{"id":9685,"date":"2019-09-24T09:51:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T09:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=9685"},"modified":"2019-10-26T17:56:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T17:56:45","slug":"supreme-court-finds-boris-johnsons-suspension-of-parliament-was-unlawful-in-historic-ruling-that-sends-prime-ministers-plans-into-chaos-after-he-insists-he-will-not-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2019\/09\/24\/supreme-court-finds-boris-johnsons-suspension-of-parliament-was-unlawful-in-historic-ruling-that-sends-prime-ministers-plans-into-chaos-after-he-insists-he-will-not-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court finds Boris Johnson&#8217;s suspension of Parliament WAS unlawful in historic ruling that sends Prime Minister&#8217;s plans into chaos &#8211; after he insists he will NOT resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>The Supreme Court handed down landmark judgment at 10.30am today<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Justices asked to decide whether Boris Johnson gave unlawful advice to Queen<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Judges had 4 options including forcing MPs to return to Parliament this week\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>But Mr Johnson is in New York meeting President Trump and Iran&#8217;s Rouhani\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>PM won&#8217;t resign and says MPs have had years to discuss direction of Brexit<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that Boris Johnson illegally prorogued Parliament to stop MPs debating Brexit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The court&#8217;s president Lady Hale made the historic ruling on whether the Prime Minister&#8217;s decision to shut down the Commons for five weeks was unlawful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mr Johnson, who is 3,500 miles away from London meeting President Trump in New York today, has vowed not to resign from No 10 if he loses the case and is found to have misled Her Majesty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">11 of the UK&#8217;s most senior judges were asked to have the final say on two polar-opposite court cases brought as the PM vowed to take Britain out of\u00a0the EU on October 31 &#8216;deal or No Deal&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Last month the High Court in London threw out the case brought by arch-Remainer Gina Miller and former prime minister Sir John Major after three judges decided\u00a0Mr Johnson&#8217;s decision was &#8216;political&#8217; and not a matter for them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But the Court of Session in Edinburgh sided with a SNP-led case that the PM&#8217;s decision was illegal and purely for political gain so should be reversed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Prime Minister wanted the Supreme Court to back the English decision and dismiss the Scottish one &#8211; but lost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Watch the ruling live here:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"moduleFull\">\n<div class=\"home item html_snippet module\">\n<div id=\"v-2019092401\" class=\"news\">\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"moduleFull\">\n<div class=\"home item html_snippet module\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-34a5b7ec856fb2b9\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/09\/24\/10\/18862512-7497911-image-m-33_1569318044136.jpg\" alt=\"Lady Hale delivers the verdict of the Supreme Court as they rule on whether Boris broke the law\" width=\"634\" height=\"295\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Lady Hale delivers the verdict of the Supreme Court as they rule on whether Boris broke the law<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a87be32b951ec34a\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/09\/24\/09\/18857076-7496829-image-m-10_1569313211189.jpg\" alt=\"Mr Johnson is currently in New York (pictured) where he is to meet US President Donald Trump on Tuesday for talks at the United Nations General Assembly as the Supreme Court made its ruling\" width=\"634\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"overlay-icon mobile-gallery\">\n<div class=\"mobile-gallery-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Mr Johnson is currently in New York (pictured) where he is to meet US President Donald Trump on Tuesday for talks at the United Nations General Assembly as the Supreme Court made its ruling<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-5324e090426fd40f\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/09\/24\/09\/18859932-0-image-a-12_1569313330115.jpg\" alt=\"A smiling Gina Miller, an arch-Remainer who brought one of the cases against the Government, arriving at the Supreme Court for today's ruling\" width=\"634\" height=\"425\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A smiling Gina Miller, an arch-Remainer who brought one of the cases against the Government, arriving at the Supreme Court for today&#8217;s ruling<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-449d0153308f9990\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/09\/24\/09\/18859860-7496829-Protesters-a-14_1569313418725.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters gathered in the London rain outside the Supreme Court in Parliament Square today ahead of the historic judgment\" width=\"634\" height=\"449\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Protesters gathered in the London rain outside the Supreme Court in Parliament Square today ahead of the historic judgment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Today&#8217;s extraordinary Supreme Court judgment will have seismic consequences over whether the political power of the Prime Minister built up over centuries can be neutered by the courts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mol-467e1500-deac-11e9-9e27-7939ae86e5df\" class=\"art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news\" data-version=\"2\" data-permabox-url=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7497911\/Supreme-Court-delivers-ruling-Boris-Johnson-broke-law.html\">\n<h3 class=\"mol-factbox-title\">What could happen today: The four possible options for the Supreme Court<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ins