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Baroness Hale of Richmond, born Brenda Hale, is a British jurist who served as the first female President of the United Kingdom Supreme Court from 2017 to 2020. She was also the first woman appointed as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 2004 and helped establish the Supreme Court in 2009. During her t...
David Edmond Neuberger, Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury, is a British lawyer who served as President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2012 to 2017. Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court, he served as Master of the Rolls, the second most senior judge in England and Wales. Through...
Lord Harry Woolf served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2000 to 2005, bringing significant reforms to the English judiciary. He authored the influential 1996 Access to Justice report, which fundamentally overhauled English civil procedure by promoting mediation and reducing legal cos...
Jonathan Mance, Baron Mance, is a British jurist who served as a Justice of the United Kingdom Supreme Court from its establishment in October 2009 until 2018, and as its Deputy President from 2017 to 2018. He was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 2005, before which he served as a Lord Justi...
Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption, is a British lawyer, historian, and former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, serving from 2012 to 2018. Before the judiciary, he practised as a barrister and Queen's Counsel, specializing in constitutional and commercial law. He is the author of a...
Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, served as the first President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2009 to 2012, when the court replaced the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords as the highest judicial authority in the UK. He had previously served as Master of t...
Lord Leggatt, born Jonathan Hugh Leggatt, has served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom since 2020. Before his elevation to the Supreme Court, he served as a Lord Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and, prior to that, as a judge of the Queen's Bench Di...
Lord Burrows, formally Andrew Burrows, is a British jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, appointed in 2020. Before joining the court, he was a professor of English law at the University of Oxford and developed particular expertise in contract, restitution, unjust enrichment...
Lord Briggs of Westbourne, Mark Briggs, is a British judge who became a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in 2017 after serving in the Court of Appeal. He led the Civil Courts Structure Review, commonly called the Briggs Review, which examined how civil justice in England and Wales...
Lord Scarman was a prominent British judge and Law Lord who served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1977 to 1986. He is historically recognized for chairing the public inquiries into the 1969 Northern Ireland riots and the 1981 Brixton riots. The resulting Scarman Report on the Brixton riots hea...
Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill is a retired British jurist who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2012 to 2020. He held the distinction of being appointed the first Senior President of Tribunals in 2007, overseeing the creation of a unified tribunal system in the UK....
Lord Kitchin (David Kitchin) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, having been appointed to that position in October 2018. He previously served as a Lord Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales from 2011, and before that as a judge of the Chancery Division of...
Lady Arden of Heswall (Mary Arden) is a British jurist who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2018 to 2023. Before her appointment to the Supreme Court, she served as a Lord Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales from 2000 to 2018, and as a jud...
Lord Hamblen of Kersey is a British jurist who has served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom since taking office in early 2020. Before his elevation to the UK's highest court, he had an extensive career in commercial law, serving as a Lord Justice of Appeal and a prominent judge...
Lord Sales, born Philip James Sale, is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom who was appointed to the bench in 2019. Before his elevation to the Supreme Court, he served as a Lord Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales from 2014. Throughout his legal career, he...
Nigel Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson was a British jurist who served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, commonly known as a Law Lord. He held the position of Senior Law Lord and initially presided over the landmark 1998 Pinochet extradition hearings in the House of Lords. During the proceedi...
Lord Lloyd-Jones is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, appointed in 2017. A Welsh barrister, he previously served as a judge of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Before his elevation to the UK Supreme Court, he practiced extensively in public international law and...
Dame Vivien Rose was appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in 2021. Prior to this appointment, she served as a judge of the High Court of England and Wales. Her legal career before the judiciary focused on competition law, regulatory matters, and public law, areas in whic...
Lord Lane served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 1980 to 1992, one of the longest tenures in that role during the twentieth century.
