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 6

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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
UKHL → replacedBy → UKSC ⓘ
UKHL → relatedTo → UKSC ⓘ