New Supreme Court role for Baroness Hale
Baroness Hale has been appointed deputy president of the Supreme Court.
The appointment marks another first for Lady Hale, who is the only female justice of the Supreme Court. She became the UK’s first female Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 2004, following five years sitting in the Court of Appeal and five years as a High Court judge. In 1984, she was the first woman to be appointed to the Law Commission.
Previously, she taught law at Manchester University and practised family law at the Manchester Bar.
Lady Hale succeeds Lord Hope, who retires this week.
“It is an honour and a privilege to have been chosen to follow Lord Hope, who has made such a success of the role,” she said.
Lord Neuberger, president of the Supreme Court, said: “[Lady Hale] has made significant contribution to the development of the law in many areas, particularly in family and mental health. She has also done much to promote the importance of diversity in the judiciary.”
