List of judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

This is a list of justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom since its creation on 1 October 2009 upon the transfer to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom of the judicial functions of the House of Lords.

The court comprises a president, a deputy president and 10 (puisne) justices, for a total of 12 judges, of which – by convention – nine are from England and Wales, two from Scotland, and one from Northern Ireland. At the court's creation, 10 judges were appointed from the House of Lords, and one was appointed directly to it. The remaining initial vacancy was filled by Lord Dyson six months later.

List of judges of the Supreme Court

Judge of the Supreme CourtServed fromServed until Tenure lengthReplacingPrevious judicial officeNotes1 Original justicePresident (2009–2012)226 June 2013 Original justiceDeputy President (2009–2013)3 Original justice4Original justice5 Original justiceDied in office6 Original justice7Original justice8Original justiceFirst justice directly appointed9 Original justiceDeputy President (2017–2018)1031 January 2020Original justiceDeputy President (2013–2017) President (2017–2020)11Original justiceLongest serving original justice12 Original justiceFirst non-life peer appointed to the Court First justice to stand down to take up another judicial office (Master of the Rolls)139 May 2020149 December 2018 First justice appointed with no prior full-time judicial experience15 IncumbentDeputy President (2018–2020) President (2020–present)1615 March 202017 President (2012–2017)1811 August 2018 1922 September 2016 2031 December 2025Deputy President (2020–2025)21 10 January 202122 (first term) (second term)13 January 2022(first term)Incumbent(second term)(first term)(second term)HimselfLast Justice to be required to retire at 70 before the judicial retirement age was raised to 75 by the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 First Justice to be re-appointed (30 August 2022)23 Incumbent24 24 January 202225 26 IncumbentDeputy President (2026–present)27Lord Hamblen of Kersey13 January 2020Incumbent28Lord Leggatt21 April 2020Incumbent29Lord Burrows2 June 2020IncumbentAppointed with no prior full-time judicial experience First to be directly appointed from academia 30Lord Stephens of Creevyloughgare1 October 2020Incumbent31Lady Rose of Colmworth13 April 2021Incumbent32Lord Richards of Camberwell3 October 20229 June 202633Lady Simler14 November 2023Incumbent 34Lord Doherty12 January 2026Incumbent35Lord Snowden of Redcar15 June 2026Incumbent

Timeline

See also List of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Constitutional Reform Act 2005 Courts of the United Kingdom

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