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President of the Supreme Court, Lord Reed, gave the 2026 London Lecture at Lincoln Inn on March 3, answering the question “what do Supreme Court judges do all day?”  He provided a unique insight into the role, responsibilities and working methods of a justice on the UK’s highe

The Supreme Court has rejected the Kingdom of Spain’s long-running attempts to invoke state immunity to prevent renewable energy investors registering their 2018 ICSID arbitration award in England. Infrastructure Services Luxembourg and Energia Termosolar, the investors, are owed €120 mil

Lord Burrows has reflected on his experience as the first full-time academic appointed directly to the Supreme Court in a talk delivered at Oxford University.  He described the shift from specialist scholarship to generalist judging, the court’s strong culture of collegiality – with

An oat drink company has lost a Supreme Court battle over whether the word “milk” can feature in the branding of its plant-based products, in a ruling likely to influence how dairy alternatives are marketed across the UK. In a unanimous judgment, the court held that Swedish oat drink com

The campaign group For Women Scotland has confirmed it has secured almost £400,000 in legal costs following its landmark Supreme Court win against the Scottish government over the legal definition of a woman. The group said a “full and final settlement” had now been agreed with min

A new report argues that an unexpected interpretation of the Scotland Act by the Supreme Court has caused confusion over how laws are made in the UK’s devolved parliaments. The report argues the court’s reading of Section 28(7) of the Act has made it harder for devolved governments to pa

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) has welcomed Sir Anthony Smellie to London to take part in a week of hearing cases at the JCPC. Sir Anthony is the retired chief justice of the Cayman Islands, and currently sits on the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal. He was appointed to the Privy C

Lord Sales has been sworn in as the new deputy president of the Supreme Court. Lord Doherty has been sworn in as a new justice of the Supreme Court. Lord Sales was appointed to the role of Deputy President following the announcement of Lord Hodge’s retirement. 

Join the Supreme Court online for a conversation on 'Why trust matters: Public confidence in the rule of law in an age of AI and populism'. Public trust in institutions can no longer be taken for granted. In an era marked by the rise of populism, the spread of misinformation and the risks of AI, pub

Human rights campaigners have expressed disappointment after the UK Supreme Court ruled that the disclosure of evidence in a Troubles-related inquest could be blocked on national security grounds. Judges yesterday handed down their unanimous judgment in a case concerning a decision by a coroner to d

Religious education and collective worship in Northern Ireland schools does not comply with fundamental human rights standards, the Supreme Court has ruled. The court yesterday handed down its unanimous judgment in an appeal brought by a young girl, anonymised as JR87, and her father, G.

His Majesty The King has approved the appointment of Lord Doherty as a justice of the Supreme Court. Lord Doherty has sat as a judge of the Inner House since 2020.

The Supreme Court is to sit for a week of hearing appeals in Glasgow between 18-21 May 2026.

A landmark UK Supreme Court judgment handed down this morning will lead to a significant change in how Scottish courts handle certain types of evidence in sexual offence cases. The Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates had both intervened in the case, relating to two men convicted of

The Supreme Court hosted delegates from the US Supreme Court in late October.