Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

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The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the highest appellate court in the UK, serving as the final court of appeal for civil cases across the country and criminal cases from England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

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Generate an image of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the highest appellate court in the UK, serving as the final court of appeal for civil cases across the country and criminal cases from England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court of last resort ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
address Parliament Square, London ⓘ
linked to: Parliament Square
appealTo European Court of Human Rights (on human rights issues, not as a domestic appeal) ⓘ
buildingType court building ⓘ
coordinates 51.5007°N 0.1289°W ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
decidesOn points of law of general public importance ⓘ
deputyHeadOfCourt Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
emblem Supreme Court of the United Kingdom emblem ⓘ
ensures separation of powers between judiciary and legislature ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.supremecourt.uk ⓘ
headOfCourt President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hears devolution issues under the devolution statutes ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland ⓘ
Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
Court of Session ⓘ
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland ⓘ
High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
High Court of Justiciary (in certain civil and devolution matters) ⓘ
inception 2009-10-01 ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
legalBasis Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
locatedIn City of Westminster ⓘ
Middlesex Guildhall ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
maximumNumberOfJustices 12 ⓘ
motto The Supreme Court ⓘ
numberOfJudges 12 ⓘ
partOf judiciary of the United Kingdom ⓘ
predecessor Appellate Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
publicAccess open to the public ⓘ
replaced appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords ⓘ
devolution jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
role final court of appeal for civil cases in the United Kingdom ⓘ
final court of appeal for criminal cases from England, Wales and Northern Ireland ⓘ
separatedFrom Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
styleOfJudges Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
linked to: The Supreme Court
symbol Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom ⓘ

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Referenced by (148)

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

England → highestCourt → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
London → hosts → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subject linked to: London, England
House of Lords → successorInJudicialRole → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Scots law → finalAppealCivil → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subject linked to: Scots law (to a limited extent)
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → predecessor → Appellate Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
City of Westminster → contains → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (as successor court) ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
English law → hasCourtSystem → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Constitutional Reform Act 2005 → created → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Constitutional Reform Act 2005 → relatedTo → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
courts of the United Kingdom → includesCourt → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
courts of the United Kingdom → highestCourt → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
courts of the United Kingdom → replaced → Appellate Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
High Court of Justiciary → appealsTo → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (on devolution and compatibility issues only) ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Scots civil law → appliedBy → UK Supreme Court (on Scottish civil appeals) ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Counsel General for Wales → canBringProceedingsBefore → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Counsel General for Wales → canReferToCourt → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council → composition → Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council → buildingSharedWith → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → partOf → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → officeHolderOf → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → replaces → Appellate Committee of the House of Lords (as final court of appeal) ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → memberOf → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → hasAuthorityOver → Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Court of Appeal of England and Wales → finalAppealBefore → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Court of Appeal of England and Wales → belowInHierarchy → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Court of Appeal of England and Wales → subjectToReviewBy → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland → appealsTo → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland → subjectToReviewBy → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland → below → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland → decisionsAppealableTo → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland → ultimateAppealLiesTo → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
judiciary of England and Wales → overseesCourt → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Middlesex Guildhall → houses → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom library ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Middlesex Guildhall → usedBy → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → partOf → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → memberOfBody → Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → shortName → UK Supreme Court ⓘ
subject linked to: The Supreme Court
linked to: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Dame Justice → hasHigherCourt → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Constitution of the United Kingdom → judicialBody → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Broad Sanctuary → hasNearbyLandmark → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Crown Court of England and Wales → ultimateAppealTo → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland → appealsTo → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom politics → highestCourt → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