This is a list of the judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the year 2012. They are ordered by
Neutral citation
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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 2012 unless expressly stated otherwise.
Table key
2012 judgments
Notes
Judges
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Lord Judge
Igor Judge, Baron Judge, (born 19 May 1941) is an English former judge who served as the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the head of the judiciary, from 2008 to 2013. He was previously President of the Queen's Bench Division, at the ...
was the
Lord Chief Justice
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and President of the Courts of England and Wales in 2012 but sat on four cases in the Supreme Court.
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Lord Brown served until 9 April 2012.
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Lord Phillips
Nicholas Addison Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, (born 21 January 1938) is a British former senior judge.
Phillips was the inaugural President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, holding office between October 2009 and O ...
served until 30 September 2012.
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Lord Sumption
Jonathan Philip Chadwick Sumption, Lord Sumption, (born 9 December 1948), is a British author, medieval historian and former senior judge who sat on the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom between 2012 and 2018. Sumption was sworn in as a Jus ...
became a justice on 11 January 2012. He replaced
Lord Collins.
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Lord Reed became a justice on 6 February 2012. He replaced
Lord Rodger.
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Lord Carnwath became a justice on 17 April 2012. He replaced
Lord Brown.
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Lord Neuberger
David Edmond Neuberger, Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury (; born 10 January 1948) is an English judge. He served as President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2012 to 2017. He was a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary until the House of Lo ...
became president of the supreme court on 1 October 2012. He replaced
Lord Phillips
Nicholas Addison Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, (born 21 January 1938) is a British former senior judge.
Phillips was the inaugural President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, holding office between October 2009 and O ...
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