8]
In the matter of an application by Hugh Jordan for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2019] UKSC 9 6 March Human rights, Human Rights Act 1998 Article 2 of the ECHR The court allowed an appeal against a stay on the award of damages under the Human Rights Act 1998 s 8 for breach of Article 2 of the ECHR confirming that a claim for damages can run concurrently with an inquest.[9]
KV (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] UKSC 10 6 March Immigration law, Right of asylum, Istanbul Protocol An assessment by a medical expert which referred to the consistency of the clinical findings to the statements by the applicant were not beyond the remit of an expert and were in accordance with the Istanbul Protocol. When considering the likelihood that injuries are self inflicted by proxy (SIBP) rather than torture considerable weight should be given to the fact that such injuries which are SIBP are extremely rare.[10]
Robinson (formerly JR (Jamaica)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] UKSC 11 13 March Immigration Law, Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 A second human rights claim in an immigration case did automatically trigger a right of appeal once the rights to appeal on an original claim had been exhausted.[11]
HMRC v Joint Administrators of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) [2019] UKSC 12 13 March 2019 Tax Law Statutory interest paid under the Insolvency Rules 2016 is considered to be yearly interest and therefore subject to a deduction of tax at source under the provisions of the Income Tax Act 2007[12]
Takhar v Gracefield Developments Limited [2019] UKSC 13 20 March 2019 Criminal law, Fraud Where on original judgement has been obtained by reason of the fraudulent conduct of a party and an allegation of fraud has not been raised in the original judgement then it is not necessary for the defrauded party to show that the fraud would have been spotted with reasonable diligence in order for the case to proceed to trial.[13]
SAE Education Ltd v HMRC [2019] UKSC 14 20 March Tax Law, VAT, Value Added Tax Act 1994 A commercial provider of university education which did not in itself hold degree awarding powers but collaborated with UK universities to award degrees could be considered to be a "college of a university" for the purpose of exemption from VAT.[14]
Actavis Group PTC EHF v ICOS Corporation [2019] UKSC 15 27 March Intellectual property, Patent Law, Patents Act 1977, European Patent Convention The Court of Appeal was within its powers to interfere with the decision in the High Court in assessing whether dosage testing was obvious and therefore the patent was invalid for lack of an inventive test.[15]
R&S Pilling t/a Phoenix Engineering v UK Insurance Ltd [2019] UKSC 16 27 March Tort law, insurance law, Road Traffic Act 1988 An insurer was not liable for a fire occurring on private land arising from the insured vehicle where the vehicle was not, at the time, being used as a means of transportation. The Road Traffic Act 1988 s 143 was incompatible with EU law.[16]
Stocker v Stocker [2019] UKSC 17 3 April Tort law, English defamation law, Defamation Act 1952 An allegation that he "tried to strangle me" on Facebook did not constitute defamation even if the person making the allegation could not demonstrate that he has actually intended to kill her. Context should be given to the nature of spontaneous social media posts when interpreting their meaning.[17]
R (Newby Foods Ltd) v Food Standards Agency [2019] UKSC 18 3 April EU law, Food Safety Meat remaining on an animal carcass after it has been mechanically butchered which is subsequently removed from that carcass using a mechanical process was mechanically separated meat under EU law and therefore subject to the specific hygiene requirements of EU regulation no 853/2004.[18]
R (Derry) v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs [2019] UKSC 19 10 April Tax Law, Income Tax Act 2007 HM Revenue & Customs has not followed the correct process into raising an inquiry into a claim for share loss relief by the taxpayer and therefore were out of time to challenge the loss relief claimed by the taxpayer.[19]
Lungowe v Vedanta Resources plc [2019] UKSC 20 10 April Company Law, Tort Law, Conflict of laws A number of Zambian citizens were entitled to be a group action in the UK courts against Vedanta Resources PLC in respect of alleged harm to the health and farming resources arising from the Nchanga Copper Mine which was operated by a Zambian subsidiary of Vedanta Resources (Konkola Copper Mines).[20]
R (DA) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, R (DS) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2019] UKSC 21 15 May Human rights, Article 14 of the ECHR, Housing Benefit, Welfare Reform Act 2012 The revised lower benefit cap in respect of eligibility for Housing Benefit did not discriminate against lone parents, or lone parents with children under school age, and was therefore considered to be lawful.[21]
R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal [2019] UKSC 22 15 May Constitutional law, Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 By majority decision the court held decisions of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal could be subject to judicial review in the High Court and implied that parliament may not use legislation to "oust" the jurisdiction of the courts to undertake judicial review.[22]
