Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

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judicial office public office senior judge

A Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is a senior judge serving on the country’s highest appellate court, responsible for making final decisions on points of law of the greatest public importance.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom	2
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom canonical	1
Supreme Court Justices of the United Kingdom	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial office ⓘ public office ⓘ senior judge ⓘ
appointedBy	British monarch ⓘ surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
appointmentAdvisedBy	Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
appointmentRecommendedBy	independent selection commission ⓘ
basedIn	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
canBeRemovedBy	monarch on address of both Houses of Parliament ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy	Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
decides	final appeals in civil cases in the United Kingdom ⓘ final appeals in criminal cases from England, Wales and Northern Ireland ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	appeals on points of law of general public importance ⓘ
hasMaximumNumber	12 ⓘ
hasOath	judicial oath of office ⓘ
hasPostNominal	SCJ ⓘ
hasRank	senior judiciary of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasResponsibility	developing the common law in the United Kingdom ⓘ ensuring consistency in interpretation of law across the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasRetirementAge	70 for newer appointees ⓘ 75 for some earlier appointees ⓘ
hasTitleStyle	Lady ⓘ Lord ⓘ
jurisdiction	England and Wales ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
mayHear	devolution issues ⓘ
mayUseLanguage	Welsh in relevant proceedings ⓘ
memberOfBody	full court of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
mustBeIndependentOf	executive ⓘ legislature ⓘ
officeCommenced	1 October 2009 ⓘ
partOf	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
possiblePanelSize	3 justices ⓘ 7 justices ⓘ 9 justices ⓘ
predecessorOffice	Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ surface form: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords
replaced	Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ
reportsTo	President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
requiresQualification	at least 15 years’ qualification as a lawyer or equivalent ⓘ senior judicial experience ⓘ
subordinateTo	Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
typicalPanelSize	5 justices ⓘ
workLocation	Supreme Court building, London ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court building, Parliament Square, London

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary → replacedBy → Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ

JCPC → composition → Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ

subject surface form: Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

this entity surface form: Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Middlesex Guildhall, Parliament Square, London → associatedWith → Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ

subject surface form: Middlesex Guildhall

this entity surface form: Supreme Court Justices of the United Kingdom

independent selection commission → selectionFor → Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ

subject surface form: Independent Selection Commission

this entity surface form: Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom