Supreme Court in United Kingdom

Supreme Court in North Ireland

The Supreme Court was created under the terms of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, and completes the separation of the UK’s legal and judicial systems. Justices of the Supreme Court will no longer be able to sit or vote in the House of Lords.

Slightly confusingly, the High Court, Court of Appeal and Crown Court have up to now been referred to as the Supreme Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland – due to the introduction of the new Supreme Court they are now known as the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland.

Additional information can be found on The Supreme Court website.

Resources

See Also

Further Reading

• Supreme Court in the Encyclopedia of Britain
• Supreme Court in the Osborn’s Concise Law Dictionary
• Supreme Court in the Halsbury’s Laws of England
• Supreme Court in the Stroud’s Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases
• Supreme Court in the Jowitt’s Dictionary of English Law
• Supreme Court in the New Oxford Companion to Law
• Supreme Court in the Words and Phrases Legally Defined
• Supreme Court in the Oxford Dictionary of Law

The Supreme Court

Name

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