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Supreme Court Justices wanted

09 April 2025
Categories: Legal News , Profession , Career focus
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The search for the next Supreme Court Deputy President and Justice has begun, with a 25 April deadline for applications.

Scottish lawyer Lord Hodge, the current Deputy President, is due to retire at the end of December.

Lord Reed, President of the Supreme Court, said: ‘Two selection commissions for the selection of a Justice of the Supreme Court and a Deputy President of the Court are beginning the selection processes.

‘Candidates require a deep level of legal knowledge and understanding, combined with high intellectual capacity and an understanding of the social context in which these issues arise and of the communities which the law is there to serve.

‘They will need to demonstrate exceptional legal ability, maturity of judgment, an ability to work within a system of collegiate decision-making, an understanding of the constitutional context in which the Court operates, and a willingness to engage in wider outreach activities.’

Applicants for the role of Justice should have knowledge of, and experience of practice in, the law of Scotland.

For more information, and to apply, see here

Lord Hodge was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1983, practising mainly in commercial law, judicial review and property law and later serving part-time on the Scottish Law Commission. He sat in the Court of Session and High Court (Scotland’s senior civil and highest criminal courts) before joining the Supreme Court in 2013.

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