List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered in 2015

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This is a list of the judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the year 2015 as of 8 August. So far 57 cases have been decided and these are ordered by neutral citation.

In 2015 Lord Neuberger is the President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale 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 2015 unless expressly stated otherwise.

2015 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
McGraddie v McGraddie (Costs)	UKSC 1	28 January 2015	After-the-event insurance
Michael v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police	UKSC 2	28 January 2015	Negligence; Article 2, ECHR
Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill - Reference by the Counsel General for Wales	UKSC 3	9 February 2015	Welsh devolution
Sustainable Shetland v The Scottish Ministers	UKSC 4	9 February 2015	Planning law
Jackson v Murray	UKSC 5	18 February 2015	Contributory negligence
R (Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills	UKSC 6	25 February 2015	Judicial review; European Structural Funds
R (Newhaven Port & Properties Ltd) v East Sussex County Council	UKSC 7	25 February 2015	Village green
R (Jamar Brown (Jamaica)) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department	UKSC 8	4 March 2015	Immigration law
R (Catt) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis	UKSC 9	4 March 2015	Data Protection Act 1998; Article 8, ECHR
Sea Shepherd UK v Fish & Fish Ltd	UKSC 10	4 March 2015	Tort
Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board	UKSC 11	11 March 2015	Medical law
Tael One Partners Ltd v Morgan Stanley & Co International PLC	UKSC 12	11 March 2015	Contractual conditions
Carlyle v Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	UKSC 13	11 March 2015	Scottish contract law
Wyatt v Vince	UKSC 14	11 March 2015	Divorce law
Akerman-Livingstone v Aster Communities Ltd (formerly Flourish Homes Ltd)	UKSC 15	11 March 2015	Equality Act 2010; Article 8, ECHR
R (SG) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	UKSC 16	18 March 2015	Welfare Reform Act 2012; Article 14, ECHR
Braganza v BP Shipping Ltd	UKSC 17	18 March 2015	Fatal Accidents Act 1976
R (Trail Riders Fellowship) v Dorset County Council	UKSC 18	18 March 2015	Public rights of way
Pham v Secretary of State for the Home Department	UKSC 19	25 March 2015	Immigration law
Re S (A Child)	UKSC 20	25 March 2015	Costs
R (Evans) v Attorney General	UKSC 21	26 March 2015	Freedom of Information Act 2000
Nzolameso v City of Westminster	UKSC 22	2 April 2015	Homelessness
Jetivia SA v Bilta (UK) Ltd	UKSC 23	22 April 2015	Insolvency law
R v GH	UKSC 24	22 April 2015	Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
R (Hemming) v Westminster City Council	UKSC 25	29 April 2015	Licensed sex shop
University and College Union v The University of Stirling	UKSC 26	29 April 2015	Redundancy law
Trustees of the Olympic Airlines SA Pension and Life Assurance Scheme v Olympic Airlines SA	UKSC 27	29 April 2015	Pension Protection Fund
R (ClientEarth) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	UKSC 28	29 April 2015	Environmental law
Gaughran v Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland	UKSC 29	13 May 2015	DNA database; Article 8, ECHR
Hotak v London Borough of Southwark	UKSC 30	13 May 2015	Homelessness
Starbucks (HK) Ltd v British Sky Broadcasting Group plc	UKSC 31	13 May 2015	Passing off
Rhodes v OPO	UKSC 32	20 May 2015	Freedom of expression
Zurich Insurance PLC UK Branch v International Energy Group Ltd	UKSC 33	20 May 2015	Mesothelioma
Haile v London Borough of Waltham Forest	UKSC 34	20 May 2015	Homelessness
AR v RN	UKSC 35	22 May 2015	Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
Arnold v Britton	UKSC 36	10 June 2015	Contract law
Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v Pendragon plc	UKSC 37	10 June 2015	VAT
Aspect Contracts (Asbestos) Ltd v Higgins Construction Plc	UKSC 38	17 June 2015	Contract law
BPE Solicitors v Gabriel	UKSC 39	17 June 2015	Costs
TN and MA (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department	UKSC 40	24 June 2015	Immigration law
R (Lumsdon) v Legal Services Board	UKSC 41	24 June 2015	Judicial review
In re JR38	UKSC 42	1 July 2015	Article 8, ECHR
Bunge SA v Nidera BV	UKSC 43	1 July 2015	Contract law
Anson v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs	UKSC 44	1 July 2015	Tax law
Edenred (UK Group) Ltd v HM Treasury	UKSC 45	1 July 2015	Public procurement
R (Cornwall Council) v Somerset County Council	UKSC 46	8 July 2015	National Assistance Act 1948
Mathieson v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	UKSC 47	8 July 2015	Disability Living Allowance, EU law
Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v The Rank Group PLC	UKSC 48	8 July 2015	VAT
Beghal v DPP	UKSC 49	22 July 2015	Terrorism Act 2000
Coventry v Lawrence (No. 3)	UKSC 50	22 July 2015	Costs; Article 6, ECHR
Hunt v North Somerset Council	UKSC 51	22 July 2015	Judicial review
R (Champion) v North Norfolk District Council	UKSC 52	22 July 2015	Planning law; Habitats Directive
Woolway v Mazars	UKSC 53	29 July 2015	Hereditament
R (Bourgass) v Secretary of State for Justice	UKSC 54	29 July 2015	Prison
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Tolley	UKSC 55	29 July 2015	Disability Living Allowance
John Mander Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs	UKSC 56	29 July 2015	Pension schemes
R (Tigere) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills	UKSC 57	29 July 2015	Student loans
Shahid v Scottish Ministers	UKSC 58	14 October 2015	Article 3, ECHR; Article 8, ECHR
Mandalia v Secretary of State for the Home Department	UKSC 59	14 October 2015	Immigration law
Sharland v Sharland	UKSC 60	14 October 2015	Divorce law
Gohil v Gohil	UKSC 61	14 October 2015	Divorce law
R v McGeough	UKSC 62	21 October 2015	Evidence
The United States of America v Nolan	UKSC 63	21 October 2015	Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov	UKSC 64	21 October 2015	Asset freezing
British American Tobacco Denmark A/S v Kazemier Transport BV	UKSC 65	28 October 2015	Jurisdiction
Bank of Cyprus UK Ltd. v Menelaou	UKSC 66	4 November 2015	Unjust enrichment
Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi	UKSC 67	4 November 2015	Contract law
R (on the application of Ali) v Secretary of State for the Home Department	UKSC 68	18 November 2015	Immigration law
Keyu v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	UKSC 69	25 November 2015	Judicial review
In the matter of J (a child)	UKSC 70	25 November 2015	Hague Convention on Parental Responsibility and Protection of Children; Jurisdiction
Eclairs Group Ltd v JKX Oil & Gas plc	UKSC 71	2 December 2015	Companies Act 2006
Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd	UKSC 72	2 December 2015	Contract law
R v Harvey	UKSC 73	16 December 2015	Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers	UKSC 74	16 December 2015	Planning law
Société Cooperative De Production Seafrance SA v The Competition and Markets Authority	UKSC 75	16 December 2015	Mergers and acquisitions
R (on the application of Wang Yam) v Central Criminal Court	UKSC 76	16 December 2015	Evidence
Macklin v HM Advocate	UKSC 77	16 December 2015	Scottish criminal law
Thevarajah v Riordan	UKSC 78	16 December 2015	Debarment
R (on the application of Roberts) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis	UKSC 79	17 December 2015	Stop and search