cleared mol-factbox-body\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Option 1: <\/span>Boris Johnson wins and the five-week suspension of Parliament will continue until October 14 as planned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Option 2:<\/span> The court rules his suspension of Parliament is unlawful &#8211; but the judges do not demand Parliament is recalled after deciding they cannot intervene. The judgment may also contain the advice Boris needs to rectify his mistake. But it could also pile pressure on the PM to change his mind \u2013 but not compel him to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Option 3:<\/span> The judges rule that the PM must recall Parliament before October 14 &#8211; but allow him enough time to draw up a new Queen&#8217;s Speech and get ready for the ceremonial State Opening of Parliament after the conference season ends in around a fortnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Option 4: <\/span>The nuclear option for the judges would be that the court could declare the suspension unlawful and Parliament&#8217;s session did not stop &#8211; meaning MPs could return this week. Boris Johnson could respond by going back to Queen proroguing Parliament again, using the judgment to ensure he stays within the law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">There were four possible outcomes for the PM with the best case scenario for him being that\u00a0he won and the Commons remains shut as he decided until October 14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Judges could also choose to find against him but do nothing &#8211; or find against him and demand the Queen&#8217;s Speech is brought forward by days or weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The worst case scenario was that judges would find he deliberately lied to Her Majesty, broke the law and MPs would return to Parliament this week because his prorogation was &#8216;void&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Prime Minister has insisted said that he would comply with the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But he has repeatedly refused to rule out going back to the Queen and proroguing again for a second time, this time within the law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mr Johnson addressed\u00a0the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York last night, and afterwards\u00a0denied he had closed down Parliament to stymie MPs wanting to discuss Brexit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Breaking into cod-French he said: \u2018Donnez-moi un break is my message to those who say there will be no parliamentary scrutiny. It is absolute nonsense.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mr Johnson said the suspension was ordered to allow for a Queen\u2019s Speech on October 14 when he will unveil a new legislative agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Asked if his position would be untenable if the court rules against him, he said: \u2018No, I think the reasons for wanting a Queen\u2019s Speech are extremely good.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He went on: \u2018When it comes to parliamentary scrutiny, what are we losing? Four or five days of parliamentary scrutiny when they\u2019ve had three years to discuss these issues.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Eleven justices were asked to determine whether his advice to the Queen to prorogue Parliament, for what opponents describe as an &#8216;exceptionally long&#8217; period, was unlawful.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-bd0d1d3d465128f5\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/09\/24\/00\/wire-18849000-1569282799-205_634x422.jpg\" alt=\"Boris Johnson has been accused of misleading the Queen by asking her to shut down Parliament\" width=\"634\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"overlay-icon mobile-gallery\">\n<div class=\"mobile-gallery-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Boris Johnson has been accused of misleading the Queen by asking her to shut down Parliament<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mr Johnson was asked whether he was nervous about the Supreme Court judgment in an interview in New York, and replied: &#8216;It takes a lot to make me nervous these days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;All I can tell you is that I have the highest regard for the judiciary in this country, I will look at the ruling with care.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mol-cb34ff20-deac-11e9-a321-09f75dd2031a\" class=\"art-ins mol-factbox news floatRHS\" data-version=\"2\" data-permabox-url=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7497911\/Supreme-Court-delivers-ruling-Boris-Johnson-broke-law.html\">\n<h3 class=\"mol-factbox-title\">How Parliament was shut down at outbreak of WW1, again after WW2&#8230; and also when Sir John Major was PM<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ins cleared mol-factbox-body\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The suspension of Parliament has been used for political reasons during key moments in Britain&#8217;s history, lawyers for the Government argued yesterday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Rebuking the claims of campaigners, the Government cited how Parliament was broken up \u2013 or &#8216;prorogued&#8217; \u2013 for weeks at the outbreak of the First World War in <span class=\"mol-style-bold\">1914<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Legal submissions setting out Boris Johnson&#8217;s case said &#8216;the history of the power to prorogue Parliament supports the fact that it has been used for political purposes&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The document said prorogation had been used at times of &#8216;political importance&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">This included &#8216;restricting the time otherwise available to debate legislation&#8217;, as well as occasions when the &#8216;Government of the day lacked a majority in the House of Commons&#8217;. Lord Keen, the Advocate General for Scotland, representing the Government, said Parliament was prorogued from September 18 until October 27, 1914, shortly after the outbreak of war. He told the Supreme Court: &#8216;That clearly was not for the purpose of the King&#8217;s Speech.