Telereal Trillium v Hewitt (Valuation Officer) [2019] UKSC 23 15 May Tax law, Business rates in England, Valuation In considering the rateable value of a premises in a saturated market the valuation hypothesis must assume there remains a willing tenant who is interested in renting the building with the amount of such rent being determined by reference to the general demand derived from similar premises.[23]
Hancock v HMRC [2019] UKSC 24 22 May Tax Law, Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 The cash redemption of loan notes were the redemption of qualifying corporate bonds and therefore a gain subject to tax under the provisions of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 was crystallized on the redemption of the bonds.[24]
Poole Borough Council v GN [2019] UKSC 25 6 June Tort law, Negligence, Vicarious Liability, Children Act 1989 Poole Borough Council had not breached their duty of care in respect of children placed in local authority housing where the children had been subject to harassment and abuse by neighbours. The court found that X v Bedfordshire CC was no longer good law.[25]
In the matter of an application by Dennis Hutchings for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2019] UKSC 26 6 June Constitutional law, Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007, non-jury trial The Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland was entitled to file a certificate under the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 for a former British Army soldier to be tried in a Diplock court by a judge alone (without a jury) in respect of a killing made by the soldier during the Troubles[26]
Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd [2019] UKSC 27 12 June Tort law, Defamation, Defamation Act 2013 The court ruled that section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013 imposed a new threshold over the common law interpretation of defamation, being that the harm caused had to be serious. It was found that the damage to reputation of the individual in this case did not cause serious harm.[27]
Samuels v Birmingham City Council [2019] UKSC 28 12 June Administrative law, Housing Benefit, Housing Act 1996 An individual had not made herself intentionally homeless due to failing to pay her rent since her income had been less than her reasonable living expenses when living in her last settled accommodation.[28]
Sveriges Angfartygs Assurans Forening (The Swedish Club) v Connect Shipping Inc [2019] UKSC 29 12 June Tort law, insurance law, Marine Insurance Act 1906 Under the Marine Insurance Act 1906 a ship is a total loss if the costs of repairing the damage exceed the value of the ship. It was held that the costs of repair should include all reasonable costs of salving and safeguarding the ship but would exclude Special Compensation, Protection and Indemnity Clause (SCOPIC) costs.[29]
OWD Ltd t/a Birmingham Cash and Carry v HMRC [2019] UKSC 30 19 June Tax Law, Alcohol Duties Liquor Act 1979, Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 HMRC does not have the power under the Alcohol Duties Liquor Act 1979 or Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 to permit temporary trading in respect of wholesale supplies of alcohol pending an appeal against a refusal to grant approval for such trading under the Alcohol Wholesalers Registration Scheme.[30]
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Gubeladze [2019] UKSC 31 19 June EU law, Proportionality, Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006, Citizens' Rights Directive An individual was entitled to Pension Credit despite having not been registered for three years under the United Kingdom EU Worker Registration Scheme and that the extension to the registration scheme in 2008 was not proportionate as they only gave small and speculative benefits but could have substantial and series effects on individuals.[31]
Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd [2019] UKSC 32 3 July Labour law, Contract law, Restrictive covenants, A restrictive covenant in an employment contract which prevented the employee from holding any shareholding (of any size) in a competitor following cessation of employment was too broad and was therefore unenforceable. This part of the clause was required to be severed from the covenants.[32]
London Borough of Lambeth v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2019] UKSC 33 3 July Land law, Planning Law, Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Where planning permission had been granted for retail development subject to restrictions and a subsequent application was made to modify or remove an existing restriction then, even if the subsequent planning permission does not include specific restrictions, this does not necessarily mean there are no restrictions.[33]
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v MM [2019] UKSC 34 18 July Administrative law, Welfare Reform Act 2012, Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 A benefit claimed was entitled to claim personal independence payment partly on the basis that they needed support to engage with other people because of mental health problems. The government's narrow and technical view of the scope of the regulations was rejected.[34]
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Franco Vomero (Italy) [2019] UKSC 35 24 July EU law, Citizens' Rights Directive, Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 An individual had not acquire a right of permanent residence and was prevented from acquiring such a right following the adoption of the Citizens' Rights Directive by virtue of serious criminal convictions. (Following referral of questions to the European Court of Justice).[35]