2015 opinions

Delivered a judgment (majority)

Concurred in the judgment of another justice (majority)

Delivered a judgment (dissenting)

Concurred in the judgment of another justice (dissent)

Did not participate in the decision

Case name	Citation	Argued	Decided	Neuberger	Hale	Mance	Kerr	Clarke	Wilson	Sumption	Reed	Carnwath	Hughes	Toulson	Hodge
McGraddie v McGraddie (Costs)	UKSC 1	10 July 2013	28 January
Michael v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police	UKSC 2	28-29 July 2014	28 January
Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill: Reference by the Counsel General for Wales	UKSC 3	14-15 May 2014	9 February
Sustainable Shetland v The Scottish Ministers	UKSC 4	18 December 2014	9 February
Jackson v Murray	UKSC 5	20 October 2014	18 February
R (Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills	UKSC 6	22-23 October 2014	25 February
R (Newhaven Port and Properties Ltd) v East Sussex County Council	UKSC 7	3-4 November 2014	25 February
R (Jamar Brown (Jamaica)) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department	UKSC 8	26 November 2014	4 March
R (Catt) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis	UKSC 9	2-4 December 2014	4 March
Sea Shepherd UK v Fish & Fish Ltd	UKSC 10	8 December 2014	4 March
Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board	UKSC 11	22-23 July 2014	11 March
Tael One Partners Ltd v Morgan Stanley & Co International PLC	UKSC 12	17 November 2014	11 March
Carlyle v Royal Bank of Scotland Plc	UKSC 13	20 November 2014	11 March
Wyatt v Vince	UKSC 14	8-9 December 2014	11 March
Akerman-Livingstone v Aster Communities Ltd (formerly Flourish Homes Limited)	UKSC 15	10 December 2014	11 March
R (SG) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	UKSC 16	29-30 April 2014	18 March
Braganza v BP Shipping Ltd	UKSC 17	10 November 2014	18 March
R (Trail Riders Fellowship) v Dorset County Council	UKSC 18	15 January	18 March
Pham v Secretary of State for the Home Department	UKSC 19	18-19 November 2014	25 March
Re S (A Child)	UKSC 20	28 January	25 March
R (Evans) v Attorney General	UKSC 21	24-25 November 2014	26 March
Nzolameso v City of Westminster	UKSC 22	17 March	2 April
Jetivita SA v Bilta (UK) Ltd	UKSC 23	14-15 October 2014	22 April
R v GH	UKSC 24	24 February	2 April
R (Hemming) v Westminster City Council	UKSC 25	13 January	29 April
University and College Union v The University of Sterling	UKSC 26	21 January	29 April
Trustees of the Olympic Airlines SA Pension and Life Assurance Scheme v Olympic Airlines SA	UKSC 27	2-3 February	29 April
R (ClientEarth) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	UKSC 28	16 April	29 April
Gaughran v Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland	UKSC 29	16 October 2014	13 May
Hotak v London Borough of Southwark	UKSC 30	15, 16, 17 December 2014	13 May
Starbucks (HK) Ltd v British Sky Broadcasting Group plc	UKSC 31	25, 26 March	13 May
Rhodes v OPO	UKSC 32	19, 20 January	20 May
Zurich Insurance PLC UK Branch v International Energy Group Ltd	UKSC 33	15-16 July 2014; 27–28 July	20 May
Haile v London Borough of Waltham Forest	UKSC 34	29 January	20 May
AR v RN	UKSC 35	13 May	22 May
Arnold v Britton	UKSC 36	26 January	10 June
Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v Pendragon plc	UKSC 37	11, 12 March	10 June
Aspect Contracts (Asbestos) Ltd v Higgins Construction Plc	UKSC 38	14, 15 April	17 June
BPE Solicitors v Gabriel	UKSC 39	20 April	17 June
TN and MA (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department	UKSC 40	2-3 March	24 June
R (Lumsdon) v Legal Services Board	UKSC 41	16 March	24 June
Re an application by JR38 for Judicial Review	UKSC 42	6 November 2014	1 July
Bunge SA v Nidera BV	UKSC 43	27-28 April	1 July
Anson v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs	UKSC 44	27-28 October 2014 & 30 April	1 July
