UKSC

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UKSC is the commonly used abbreviation for the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the highest appellate court in the UK for civil cases and most criminal cases.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
UKSC canonical 4

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abbreviation
court of last resort
judicial body
supreme court
address Parliament Square, London
linked to: Parliament Square
appealsFrom Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland
Court of Appeal of England and Wales
High Court of England and Wales
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland
High Court of Justiciary (in limited cases)
Inner House of the Court of Session
linked to: College of Justice

certain tribunals
canIssue declarations of incompatibility under the Human Rights Act 1998
coordinates 51.4995°N 0.1293°W
country United Kingdom
createdTo separate the UK’s highest court from the legislature
decidesOn points of law of general public importance
establishedBy Constitutional Reform Act 2005
governingStatute Constitutional Reform Act 2005
hasAbbreviation UK SC
UKSC
hasDeputyPresident Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.supremecourt.uk
hasPredecessor Appellate Committee of the House of Lords
hasPresident President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
hears civil appeals
criminal appeals
highestCourtFor civil cases in the United Kingdom
criminal cases in England and Wales
criminal cases in Northern Ireland
inception 2009-10-01
independentFrom Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament

UK Government
linked to: UK government
jurisdiction United Kingdom
legalCitationPrefix UKSC
locatedIn Middlesex Guildhall
location London
linked to: London, England
notHighestCourtFor criminal cases in Scotland
numberOfJustices 12
openedBy Queen Elizabeth II
linked to: Elizabeth II
openingDate 2009-10-16
partOf judiciary of the United Kingdom
postcode SW1P 3BD
replaced Appellate Committee of the House of Lords
standsFor Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
styleOfJudges Justices of the Supreme Court

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom abbreviation UKSC
subject linked to: The Supreme Court
EWCA distinguishedFrom UKSC
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom hasAbbreviation UKSC
subject linked to: UKSC
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom legalCitationPrefix UKSC
subject linked to: UKSC