The Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the second most senior judge of the

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ( initialism: UKSC or the acronym: SCOTUK) is the final court of appeal in the United Kingdom for all civil cases, and for criminal cases originating in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. As the Unite ...

, after the President of the Supreme Court. The office is equivalent to the now-defunct position of Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, also known previously as the Second Senior Law Lord, who was the second highest-ranking

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, commonly known as Law Lords, were judges appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 to the British House of Lords, as a committee of the House, effectively to exercise the judicial functions of the House o ...

. By Royal Warrant of Queen

Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states durin ...

published on 1 October 2009, a place for the Deputy President of the Supreme Court in the

order of precedence An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance and can be applied to individuals, groups, or organizations. Most often it is used in the context of people by many organizations and governments, for very formal and state o ...

was established: the Deputy President of the Supreme Court ranks after the

Master of the Rolls The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the President of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and Head of Civil Justice. As a judge, the Master of ...

and before the other Justices of the Supreme Court.

List of Second Senior Lords of Appeal in Ordinary

* The Lord Goff of Chieveley (1994 – 1996) * The Lord Slynn of Hadley (2000 – 2002) * The Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead (2002 – 2007) * The Lord Hoffman (2007 – 2009) * The Lord Hope of Craighead (20 April 2009 – 1 October 2009)

List of Deputy Presidents of the Supreme Court

References

External links

The Supreme Court
{{DEFAULTSORT:Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Deputy President Law lords Lists of judges in the United Kingdom Judiciaries of the United Kingdom

Deputy President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...