Edenred (UK Group) Ltd v HM Treasury	UKSC 45	13-14 May	1 July
R (Cornwall Council) v Secretary of State for Health	UKSC 46	18-19 March	8 July
Mathieson v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions	UKSC 47	26 March	8 July
Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v The Rank Group PLC	UKSC 48	21 April	8 July
Beghal v DPP	UKSC 49	12-13 November 2014	22 July
Coventry v Lawrence (No. 3)	UKSC 50	9-10 & 12 February	22 July
Hunt v North Somerset Council	UKSC 51	29 April	22 July
R (Champion) v North Norfolk District Council	UKSC 52	23 June	22 July
Woolway v Mazars	UKSC 53	11 February	29 July
R (Bourgass) v Secretary of State for Justice	UKSC 54	16-17 February	29 July
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Tolley	UKSC 55	5-6 May	29 July
John Mander Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs	UKSC 56	16 June	29 July
R (Tigere) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills	UKSC 57	24-25 June	29 July
Shahid v Scottish Ministers	UKSC 58	18 February	14 October
Mandalia v Secretary of State for the Home Department	UKSC 59	7 May	14 October
Sharland v Sharland	UKSC 60	8-10 June	14 October
Gohil v Gohil	UKSC 61	8-10 June	14 October
R v McGeough	UKSC 62	9 July	21 October
The United States of America v Nolan	UKSC 63	15-16 July	21 October
JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov	UKSC 64	28 July	21 October
British American Tobacco Denmark A/S v Kazemier Transport BV	UKSC 65	29 June	28 October
Bank of Cyprus UK Ltd. v Menelaou	UKSC 66	17-18 June	4 November
Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi	UKSC 67	21-23 July	4 November
R (on the application of Ali) v Secretary of State for the Home Department	UKSC 68	25-26 February	18 November
Keyu v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	UKSC 69	22-23 April	25 November
In the matter of J (a child)	UKSC 70	17 November	25 November
Eclairs Group Ltd v JKX Oil & Gas plc	UKSC 71	18-19 May	2 December
Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Co. Ltd	UKSC 72	7 October	2 December
R v Harvey	UKSC 73	24 March	16 December
Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers	UKSC 74	8 October	16 December
Société Cooperative De Production Seafrance SA v The Competition and Markets Authority	UKSC 75	14-15 October	16 December
R (on the application of Wang Yam) v Central Criminal Court	UKSC 76	2 November	16 December
Macklin v HM Advocate	UKSC 77	4 November	16 December
Thevarajah v Riordan	UKSC 78	17 November	16 December
R (on the application of Roberts) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis	UKSC 79	20-21 October	17 December

Notes

^ An augmented panel of 7 judges sat in this case.
The Lord Chief Justice, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd, also sat on this case to make up the five judges. He gave a judgment for the majority that Lady Hale concurred with.
The case concerned two appeals (Catt and T). The grid shows the judges' decisions in respect of Catt but note that T's appeal was allowed unanimously.
The grid shows the justices' decision only in respect of the first appellant. All five justices allowed the second appellant's appeal and dismissed the third appellant's.
Master of the Rolls, Lord Dyson, also sat on this case. He concurred with the majority judgment of Lord Hughes.
Master of the Rolls, Lord Dyson, also sat on this case. He gave the joint leading judgment with Lord Neuberger.
The Lord President of the Court of Session, Lord Gill, also sat on this case. He gave a concurring judgment for the majority.
The court did not make an order in this case but rather Lady Hale gave a judgment of the court that referred three questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union under Article 267 TFEU.
Lord Gill also sat on this case and gave a concurring judgment.

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