The dual-qualified advocate and barrister replaced Lady Hale as president in 2020, having joined the court in 2012. He previously served as a judge at the Court of Session in Scotland.
Law Society president Mark Evans said: ‘We pay tribute to his service, leadership and dedication and wish him well in the future.’
The Lord Chancellor will now convene an independent selection commission to decide his successor.
Lord Reed said it ‘has been a privilege to serve the citizens of the UK, and the people of the Privy Council jurisdictions’.
His is the latest in a spate of high-profile judicial retirements—both Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls, and Dame Victoria Sharp, president of the King’s Bench Division, step down in October, while Family Division president Sir Andrew McFarlane is due to retire in April.
Last week, Lord Sales was sworn in as deputy president, replacing Lord Hodge, who retired last month.