R (Association of Independent Meat Suppliers) v Food Standards Agency [2019] UKSC 36 24 July EU law, Food Safety, Food Safety Act 1990, Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 The court made no decision and referred two questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union being
a) Do EU regulations (Nos 854/2004 and 882/2004 preclude certain procedures undertaken pursuant to the Food Safety Act 1990, and
b) Whether EU regulation 882/2004 mandates a right of appeal against decisions of Official Veterinarians.[36]
X v Kuoni Travel Ltd [2019] UKSC 37 24 July Contract Law, Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992 In respect of whether a tour operator was liable for damages for a breach of contract where a hotel guest was sexually assaulted the court referred the questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union on the Package Holiday Directive 90/314/EEC.[37]
Cape Intermediate Holdings Ltd v Dring (for and on behalf of Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK) [2019] UKSC 38 29 July Administrative law, Civil Procedure Rules A person who is not a party to court proceedings may obtain a number of documents that are held in count during proceedings but does not necessarily have a right to every document. The constitutional principle of open justice may require access to be given to further documents than those that are permitted by right under the Civil Procedure Rules.[38]
Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v Frank A Smart & Son Ltd [2019] UKSC 39 29 July Tax law, Value Added Tax The taxpayer was entitled to recover input VAT under the Principal VAT Directive on costs incurred in respect of the purchase of single farm payment entitlements with the key testing on whether recovery was available being how the subsidy was to be used by the business.[39]
Akçilv Koza Ltd [2019] UKSC 40 29 July Company law, Conflict of laws, Legal Jurisdiction, Brussels I Recast Regulation The English courts did not have jurisdiction in respect of a claim brought by trustee shareholders of Koza Altın (a Turkish company) over changes made to the constitutional documents of a UK subsidiary. Whether the Turkish parent had acted validly was a matter for the Turkish Courts.[40]
R (Miller) v The Prime Minister and Cherry v Advocate General for Scotland [2019] UKSC 41 24 September Constitutional law The Prime Minister's advice to Her Majesty to exercise the prerogative power to prorogue Parliament was unlawful as it prevented Parliament from exercising its constitutional functions, and the resulting prorogation was thus void and of no effect. Decided by 11 judges.[41]
In the matter of D (A Child) [2019] UKSC 42 26 September Constitutional law, Liberty, Children Act 1989, Article 5 of the ECHR, Article 8 of the ECHR Where a 16 or 17 year old lacks capacity to give their own consent, it is not possible for the parents of the individual to give consent to living arrangements which would amount to a deprivation of liberty. Instead an application must be made under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards regime.[42]
Routier v HMRC [2019] UKSC 43 16 October Tax law, Inheritance Tax Act 1984 The restriction in the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 for exemptions of legacies to charities to UK charities violated the EU law principle of the freedom of movement of capital.[43]
Gilham v Ministry of Justice [2019] UKSC 44 16 October Labour law, Employment Rights Act 1996, Article 10, ECHR, Article 14, ECHR A district judge was entitled to whistleblower protections by virtue of being a 'worker' despite not being an employee under the Employment Rights Act 1996. Failure to offer such protection would interfere with the right to freedom of expression, protected under Article 10, ECHR.[44]
Shanks v Unilever Plc [2019] UKSC 45 23 October Intellectual property, Patent Law, Patents Act 1977 The system for measuring glucose concentration by an employee of Unilever had provided an outstanding benefit to the company and the employee was entitled to a fair share of that benefit.[45]
The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v Vauxhall Motors Ltd (Formerly General Motors UK Ltd) [2019] UKSC 46 23 October Land law, Equitable Relief from Forfeiture Relief from forfeiture can be given in respect of possessory rights over land where the contract grants either proprietary or possessory rights over land and the termination provision was included in the contract as security of the payment of a sum.[46]
Sequent Nominees Ltd v Hautford Ltd [2019] UKSC 47 30 October Land law, Leasehold Reform Act 1967 A landlord had not unreasonably refused consent for a tenant to apply for planning permission where refusing to grant such consent was an additional safeguard to protect the landlord against the risk of enfranchisement under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967[47]
Travelers Insurance Company Ltd v XYZ [2019] UKSC 48 30 October Administrative law, costs in English law, insurance law, Senior Courts Act 1981 An insurance company which was not a party to the original case but was the insurer of one of the parties was not liable for costs under section 51 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 where it did not engage in 'unjustified intermeddling'.[48]
