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First female President of the UK Supreme Court (2017–2020), who delivered the unanimous 2019 ruling that Parliament's prorogation by Boris Johnson was unlawful.
President of the UK Supreme Court (2012–2017) who previously served as Master of the Rolls and is recognized for expertise in commercial and property law.
Lord Woolf served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2000 to 2005 and authored the 1996 Access to Justice report, fundamentally reforming English civil procedure.
Lord Mance served as a Justice and then Deputy President of the UK Supreme Court from 2009 to 2018, with deep expertise in commercial and private international law.
Lord Sumption served as a Justice of the UK Supreme Court from 2012 to 2018 and is also a distinguished medieval historian, authoring a multi-volume history of the Hundred Years War.
First President of the UK Supreme Court (2009–2012) when it replaced the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords as the United Kingdom's apex court.
UK Supreme Court Justice appointed in 2020 who previously served as a Lord Justice of Appeal and is known for influential contributions to contract law doctrine.
UK Supreme Court Justice appointed in 2020, a former Oxford law professor whose academic work on unjust enrichment and restitution is widely cited internationally.
Lord Briggs is a Justice of the UK Supreme Court (appointed 2017) who led the 2016 Briggs Review recommending structural reform of the civil courts of England and Wales.
Lord Scarman was a Law Lord chiefly remembered for chairing the inquiry into the 1981 Brixton riots, whose resulting Scarman Report shaped debate on policing and race relations in Britain.
UK Supreme Court Justice (2012–2020) who served as the first Senior President of Tribunals and is recognized as a leading authority on planning and environmental law.
Lord Kitchin is a Justice of the UK Supreme Court (appointed 2018), formerly a Court of Appeal judge with specialist expertise in intellectual property law.
UK Supreme Court Justice (2018–2023) who previously served as a Lady Justice of Appeal and is known for scholarship in company law and human rights.
UK Supreme Court Justice appointed in 2019 who served as a Commercial Court judge and Lord Justice of Appeal, recognized for expertise in insurance and shipping law.
UK Supreme Court Justice appointed in 2019 who previously served as a Lord Justice of Appeal and is recognized for expertise in public and constitutional law.
Lord Browne-Wilkinson was a Senior Law Lord who initially presided over the landmark 1998 Pinochet extradition hearings in the House of Lords before recusing himself over a conflict of interest.
UK Supreme Court Justice appointed in 2017 who previously served as a judge of the European Court of Human Rights and is known for international law expertise.
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.
