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President and Lord Justice Clerk, the two most senior judges in Scotland, both wish to be considered for appointment, they will both be excluded from the consultation), the commission must consult
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Chancellor has both rejected and asked once for reconsideration), the name put forward by the commission must be accepted and forwarded to the Prime Minister, with one caveat: in the event the commission was asked to reconsider a name and then forwarded a new name,
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Justice. However, there is a similar but separate commission to appoint the next President, which is chaired by one of the non-lawyer members and features another Supreme Court Justice in the place of the President. Both of these commissions are convened
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was the first to retire, on 30 September 2010, and The Lord Rodger of
Earlsferry was the first to die in office, on 26 June 2011. Lord Dyson stood down to become Master of the Rolls on 1 October 2012, the first time a Justice had left the Court to take up another judicial office. The last of the
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Chancellor, who is then required to consult the judges and politicians already consulted by the commission before deciding whether to recommend (in the Act, "notify") a name to the
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of the Court is empowered to request the service of additional judges on the Court, drawn from two categories of people: the first is any person serving as a "senior territorial judge", defined by section 38(8) as a judge of the
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Supreme Court justices and territorial judges who have retired from judicial service within the past five years and are younger than 75.
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to mark the beginning of the judicial year, and at the swearing in of a new member of the Court, the
Justices wear ceremonial robes of black silk damask trimmed with gold lace and frogs, in the same pattern as the
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the most senior judge in that jurisdiction who is not a member of the commission and does not wish to be considered for appointment. The commission is then also required to consult the Lord
Chancellor, the
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sets out the conditions for the appointments of a President, Deputy President or Justice of the Court. That person must have held high judicial office (judge of the Supreme Court, English
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1677:"Judicial salaries from 1 October 2019"
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345:Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
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1522:President of the King's Bench Division
321:President of the King's Bench Division
313:Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
309:Lord President of the Court of Session
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1580:On ceremonial occasions, such as the
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1477:(former Justice of the Supreme Court)
1414:Acting judges and supplementary panel
750:University of Edinburgh School of Law
670:University of Edinburgh School of Law
593:The most recent to join the court is
544:The Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood
2524:The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
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1898:. The Supreme Court. 8 February 2019
1648:High Court judge (England and Wales)
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1596:The Justices do not wear wigs or
765:Senator of the College of Justice
745:Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
690:Senator of the College of Justice
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137:the deputy president of the court
2447:Lord Stephens of Creevyloughgare
1643:List of Lords Justices of Appeal
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534:The Baroness Hale of Richmond
524:(died in office 26 June 2011)
522:The Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
516:The Lord Saville of Newdigate
474:The Lord Saville of Newdigate
463:The Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
455:The Baroness Hale of Richmond
2714:List of House of Lords cases
1510:Chancellor of the High Court
930:Churchill College, Cambridge
629:Prior senior judicial roles
398:, which were removed by the
329:Chancellor of the High Court
291:" defined by the Act who do
81:approval of a recommendation
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2731:Courts of England and Wales
2457:Lord Richards of Camberwell
2320:Biographies of the Justices
1839:"Constitutional Reform Act"
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1582:State Opening of Parliament
1201:Lord Justice of Appeal (NI)
564:(retired 30 September 2020)
562:The Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore
518:(retired 30 September 2010)
502:(retired 30 September 2012)
479:The Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore
467:The Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore
437:, became the Court's first
404:Lords of Appeal in Ordinary
117:http://www.supremecourt.uk/
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2736:Courts of Northern Ireland
2557:The Lord Hope of Craighead
2386:The Lord Reed of Allermuir
2147:R (Noone) v HMP Drake Hall
1481:The Lord Burnett of Maldon
1312:Trinity College, Cambridge
1244:Newnham College, Cambridge
808:Downing College, Cambridge
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570:(retired 4 September 2017)
506:The Lord Hope of Craighead
472:Of the original Justices,
459:The Lord Hope of Craighead
447:The Lord Hope of Craighead
337:First Minister of Scotland
36:Badge of the Supreme Court
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1132:Brasenose College, Oxford
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1062:King's College, Cambridge
1023:Justice of the High Court
997:St John's College, Oxford
956:Justice of the High Court
935:Worcester College, Oxford
891:Justice of the High Court
829:Justice of the High Court
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2765:Law of Northern Ireland
1612:with the embroidery by
1562:judicial courtesy title
1377:University of Amsterdam
675:Balliol College, Oxford
530:(retired 17 March 2013)
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2432:Lord Hamblen of Kersey
1994:, section 27A and 27B.
1970:, section 27(2)(b)-(e)
1882:, schedule 8 para 1(1)
1638:Lord Justice of Appeal
1544:, who earns £262,264.
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1264:Lady Justice of Appeal
1087:Lord Justice of Appeal
1017:Lord Justice of Appeal
950:Lord Justice of Appeal
885:Lord Justice of Appeal
823:Lord Justice of Appeal
546:(retired 9 April 2012)
512:(retired 26 June 2013)
481:on 30 September 2020.
443:Second Senior Law Lord
360:Lord Chancellor's role
127:are the judges of the
1610:Ede & Ravenscroft
1475:Lady Black of Derwent
552:(retired 6 June 2018)
151:on the advice of the
70:on the advice of the
2211:"Supplementary List"
2121:Court, The Supreme.
1982:, section 27(5)-(10)
558:(retired 7 May 2011)
253:Selection commission
49:The Right Honourable
2791:Middlesex Guildhall
2265:"The Supreme Court"
2125:. The Supreme Court
1931:, schedule 8 para 3
1919:, schedule 8 para 2
1684:Ministry of Justice
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1453:Master of the Rolls
433:on 1 October 2009,
416:Master of the Rolls
305:Master of the Rolls
283:Selection procedure
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2271:on 12 October 2009
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2191:. 24 February 2010
2102:on 8 December 2009
1943:, section 27(2)(a)
1815:, section 25(1)(b)
1803:, section 25(1)(a)
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1753:. 13 December 2010
1729:The London Gazette
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1067:Harvard University
1002:Harvard Law School
317:Lord Justice Clerk
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