Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers

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Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers is a prominent British jurist who served as the first President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and previously as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.

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Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British jurist
human
law lord
life peer
awardReceived Knight Bachelor
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Member of the Order of the British Empire
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
educatedAt King's College School, London
surface form: King's College School, Wimbledon

King's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Wellington College
familyName Phillips
fieldOfWork civil procedure
common law
public law
gender male
givenName Nicholas
honorificPrefix Lord
surface form: The Lord
jurisdiction England and Wales
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
surface form: United Kingdom Supreme Court
languageSpoken English
legalSystem common law system of England and Wales
memberOf House of Lords
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
nobleTitle Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers
notableFor being the first President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
serving as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
notableWork judgments in leading public law and human rights cases
leadership in establishing the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
reform of the English civil justice system
occupation barrister
judge
positionHeld High Court judge
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
Lord Denning
surface form: Master of the Rolls

President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Senior Law Lord
residence United Kingdom
studied law
title Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers

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Trinity Hall, Cambridge hasAlumni Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom firstHolder Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
Lord Judge precededBy Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury precededBy Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
Senior Law Lord positionHeldBy Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers