Ingrid Ann Simler, Lady Simler, DBE, PC (born 17 September 1963) is a

Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom are the judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom other than the president and the deputy president. The Supreme Court is the highest court of the United Kingdom for civil and crimin ...

. She was previously a judge of the

Court of Appeal of England and Wales The Court of Appeal (formally "His Majesty's Court of Appeal in England", commonly cited as "CA", "EWCA" or "CoA") is the highest court within the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and second in the legal system of England and Wales only to ...

Career

Born to a Jewish family, she was educated at

Henrietta Barnett School The Henrietta Barnett School is a grammar school with academy status primarily for girls in Hampstead Garden Suburb in London. The '' Good Schools Guide'' called the school 'One of the best academic state schools in the country, providing a gen ...

Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Sidney Sussex College (referred to informally as "Sidney") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. The College was founded in 1596 under the terms of the will of Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex (1531–1589), wif ...

and the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other bein ...

. She was called to the bar by

Inner Temple The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly known as the Inner Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court and is a professional associations for barristers and judges. To be called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and W ...

in 1987 and became a QC in 2006. Simler was appointed a Recorder in 2002 and was a judge of the

High Court of Justice The High Court of Justice in London, known properly as His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, are the Senior Courts of England and Wales. Its name is abbreviated as EWHC (Englan ...

(Queen's Bench Division) from 2013. She was President of the

Employment Appeal Tribunal The Employment Appeal Tribunal is a tribunal in England and Wales and Scotland, and is a superior court of record. Its primary role is to hear appeals from Employment Tribunals in England, Scotland and Wales. It also hears appeals from decisions o ...

for a term of three years from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2018. On 27 June 2018, it was announced that Simler was to be appointed to the

Court of Appeal (England and Wales) The Court of Appeal (formally "His Majesty's Court of Appeal in England", commonly cited as "CA", "EWCA" or "CoA") is the highest court within the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and second in the legal system of England and Wales only to ...

, an appointment she took up on 2 July 2019. Simler was chair of the Equality and Diversity Committee of the Bar Council of England and Wales, and at the date of announcement of her appointment to the High Court bench in 2013 she was head of her chambers. She is the chair of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion sub-committee of the Inner Temple. On 17 October 2023, the Ministry of Justice announced that Simler would become a Justice 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 United ...

. She was sworn in on 14 November 2023.

List of decided cases

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Mercer v Alternative Future Group Ltd ''Mercer v Alternative Future Group Ltd'' [2024UKSC 12is a UK labour law case, concerning the right to strike for fair wages and to not be subjected to detriment. Facts Mercer was suspended after organising strikes for better wages as a trade ...

'' [2024] UKSC 12 *''Kostal UK Ltd v Dunkley'' [2018] ICR 768 (EAT)

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Privy Council biography
1963 births Living people People educated at Henrietta Barnett School Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University of Amsterdam alumni Members of the Inner Temple Queen's Bench Division judges English women judges Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire English King's Counsel Lady Justices of Appeal Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom 21st-century British women judges Judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom {{UK-law-bio-stub