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The written submissions noted that the King&#8217;s Speech on prorogation at the time called for &#8216;action not speech&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Lord Keen said the Government arranged for two one-day prorogations in <span class=\"mol-style-bold\">1948<\/span> to force through legislation on how the House of Lords could block bills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;This last example was clearly for a party political purpose,&#8217; he added. &#8216;It was a naked political reason.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sir John Major prorogued Parliament himself ahead of the<span class=\"mol-style-bold\"> 1997<\/span>\u00a0general election, which prevented MPs from debating a report on the cash for questions scandal, but has questioned whether the current prorogation by Boris Johnson was done in the best interests of the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">On that occasion, the prorogation was in March and followed by an election on May 1, resulting in a change of government after Tony Blair&#8217;s landslide win.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He was questioned by reporters on the flight to New York over whether he would resign if the Government lost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I will wait and see what the justices decide, the Supreme Court decides, because as I&#8217;ve said before I believe that the reasons for \u2026 wanting a Queen&#8217;s speech were very good indeed,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Asked whether he would rule out proroguing Parliament again before the current October 31 Brexit deadline, the PM replied: &#8216;I&#8217;m saying that Parliament will have bags of time to scrutinise the deal that I hope we will be able to do.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Prime Minister advised the Queen on August 28 to prorogue Parliament for\u00a0five weeks, and it was suspended on September 9\u00a0 until October 14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mr Johnson says the five-week suspension is to allow the Government to set out\u00a0a new legislative agenda in a Queen&#8217;s Speech when MPs return to Parliament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But those who brought legal challenges argued the prorogation is designed to\u00a0prevent parliamentary scrutiny of the UK&#8217;s impending exit from the EU on October\u00a031.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Supreme Court heard appeals over three days arising out of separate\u00a0legal challenges in England and Scotland, in which leading judges reached\u00a0different conclusions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">At the High Court in London, Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett and two other\u00a0judges rejected campaigner and businesswoman Gina Miller&#8217;s challenge, finding\u00a0that the prorogation was &#8216;purely political&#8217; and not a matter for the courts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But in Scotland, a cross-party group of MPs and peers led by SNP MP Joanna\u00a0Cherry QC won a ruling from the Inner House of the Court of Session that Mr\u00a0Johnson&#8217;s prorogation decision was unlawful because it was &#8216;motivated by the\u00a0improper purpose of stymieing Parliament&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mrs Miller has appealed against the decision of the High Court, asking the\u00a0Supreme Court to find that the judges who heard her judicial review action\u00a0&#8216;erred in law&#8217; in the findings they reached.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The justices have been asked to determine whether Mr Johnson&#8217;s advice to the Queen was &#8216;justiciable&#8217; \u2013 capable of challenge in the courts \u2013 and, if so, whether it was lawful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">During last week&#8217;s hearing, Lord Pannick QC, for Mrs Miller, told the packed court that Mr Johnson&#8217;s motive for a five-week suspension was to &#8216;silence&#8217; Parliament, and that his\u00a0decision was an &#8216;unlawful abuse of power&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b507054ef4f80e32\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/09\/24\/10\/18861938-7497911-image-a-17_1569317250433.jpg\" alt=\"Gina Miller's star QC Lord Pannick arrives for the judgment having argued Parliament should be recalled now\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Gina Miller&#8217;s star QC Lord Pannick arrives for the judgment having argued Parliament should be recalled now<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\">\n<div class=\"item\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ad84f26f04fd0839\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/09\/18\/13\/18621852-7477099-image-m-46_1568808043296.jpg\" alt=\"Boris Johnson's QC Sir James Eadie told the court last week that the PM's decision to prorogue Parliament was his political right\" width=\"634\" height=\"388\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"overlay-icon mobile-gallery\">\n<div class=\"mobile-gallery-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Boris Johnson&#8217;s QC Sir James Eadie told the court last week that the PM&#8217;s decision to prorogue Parliament was his political right<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He argued that Mr Johnson&#8217;s reasons for advising on a suspension of that length &#8216;were improper in that they were infected with factors inconsistent with the concept of Parliamentary sovereignty&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But Sir James Eadie QC argued on the Prime Minister&#8217;s behalf that\u00a0the suggestion the prorogation was intended to &#8216;stymie&#8217; Parliament ahead of\u00a0Brexit was\u00a0 &#8216;untenable&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"floatRHS\">\n<div data-brexit-countdown=\"true\" data-reactroot=\"\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Supreme Court rules that Boris Johnson&amp;apos;s proroguing of parliament was unlawful \u2013 watch live\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZP0ZSe0DXk4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mrs Miller&#8217;s case is supported by former prime minister Sir John Major, shadow\u00a0attorney general Baroness Chakrabarti, the Scottish and Welsh governments, and\u00a0Northern Irish victims&#8217; campaigner Raymond McCord.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The justices were also asked by the Westminster Government to allow an\u00a0appeal against the decision in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Documents submitted to the court revealed three possible scenarios in the event\u00a0the court rules the suspension was unlawful, two of which could see the Prime\u00a0Minister make a fresh decision to prorogue Parliament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The other outcome could see the court order Parliament to be recalled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But Mr Johnson&#8217;s lawyers urged the judges to consider the &#8216;very serious practical consequences&#8217; involved in this option, as it would require a new Queen&#8217;s Speech and State Opening of Parliament.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mol-a9f10010-dea3-11e9-8c79-2504f3b57dc6\" class=\"art-ins mol-factbox news\" data-version=\"2\" data-permabox-url=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7497911\/Supreme-Court-delivers-ruling-Boris-Johnson-broke-law.html\">\n<h3 class=\"mol-factbox-title\">The 11 Supreme Court judges who ruled on the key Brexit case<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ins cleared mol-factbox-body\">\n<div class=\"mol-img-group artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a8c8cc9028198f17\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/09\/24\/08\/18579018-7496829-image-a-12_1569310328833.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"354\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"overlay-icon mobile-gallery\">\n<div class=\"mobile-gallery-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Lady Hale, Lord Reed, Lord Carnwath, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Hodge, Lord Wilson, Lady Arden, Lady Black, Lord Sales, Lord Kerr and Lord Kitchin will make the final ruling in the Supreme Court (pictured top left to bottom right)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">These are the 11 Supreme Court judges who considered the legal challenges to Prime Minister Boris Johnson&#8217;s decision to suspend Parliament:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">&#8211; Lady Hale, 74, <\/span>was appointed the first female president of the Supreme Court in 2017 after a varied career as an academic lawyer, law reformer and judge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A long-standing champion of diversity in the judiciary, she became the first female justice of the court in October 2009, and was appointed deputy president in June 2013.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">During her time as deputy president, Yorkshire-born Lady Hale ruled on numerous high-profile cases, including the Brexit appeal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">&#8211; Lord Reed, 63, <\/span>was appointed deputy president of the Supreme Court in June last year and will replace Lady Hale when she retires in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One of the court&#8217;s two Scottish justices, he previously served as a judge in Scotland and sometimes sits as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights and the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He was educated at the universities of Edinburgh and Oxford before qualifying as an advocate in Scotland and a barrister in England and Wales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">&#8211; Lord Kerr, 71,<\/span> is the first justice of the court to come from Northern Ireland, where he served as Lord Chief Justice from 2004 to 2009.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Educated at St Colman&#8217;s College, Newry, and Queen&#8217;s University, Belfast, he was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1970, and to the Bar of England and Wales in 1974.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">&#8211; Lord Wilson, 74,<\/span> was appointed in 2009, having previously been a judge in the High Court&#8217;s family division and the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">&#8211; Lord Carnwath, 74,<\/span> studied at Cambridge and was called to the Bar in 1968. He served as Attorney General to the Prince of Wales from 1988 to 1994.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While a judge of the Chancery Division, he was also chairman of the Law Commission and, between 2007 and 2012, was Senior President of Tribunals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">&#8211; Lord Hodge, 66, <\/span>the court&#8217;s other Scottish justice, was previously the Scottish judge in Exchequer Causes, one of the Scottish intellectual property judges, a judge in the Lands Valuation Appeal Court and a commercial judge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">&#8211; Lady Black, 65,<\/span> a justice since 2017, carried out a broad range of civil and criminal work during her early career as a barrister before specialising in family law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She has served as a High Court judge and Lady Justice of Appeal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Lady Black taught law at Leeds Polytechnic in the 1980s, was a founding author of the definitive guide to family law practice in England and Wales, and continues to serve as a consulting editor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">&#8211; Lord Lloyd-Jones, 67,<\/span> was born and brought up in Pontypridd, South Wales, where his father was a school teacher, and is the court&#8217;s first justice to come from Wales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A Welsh speaker, he was appointed to the High Court in 2005, and acted as adviser to the court in the Pinochet litigation before the House of Lords.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">&#8211; Lady Arden, 72, <\/span>who grew up in Liverpool, began her judicial career in 1993 after working as a barrister, QC, and Attorney General of the Duchy of Lancaster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She became a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in 2011, and sits as a judge of the 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