In the matter of NY (A Child) [2019] UKSC 49 30 October Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 An appeal under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales was set aside.[49]
Singularis Holdings Ltd (In Official Liquidation) (A Company Incorporated in the Cayman Islands) v Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd [2019] UKSC 50 30 October Tort law, Duty of Care, Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 A bank which executes a fraudulent instruction to transfer funds out of a company's account can be held as liable for a breach of its duty of care even if the instruction to transfer the money was made by the controlling shareholders and directors of the company.[50]
R v Reeves Taylor [2019] UKSC 51 13 November Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996, Criminal Appeal Act 1968 In order for a person to be guilty of torture under section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 the defendant must be acting in an official capacity for a regime or government and the regime must have some kind of control over the area in which the alleged crime took place.[51]
RR v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2019] UKSC 52 13 November Human rights, Housing Benefit, Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Size Criteria) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 Housing benefit should be calculated without deduction of the 'bedroom tax'. Following R (Carmichael) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, making such a deduction would be incompatible with Article 14 of the ECHR and a public authority would be required to disregard a legislative provision where its application would result in a breach of the convention.[52]
R (Wright) v Resilient Energy Severndale Ltd and Forest of Dean District Council [2019] UKSC 53 20 November Land law, Planning Law, Town and Country Planning Act 1990, Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 Local authorities must expressly satisfy the Newbury Principles when granting planning permission. In order for consideration to be 'material' it must be for a planning purpose and not an ulterior purpose and be both fair and reasonable in relation to the development. Upholds the wider principle that planning permission cannot be bought or sold.[53]
Edwards on behalf of the Estate of the late Thomas Arthur Watkins v Hugh James Ford Simey Solicitors [2019] UKSC 54 20 November Tort law, Professional Negligence The Bwllfa principle was not relevant to the after date evidence that had been provided to the court and the case was remitted back to the lower courts to determine the value of the loss of opportunity.[54]
Royal Mail Group Ltd v Jhuti [2019] UKSC 55 27 November Labour law, Employment Rights Act 1996, Whistleblowing If an employee is dismissed by virtue of a false reason given to the person responsible for making the dismissal then, even if the person responsible has a genuine belief in the false reason, then the actual reason for dismissal is in face the hidden reason that was not disclosed to the decision maker.[55]
R (Hemmati) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] UKSC 56 27 November Immigration law, Illegal immigration, Right of asylum The policy to detain persons who had sought asylum in another EU State where the claims were referred to an EU State under the Dublin III Regulation under the Immigration Act 1971 failed to comply with the Dublin III Regulation as it lacked adequate certainty and predictability.[56]
MacDonald v Carnbroe Estates Ltd [2019] UKSC 57 4 December Insolvency law, Gratuitous alienations on insolvency, Insolvency Act 1986 Where a property had been sold for £550,000 but only £470,000 had been paid and a higher price could have been achieved with a proper marketing process then there had been a gratuitous alienation prior to insolvency. In considering the available remedy, a flexible approach can be taken to take account of the consideration which a bona fide purchaser would have paid.[57]
R (Lancashire County Council) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, R (NHS Property Services Ltd) v Surrey County Council [2019] UKSC 58 11 December Land law, Statutory Incompatibility The specific public interest contained in the statutory purpose for which the land was actually held outweighed the public interest in registering the land as a town or village green under the Commons Act 2006.[58]
Patel v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Secretary of State for the Home Department v Shah [2019] UKSC 59 16 December Immigration Law, Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006, TFEU, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU The Zambrano principle applied to allow a parent of a dependent child who was a resident to a non EU member state to reside in the UK as the primary carer of a British citizen but did not provide the same rights for another individual in respect of their elderly parent as there was not a 'relationship of dependency'.[59]
Miller v Ministry of Justice [2019] UKSC 60 16 December Labour law, Part-time Work Directive 1997, Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 Judges who had held one or more appointments as fee-paid part-time judges had been subject to less favourable treatment in respect of the provision of a pension and were entitled to pensions in respect of their former part-time service.[60]

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