Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

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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.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
senior judge ⓘ
appointedBy Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British monarch
appointmentAdvisedBy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Prime Minister
appointmentRecommendedBy independent selection commission ⓘ
basedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
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 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, Parliament Square, London ⓘ

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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 ⓘ
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council → composition → Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subject linked to: JCPC
linked to: Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Middlesex Guildhall → associatedWith → Supreme Court Justices of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Independent Selection Commission → selectionFor → Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
UK SC → composition → Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom