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Ministry of Justice

UK judicial system

United Kingdom Supreme Court

The United Kingdom does not have a single, unified judicial system.


There is one system for England and Wales, one for Scotland and another for Northern Ireland.

The UK Supreme Court will, in most cases, sit above all three of the UK judicial systems.

What the court will do