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This is a list of the judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the year 2012. They are ordered by
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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.


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2012 judgments


Notes


Judges

* Lord Judge was the
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and President of the Courts of England and Wales in 2012 but sat on four cases in the Supreme Court. * Lord Brown served until 9 April 2012. * Lord Phillips served until 30 September 2012. * Lord Sumption became a justice on 11 January 2012. He replaced Lord Collins. * Lord Reed became a justice on 6 February 2012. He replaced
Lord Rodger Alan Ferguson Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry, (18 September 1944 – 26 June 2011) was a Scottish academic, lawyer, and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. He served as Lord Advocate, the senior Law Officer of Scotlan ...
. * Lord Carnwath became a justice on 17 April 2012. He replaced Lord Brown. *
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 L ...
became president of the supreme court on 1 October 2012. He replaced Lord Phillips.


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Supreme Court decided cases, 2012
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